Had a big off this morning at about 5am in Harlow, front wheel hit diesel on way into a roundabout - caught the first slide , then turned again to miss the concrete roundabout only for it to wash out and slam down hard onto the left side and along the road up the roundabout and off the side!!! :crying:
bashed and bruised but generally ok , very pissed off as bike just back from having carbs set up yesterday took some pics on my phone not very good but i was in a bit of pain with my right leg- must have hit the kerb on the way across?
Had a big off this morning at about 5am in Harlow, front wheel hit diesel on way into a roundabout - caught the first slide , then turned again to miss the concrete roundabout only for it to wash out and slam down hard onto the left side and along the road up the roundabout and off the side!!! :crying: bashed and bruised but generally ok , very pissed off as bike just back from having carbs set up yesterday took some pics on my phone not very good but i was in a bit of pain with my right leg- must have hit the kerb on the way across?
i recognise that roundabout, i go through harlow a fair bit, never had any problems, its not the first time i have heard of someone having an off there due to diesel, road looked wet too, cant have helped.
Is the roundabout on Edinburgh way next to the Toby carvery, was quite a big spill, noticed some on the previous r/a but avoided it , was pitch black and starting to drizzle- worst time to see diesel - dark and damp, smelt it as i hit it basically, caught the first slide but when i tied to turn in again it just went !:crying:
use this road every day to work and i know there is always diesel on the roads round there but never been that bad, just pissed off that ive wrecked my mint zzr 1100!
anyone know if i can claim for accident on diesel spills? sure ive seen someyhing somewhere?
sounds like unfortunetly you took the same route as billynobrain that laid teh diesel down…did well avoiding the first lot tho.wouldnt know about claiming, might help your insurance if you mention it and provide pics rather than them thinking you just binned it going too quick etchope your ZZ-R gets back to mint soon!
Bike wiil be written off - bent forks ,broken wheel, all front plastics broken ,screen, footepgs,exhaust,mirror, front mudgaured,oil coolers moved and found some coolant inside fairing?
Fully comp so not a problem but will lose no claims!!
Luckily i still have the ZX9 but dont want to use it for work!
As for claiming, I believe you can try the Motorists Insurance Bureau as it exists to provide cover for the actions of uninsured or untraced motorists & in this case the diesel can only have got there due to a negligent driver.
Not sure if they only cover for uninsured losses though - ie. if you’ve got fully comp you have cover, so as you can claim on that they won’t pay out whereas they would if you only have TP or TPF&T, really you need to ask a solicitor to check.
AA and RAC are a waste of money- called AA this morning - wont recover as its an accident!! £104 + vat to recover me up to 10 miles - really handy as i live 20 miles from harlow!!! told when i took out cover they would recover you after an accident but would charge your insurance if you were fully comp - bull!!
Rac - same story, luckily i have a mate with a bike trailer who took the morning off work to come and help me out!
Things like this show you who your mates are!
I did cook his dinner last night and had the wife ply him with tea until i got back from hospital!! and gave him a few quid for his trouble!!
“RAC will recover your vehicle from a crash to anywhere in UK” is what i was told after I enquired a couple of months ago. The reason i asked was my son’s mate ended up in the central barrier of Southend Road with 2 blown out tyres. AA refused to come out unless he coughed up a wedge(like you say)I phoned RAC and enquired what would happen if it had been me and that was the answer I got.Now whether they lied to me or not I don’t know:doze:
Sorry to hear this, glad you’re basically OK. I’m in Harlow a bit, will have to have a look and see where the spills are, didn’t realise it was that bad.
the rac definitely recover the bike after accident.if your carted off in ambulance they have a driver/rider incapacitated clause as long as someone can sign for the bike they will transport it in your absence.although not common knowledge by their controllers