Glad you are still here mate. That gear certainly saved some long term pain...

I know...

Good to here your not too badly damaged and that the gear did its job. Ive had a few moments like that when i was heading back from uni, country road and people just sit in the middle and never move over.

I think welding a metal tank is a complete no no but as for the plastic tank not 100% sure. Best bet is to find someone that either does fibreglass welding or plastic welding and take them the tank and see what they say

Rotten luck Chris. Pleased you (and the Ten) are OK and here's to a speedy recovery.

At least your ok and bike is repairable mate, a lucky escape, i hope that t**t ends up upside down in a ditch, too many of them f**kers about. Steves kit saved your bacon and thats the main thing.
Regards,
Jim

Well to add to the friggin whole thing.......

Miding my own business on my way into town this morning guess what.....

Another friggin 4 wheeled metal box found its way to plough into my side!

Can't be bothered to go into the whole story but long and short of it is I went to over take and he jumped out infront of me.

Driver behind me is acting as my witness and stated that the driver who hit me never gave any indication that he was going to swing right.

Had any of the tell tales been there I wouldnt have gone to overtake him.

This was how his car was positioned etc before I over took him......
Tyres- pointing straight
Drivers head- looking forwards
Indicators- none flashing
Position- to the left hand side of the road

Road conditons- dry open clear veiw and straight
Oncoming traffic- none

Checked bike over no damage- rides fine.

His drivers door and wing are fecked and will need some serious work!

2-0 to my XT!!!!

Man I swear down sh*t is attracted to me!

Not fair, you're like a moving target, lol.

Mate, glad you ok..

Bloody hell, glad you're mostly OK!

Chris - Glad you're Ok mate.

I'm sure your old fella will tell you this anyway.... when you approach any vehicle from behind make yourself seen, it's not fool proof, but it gives you a better chance, and may have prevented this incident. You can do this by taking control of the road. The Tenere has lots of presence, but you need to exploit this to get the most impact. When approaching, and from a long way back, use all 5 road positions, starting with the inside, and take a look up the inside, there may be a hazard that the driver in from will move to the right for) and moving to the outside in preparation for the overtake. Drivers are more likely to see a bright light moving across their mirrors (even if they don't use them).

Use the same approach after completing the overtake, especially in traffic, move to the inside position, and take the opportunity to take a look up the inside again, then move back out to the outside position.

The same lateral movement on approach to junctions also helps to improve your chances of being seen.

This might have helped, or they might not, but anything that improves your chances is worth doing. The only thing I will say, it makes your riding appear very aggressive, so you need to use hand signals to thank drivers , a nod, anything to acknowledge drivers who give you room/priority etc.

Perhaps this is a good time to look at some rider training, you might be doing something in your riding that a good observer/trainer will spot and help you improve your riding. We all do stuff that puts us in more danger than we should, the key is to recognise none of us are perfect and get a peer to review your riding. I say this as news of another rider (the father of my friends daughters friend) who I knew of (just the 'hello' type of know) hit a cow on a long straight road last week on his Aprillia, he died on Tuesday night from his injuries.

Sh.t news Chris, again glad you are ok.
To quote a song, some days you get diamonds, some days you get dimes.
Just think of it as another dime day mate. The diamonds will come.:viking:

Gess man your just having not luck at all, dont worry you not the only crash test dumby, Jasxt had a few crashs/RTA with his Xt's.

:smilies0944: for the future anyway buddy