Off Topic » Frist nick on my RS...

Cold foggy morning, taking it easy maybe 15mph as the bike is a savior in the holiday period as the rush hours gets twice as stuck

Some wonderful lady decided the best way to observe the oncoming traffic while merging from a secondary street onto a T intersection is to speed out over the entire oncoming lane, slam the brakes and do the deer stare to the oncoming traffic.

Car ahead of me hit the brakes so hard emergency lights came on and stopped maybe 20 inches off her door, I wasn't so lucky as my braking zone was right on top of the pedestrian marking on the road that is quite slippery.

Managed to ABS-slide it into the oncoming lane as it was empty and to avoid a straight hit. Swiped the rear bumperof the car in front.

Slight scuff on the light above the LED line, and scuffs on the edges of front and side fairing. Chipped the paint down to black plastic on one spot but nothing mechanical. Texas sized bruised on my shin from a close encounter with the engine casing.

The la... [****] proceeded to slam the throttle and speed off the site as is proper and expected. My fault in regards to the car in front but he was also a biker and nothing 100€ wouldn't fix on a bumper scratch of a 15 year old car.

My pride is the most hurt for now, wallet next I suppose if the scuff will annoy me to warrant a quality repaint, don't want to know the cost of the light if the scuff is to ever crack.

a week short of closing the first year and 12k without any incident

Good to hear you are OK and damage seems to be cosmetic. There is so much to keep track of at a busy intersection, even without skill challenged motorists adding to the mix. If you give them too much room, someone with fill the gap and you may be worse off than before.

Oh dear😕 Glad you are OK. Your bruise will soon vanish and you bike is still ridable. Not much comfort, but driving standards are getting worse generally, with selfish people not realising the consequences of their actions and then dissappearing into the distance. Hay ho. Take care buddy.

We all remember our first nick…especially if he calls us back the next morning.

Just be happy you survived intact. What are these emergency lights you speak of?

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Just be happy you survived intact. What are these emergency lights you speak of?

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Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #7

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Just be happy you survived intact. What are these emergency lights you speak of?

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My guess is it refers to the flashing red brake lights on the car ahead.

Many modern cars flash their brake lights when braking is very severe rather than Miss Daisy. I've no idea what the actual G threshold is.

Often seen a lot on track days.

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #8

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Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #7

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Just be happy you survived intact. What are these emergency lights you speak of?

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My guess is it refers to the flashing red brake lights on the car ahead.

Many modern cars flash their brake lights when braking is very severe rather than Miss Daisy. I've no idea what the actual G threshold is.

Often seen a lot on track days.

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Thanks. I also did not know what he meant by emergency lights.
A few cars here will flicker the high mounted third brake light for a second when the brake is first applied.
We don't have any that I know of that flash on hard braking.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Just be happy you survived intact. What are these emergency lights you speak of?

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Sad to hear of your spill Valks, and glad you have come out of it OK. Shame about the unintended patina on the bike, that’s so frustrating, but better the bike than the body.