Triumphrat

Rhodie

I have mentioned it en passent in previous posts.
It happened whilst I was running the bike in on the first w/end back in March/April.
Heading home along the main two lane highway, half-way around a sharp steep cambered corner, was a lady on a scooter facing me with the light off [730pm & dark].
She had stopped on the centre line to talk to some friends on the roadside.

As soon as saw her I went low & right [fast lane], she decide to join me and I went down clipping her with left handd Acerbis.
Bike went over on right and we skidded about 5metres.
The scooter meanwhile skiddadled off - sharpish.
I ended up standing in the fast lane using the light of my mobile too warn fast moving traffic of downed beast.
Finally got some of the scooter rider's friends to help move the bike to where it wasn't a hazard.
They had immediately scuttled home and turned the lights off.

Bike's damage made it unrideable.
Broken right foot peg, back brake lever, front brake reservoir, ignition key etc etc.
Oh and 3 broken ribs.
The dinged tank allowed me to attempt to enlarge it -see previous post- but to no great effect.
I am now looking at having one handmade.
However having seen the Scrambler ghostrider -or whatever they are calling it- I am not entirely convinced by the bulbous enlargement.
I may wait until I see it in the flesh, as it were.

But the prang is just part of joys of living in Thailand.
Perhaps I should be grateful that the scooter rider had b'gered off,
as I would have been found liable for her damage.
Thai logic is that the accident wouldn't have happened if I had not been in Thailand.

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