Bad news: $600 damage and can't find a panel beater who can repair dented pride.
Good news: Only going at walking pace so I only suffered a bit of bruising and I was able to complete a 400km ride on the day.
Hooroo,
Rob
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Sadly, I have to report that I dropped the Killer last week. While riding through the carpark where our Ulysses branch meets for the midweek ride, I went past
a paperbark tree and lo and behold a very large Huntsman spider lobbed onto my visor. I could only see large legs and body in front of me; I raised my hand to
brush the spider away and the bike stalled and I fell off!
Bad news: $600 damage and can't find a panel beater who can repair dented pride. Good news: Only going at walking pace so I only suffered a bit of bruising and I was able to complete a 400km ride on the day. Hooroo, Rob |
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Bugger Rob,
Glad you didn't damage yourself too badly. Bikes are only ever a conglomerate of plastic and metals! All ususally repairable. Cheers, Craig
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Rob I think most of us have had fall overies at some time, spider like that would freak me as well. Had a big one in the car once wife wanted to get out right
away and would not get back in till we found and killed it
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Just be thanful the bloody thing wasn't on the inside.... Happened to me once, squealed like a sheila till I could pull up and tear the bloody helemet off
and hurl it into the scrub! This is why I NEVER EVER put my helmet on the ground.
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Here's another tip Chris - never leave your helmet or gloves in reach of a motorcycling reprobate such as me.......................
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Eeeeeeeeeeow! Big hairy things! Just the other week I was mowing the lawns and moved a bucket. There was THE biggest hairiest ugliest wolf
spider I've ever seen! I screamed and jumped back. It ran off somewhere, but each time I past the area I KNOW it was watching me! I nearly sat on a
huntsman at Ravensthorpe in WA. Lucky for me I started talking to Gags and didn't sit down. Thanks Gags... The place was crawling with the big hairy
things!!!
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I have been amazed at the number of riders I see putting their helmet on the ground.
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That's IT! I will NOT be putting my helmet on the ground again! Got chills just thinking about it!
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Aussiedav wrote: Mirrors were put on bikes to hold you helmet. I mean their no good for anything else. Who can come up behind you really?
Money thats all I need.
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Strange thing about that! Any spiderwebs that appear on my bike appear around the boot of the mirrors
Peter H
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You store your boots there as will? You must have giant mirrors?
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Money thats all I need.
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MrsTosh wrote:Mowing the lawns..................now THAT'S scary!!!!!!!!!!
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Is that because you don't mow lawns or because the grass is so long it takes longer?? I find that once you start (mowing) you just keep mowing until
it's done. Then you can sit back and have a beer and enjoy the work that's done.
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MrsTosh wrote:Just love a beer in my hand whilst sitting, relaxing and viewing my freshly mown lawn - starts the weekend off perfectly! Cheers, Craig
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You could mow ours tomorrow night if you like? Nah that's okay. We can give you a beer though...
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MrsTosh wrote:Sorry - mow on weekends only! Beer on the other hand is a 24/7 thing
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That's easily catered for! You're getting excited about your trip. I can tell. Wish I was going on a bike trip...Sigh...
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MrsTosh wrote: No, I was thinking more along the lines of Mrs Tosh mowing....... I have NEVER been able to get my missus behind the mower!! ![]()
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Craig, you need to get a better class of mower mate mine comes complete with a can holder so you can sit, mow and ride and still admire your lawn as you
go.....
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I always liked to help my Dad with mowing and once I get the mower started (which I DO have trouble with at times with all sorts of expletives...) I'm
good to go. I really do feel a great sense of accomplishment when done.
I was a real tomboy as a child and liked to do the boy stuff. I could pull apart a bicycle and put it back together and pull apart my rollerskates
and soak the ball bearings in petrol to make them go faster!!! Boy stuff was fun! Still I like girl stuff now, but still like to play boy stuff.
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Fattymick wrote: What a fantastic idea Mick! Half mowed the rear lawn at the old house today so I could service Das Boot. No room in the shed with the HJ 304 ute's rear suspension scattered to the four winds Cheers, Craig
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