Had my 1st wipe-out of the winter going to work on Monday morning when i hit some black ice on the road. Funny thing is my own street is quiet and had no ice on it but where i came off is a busier road and that had ice ?? Wasnt just a small patch either, the whole road was just a sheet of ice, i had bother getting up and pushing the scoot off the road cos it was so slippy!
No cars even bothered to stop and offer help, even tho when i got up i had 2 behind me that stopped cos i was laying in the road. Soon as i moved off the road they both drove round me and drove away, nice
More annoying is i was on my metal Vespa and not the plastic Kymco. Just spent the best part of a year restoring the Vespa from a wreck to a piece of art, now its a bit of art with scrapes along its side
Actually wasnt as bad as i imagined as i was sliding along the road beside it, busted brake lever, bust kickstart, bust indicator, and a couple other wee bits, scraped along rear panel, bash at base of legshield and bashed/bent front mudguard. Im not too happy as you can guess, i only just put 1000km's on it last week since the build..... Will get it fixed up in the next 2-3 wks hopefully then its going away to only ride on nice days. Bummer is i wasnt even going to go into work on Monday, but did, and i had planned to take the Vespa off the road for the winter in the next week or two. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
So anyway, watch out for that ice on the roads cos its a comin!!!
