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Benji54
Hatchling
United Kingdom
449 Posts |
 Posted - 25/01/2011 : 17:25:46
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i know its not snake related but i crashed my bike on sunday and im really narked off about it lol so thought id share with you lot!
lost it on a right hander earlier sunday morning, tried to recover and ended up wiping out one of those black bollards and throwing it through a hedge! not my proudest moment and not the cheapest mistake ive ever made lol!  |
1.1.0 corns "wotsit" and "biscuit"
1.0.0 Royal "ophion"
0.1.0 Coastal Carpet Python "Serendipity"
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Obsidian"
0.1.0 Bunny Rabbit (?) "truffle"
R.I.P "Prisma Pequeno" |
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Account Deactivated
United Kingdom
0 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 17:42:21
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| Oh dear! Are you ok, no serious damage to yourself? |
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Figs
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3319 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 17:51:57
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Originally posted by Louise32
Oh dear! Are you ok, no serious damage to yourself?
or the bike?  |
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baitman
Hatchling
United Kingdom
113 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 17:52:46
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bikes and bollards can be replaced my friend......you cant.
hope your uninjured. |
1-0 ghost (mojo)
1-0 anery corn (eifel)
0-2 amel corn (mona,marshall)
0-1 normal corn (lisa)
0-1 mongrel bitch...(milly)
oh...and dreaming of a pair of blizzards |
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LynneM_212
Hatchling
United Kingdom
236 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 18:25:01
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Oh dear, hope your ok.....!!!
The LAST time i rode a bike i was riding with my dad whos a postman so rides bikes every day!! and we were in the middle of the town and my dad hopped his bike up the kerb... when i attempted the same (rememebering i hadnt been on a bike for years) i went flying and people could see me!!! how embarressing!!!!
What i learnt from this incident.... NEVER ride a bike again lol!! |
1 corn snake: Kchalice-Serendipity
2 dogs: Kane and chester
1 C0ckatill: Rolo
1 gold fish: chips
2 Cats : Max and Jess
Location : Folkestone, Kent |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 18:30:27
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| Hope you are ok. I bet you are really annoyed with yourself tho |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
www.support-dogs.org.uk |
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lrv2307
Yearling
United Kingdom
863 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 18:39:58
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| glad to see your still with us hun, |
lrv (louise)
Uxbridge, Middlesex
0.1.0 snow - morgana
0.1.0 cali banded king - boudica
0.0.1 crested gecko - galaxy
** wish list**
ghost corn
anery corn
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2011 : 01:08:38
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Was anyone there to laugh at you??
Please say yes??
The few times I've come off I've been glad people have been there to poke fun at me, it makes it easier to deal with when you have to pick up mirrors from 20ft away from your bike.
Even having my kneecap make a hasty exit from my leg once, I still ride like a drunken french pizza delivery rider.  |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2011 : 07:42:15
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| That's a bit poo, what bike? I am lucky, 2 years and not dropped it yet! Am sure it will happen at some point though, even if I am an over cautious rider!! |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2011 : 10:17:37
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Oooooops!
Glad you're ok even if you have a dent in your pride!! |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2011 : 16:16:09
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Oh no,thats not good. You're ok though,thats the main thing.
You done much damage to the bike?
I never came of my bike when I had one,but I fell off a bogger that I rode before getting a bike. Damn thing pulled a wheelie and threw me off in the middle of a road. Felt a right plonker lol! |
      
3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,
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Newbie
Yearling
950 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2011 : 19:00:56
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| Ouch! Hope you're ok and not bankrupted to repair bills! On a seperate note, what type of carpet python do you have? |
1.0.0 Carolina Motley Cornsnake - Vin, 0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Rio, 0.1.0 IJJ Carpet Python - Luna, 0.1.0 Dwarf Sunfire Reticulated Python - Helia, 1.0.0 Royal Python - Jasper, 0.1.0 Spaniel - Jess; RIP Gypsy - a beautiful girl through and through, 0.1.0 Rabbit - Binky, RIP Indy, Jan 2010 - Aug 2011, and Ace, Jan 2009 - Aug 2011 |
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Benji54
Hatchling
United Kingdom
449 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2011 : 13:36:43
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thanks everyone! wasnt sure how a totally non snake post would be welcomed! cool to see some other bikers on here too!
i ride a gsx-r 600 k8 in white and silver. it DID have carbon fibre huggers and a pearl screen! i smashed the hugger, cracked the edge of the nose cone, smashed the windscreen, snapped the mirror bracket, cracke done side panel. luckily crash bungs and soft mud absorbed a lot of the impact! i got off with a bruised shoulder and knee. there were LOTS of people there to laugh at me! i jumped back through the hole i made in the hedge and shouted "TA DAA!" and everyone laughed! it does make it easier. we managed to remove broken bits and tape other bits so i could finish the 150 mile ride (i still kept up with the quickish people! :)) bike will be fixed soon (im still riding it to work) an di feel fine. lots of mick taking happening tho! gunna cost about £200 to get it back on the road looking fine, £400-500 to get it back how it was. luckily my pride and joy, my akrapovic carbon fibre full race exhaust system survived intact! that was literally my biggest concern! :)
back to snakes newbie, its a coastal carpet python. she's about 7-8ft i think, gettin a better idea as i spend more time with her! |
1.1.0 corns "wotsit" and "biscuit"
1.0.0 Royal "ophion"
0.1.0 Coastal Carpet Python "Serendipity"
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Obsidian"
0.1.0 Bunny Rabbit (?) "truffle"
R.I.P "Prisma Pequeno" |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2011 : 16:41:54
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I agree on the exhaust, I know how much they cost!
On the other note, at 7 or 8 ft you wanna be real careful, shell be faster than you and will hit very hard, tear creating hard. If she's annoyed, leave her be, it has to je on her terma, if she tags you then you are gonna lose all confidence with her. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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Benji54
Hatchling
United Kingdom
449 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2011 : 16:48:59
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Originally posted by mikerichards
I agree on the exhaust, I know how much they cost!
On the other note, at 7 or 8 ft you wanna be real careful, shell be faster than you and will hit very hard, tear creating hard. If she's annoyed, leave her be, it has to je on her terma, if she tags you then you are gonna lose all confidence with her.
yeah your quite right. still i think a confident approach is best. cautious, as you say, but confident. ive got to a stage now where i can sit with her viv open and stroke her for as long as i like. she doesnt like if i touch her underbelly though so cant lift her atm. one day at a time eh? glad i rescued her, i think she is too, just a funny way of showing it! 
yep. exhaust cost a lot and weirdly they seem to be more expensive the smaller they get! what do you ride? |
1.1.0 corns "wotsit" and "biscuit"
1.0.0 Royal "ophion"
0.1.0 Coastal Carpet Python "Serendipity"
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Obsidian"
0.1.0 Bunny Rabbit (?) "truffle"
R.I.P "Prisma Pequeno" |
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Newbie
Yearling
950 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 10:15:31
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Originally posted by Benji54
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Originally posted by mikerichards
I agree on the exhaust, I know how much they cost!
On the other note, at 7 or 8 ft you wanna be real careful, shell be faster than you and will hit very hard, tear creating hard. If she's annoyed, leave her be, it has to je on her terma, if she tags you then you are gonna lose all confidence with her.
yeah your quite right. still i think a confident approach is best. cautious, as you say, but confident. ive got to a stage now where i can sit with her viv open and stroke her for as long as i like. she doesnt like if i touch her underbelly though so cant lift her atm. one day at a time eh? glad i rescued her, i think she is too, just a funny way of showing it!
yep. exhaust cost a lot and weirdly they seem to be more expensive the smaller they get! what do you ride?
Hmm I was debating a Jaguar Carpet Python, are they all quite nippy? Just to keep on topic my OH rides an MV Augusta lol |
1.0.0 Carolina Motley Cornsnake - Vin, 0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Rio, 0.1.0 IJJ Carpet Python - Luna, 0.1.0 Dwarf Sunfire Reticulated Python - Helia, 1.0.0 Royal Python - Jasper, 0.1.0 Spaniel - Jess; RIP Gypsy - a beautiful girl through and through, 0.1.0 Rabbit - Binky, RIP Indy, Jan 2010 - Aug 2011, and Ace, Jan 2009 - Aug 2011 |
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Benji54
Hatchling
United Kingdom
449 Posts |
Posted - 29/01/2011 : 11:29:09
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| cool. augusta's are really nice. apart from the hissing, serendipity has been fine. i actually held her yesterday, blimey is she strong! they are not nippy and despite a lot of people thinking otherwise, they are a docile snake with a great temperament. slightly more extrovert than a royal python but still an unaggressive species. x |
1.1.0 corns "wotsit" and "biscuit"
1.0.0 Royal "ophion"
0.1.0 Coastal Carpet Python "Serendipity"
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Obsidian"
0.1.0 Bunny Rabbit (?) "truffle"
R.I.P "Prisma Pequeno" |
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crashed my bike- not herp related
