Well its now a little over 24hours since I crashed. I've had the chance to take stock of where I am and realise that I will get the bike fixed and back into a condition that I am happy with. I've arranged to buy a new screen and a friend is going to help me out with the belly pan. There are several fairings on ebay at the moment, one not too far away too.
Sadly my bike wasn't the only casualty of yesterdays crash. My Arai Chaser took a nasty crack on the top of the head which wasn't helped as I slid face first through the gravel for several feet following the bike (I even have this on film) to a stop, destroying the tinted visor that I liked so much in the process. The helmet was coming towards the end of its suggested five year life span anyway and I was planning on retiring it at the end of the year anyway, but it's still annoying thou.
My leathers, boots and gloves ( I was wearing some Alpinestar GP Pro gloves that I have been testing) all got scuffed and except for a minor puncture on the inside right leg of the leathers, they all did their job. To say thanks, I'm going to clean off all that Kent dust over the weekend.
I was filming the day with my HD Drift Ghost camera, which, as the circuit goes clockwise, I had mounted on the doomed right fairing panel.
Sadly my bike wasn't the only casualty of yesterdays crash. My Arai Chaser took a nasty crack on the top of the head which wasn't helped as I slid face first through the gravel for several feet following the bike (I even have this on film) to a stop, destroying the tinted visor that I liked so much in the process. The helmet was coming towards the end of its suggested five year life span anyway and I was planning on retiring it at the end of the year anyway, but it's still annoying thou.
My leathers, boots and gloves ( I was wearing some Alpinestar GP Pro gloves that I have been testing) all got scuffed and except for a minor puncture on the inside right leg of the leathers, they all did their job. To say thanks, I'm going to clean off all that Kent dust over the weekend.
I was filming the day with my HD Drift Ghost camera, which, as the circuit goes clockwise, I had mounted on the doomed right fairing panel.
I have been very pleased with the performance of the camera over these last few months and despite the Gorilla glass smashing on impact, the camera kept filming and its still working. I have contacted Drift Innovations to see if I can get it repaired, mainly because the camera wasn't cheap and I want/need the camera. I will let you know how that goes.
Now onto me. I managed to ride home without any serious physical discomfort yesterday, staying in the saddle for just over an hour, but this morning it felt like I had really been in a fight. I had a dull headache, both sides of my neck felt sore and stiff, the graze on my leg was feeling a bit raw, my right wrist had started hurting and my ribs hurt when I sneezed.
As my parents told me during childhood, 'if you fall down, you have to get back up' I wasn't going to allow yesterdays accident from stopping me riding to work. I rode in very carefully and it took next to no time to find a riding position that didn't agitate my injuries. During the day I was curious as to why my right leg had started to hurt, so when I got home I took off my leathers and had a look. I found two very, very large bruises at the bottom of my right thigh, which are already practically black and I have no idea what part of the bike hit me there. Looks like a run on Saturday morning is out of the question then. Now where is my Xbox controller.
Now onto me. I managed to ride home without any serious physical discomfort yesterday, staying in the saddle for just over an hour, but this morning it felt like I had really been in a fight. I had a dull headache, both sides of my neck felt sore and stiff, the graze on my leg was feeling a bit raw, my right wrist had started hurting and my ribs hurt when I sneezed.
As my parents told me during childhood, 'if you fall down, you have to get back up' I wasn't going to allow yesterdays accident from stopping me riding to work. I rode in very carefully and it took next to no time to find a riding position that didn't agitate my injuries. During the day I was curious as to why my right leg had started to hurt, so when I got home I took off my leathers and had a look. I found two very, very large bruises at the bottom of my right thigh, which are already practically black and I have no idea what part of the bike hit me there. Looks like a run on Saturday morning is out of the question then. Now where is my Xbox controller.
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