Well guys. It was over a month and a half ago, but im new to this forum, so i thought i'd spill it now.

I was riding along with a gixxer, cbr250rr, ninja250 (current gen) and a hyo 650r. We were hitting up the twisties, i got carried away, went hot into a corner. Ran wide. Braked, too little too late and ended up crashing head first into a rocky cliff face type wall. Like the mountain sides on those country roads? Anyways...

Here are some pics:

These are straight after the crash. The next morning in fact.

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After i started to rebuild:

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I never realised just HOW bent that fork was!

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After changing the forks, front fairing bracket, tail light assembly, right mirror, windscreen, and getting a new front fairing. I took to repairing my own fairings. Fiberglass for the win!

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1797/dscn07441.jpg

Here is how it looks. Not too pretty, but come summer, its going to get a fresh coat of classic mazda red.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6885/dscn0745r.jpg

Good work on the bike and glad you're ok...any injuries? Were you wearing full gear?

Thankfully no injuries. I was wearing full gear. My draggin jeans only copped a scuff on the knee. My boots got a little ripped up around the ankle and toe, the same with my glove. But they are still very useable. Just light scars.

I had a sore neck for a week and still have a sore muscle at the front of my left shin. If i werent wearing gear, it could of been ALOT worse. Here is a pic of my helmet. I keep this infront of my bike so that every time i get on it, i remember to ride within my limits and be sensible.

It did it's job. Luckily i didnt get a cheapie.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9705/dscn0715d.jpg

daaaaaaaaaaaaamn you werent kidding when you said head first :lol: how fast were you going when you ate it?

Was going about 60km/h. So about...... 38mph?

wow, that's about how fast i was going when i crashed. well its good to hear you came out of it ok, now you can look back and laugh at it all and tell all the girls your death defying motorcycle experience :lol:...oh yeah, and im sure you learned a lesson as well. :lol:

I guess you're fully recovered by now. Seeing that helmet after the crash must really make you appreciate the ATGATT philosophy. Imagine if that was your face :eek:

What bike is that... / was that? It doesn't look like a Ninja EX250 to me. Hope you're going to get it painted so the colours match!

Also - what's that car in the background. It looks like it might be a beautiful classic. <3 white wall tyres.

'97 zzr250

That car is a Holden EK 1961. I always believed ATGATT would save me one day, and it did.

'97 zzr250

Someone has one for $1200 around here. It's red though. I might get a job, and if I can raise the money before it sells, I'll pick her up even though I wouldn't be able to ride for a long time. The ZZR250s are REALLY beautiful. Wouldn't mind having that pre-gen.

How did they get it into the US, is it a Canadian model?

Never mind. Not true. Just saw a picture. Now I'm sad...

Glad you're okay, OP.