Sorry about this mate, its something I've never given too much thought to but ill be careful in future. Glad your ok.
Sorry to hear about your accident but I'm glad you posted. When I pulled up for petrol yesterday I saw a big stain right where I was going to stop. Thought of this thread and moved to another pump and took it easy for the next few miles. Much later on and nearly home I took a very gentle 10 mph bend in a village new to me and nearly lowsided on cow shit/farmers muck. Take it easy out there folks !
Feel for you mate - hope you and bike fix soon. I hate going into petrol stations for this reason, always go cautious afterwards. As with most things in life, its all part of one big learning experience. Good luck with your recovery.
One of my pet hates at a garage Andy soggy sand at the diesel pump where the Chelsea tractors have overflowed.
Sorry to hear about your accident. Hope the repairs are not too painful on the pocket. We also had a recent accident because of a diesel spillage on the road. I was riding in a group of 8, the first 5 bikes went through the spillage and all went down like dominos. The three riders at the back (myself included) managed to stop just in time. The damage to the bikes, gear and one car came to about twelve thousand pounds. Be careful out there.
Unfortunately it doesn't take much to write off a bike. In 2006 I crashed a blade in France, at 25mph max, when a lorry pulled out of a side road. I caught him a glancing blow as he braked then let off the brake. I toppled over to the left having caught him on the right hand side. A guy who lived right by the crash site got the bike into his garage and we fitted the pillion peg to the gear side ( not a great fit but it was secure). We used a piece of hollow aluminium bar to extend the broken clutch lever and zip ties to fix loose body work. Unfortunately it was only when I was riding back that I discovered the fairing bracket was also broken forcing me to use the autoroute that I was trying to avoid as the back roads were too bumpy. Anyway, I rode back about 150 miles thinking this can't be too bad because I ended up doing over the ton at times but on getting back the bike was written off. Just goes to show that although the bike was still straight and rideable once you start toting up all the bits and pieces to bring it back to an acceptable level it soon mounts up. Anyway the main thing is that you are on the mend GWS mate
It's not just the bike and the shoulder, it's the whole inconvenience of what it now causes, let alone the no bike downtime. Garages should take more responsibility too, regular cleaning of the forecourts real time, someone there actually employed to do it period, I mean you wouldn't expect to go into a public toilet and have shit left smeared all over the floor, and we're paying for this particular shit to add insult.
