Safari tanks save in kangaroo crash

charlesnolan · 01-09-2013, 08:19 PM

My Safari tanks saved me in a 50mph/80kmh encounter which left me still upright, and the kangaroo dead! The 'roo came out of the dark and hit me side on the left tank, missed my leg and then broke the Gobi pannier mount, depositing the pannier and itself dead on the road. I snaked a further 10 metres down the road.
The damage was a broken pannier mount, and a broken tap on the equaliser tube between the two tanks. I was able to shut the equaliser and right tank down, to continue our journey (with pannier strapped behind me).
I believe it was the resilience, flexibility and impact absorption of the Safari tank that saved me from a very bad "off" - Most riders round here that hit roos end up in hospital!
Next farkle purchase after repairs is a set of LED driving lights, and an H1/H7 set of Phillips Extreme Vision bulbs.
Plus a New Year resolution not to drive at night in kangaroo country ....
- Charles

ciedema · 01-09-2013, 08:53 PM

Bloody Roos, I have 2 hits and 1 off with the damn things. KTM crash bars helped last time.

luckychucky · 01-09-2013, 08:56 PM

Good Job, for you and your add-ons!

DSM8 · 01-09-2013, 09:05 PM

Hid in the low beam 35w plenty of light

ciedema · 01-09-2013, 09:19 PM

Seeing them is no guarantee of not hitting them.

01-09-2013, 08:19 PM	#1
charlesnolan ^OP CharlesNolan Joined: Dec 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Oddometer: 1	Safari tanks save in kangaroo crash My Safari tanks saved me in a 50mph/80kmh encounter which left me still upright, and the kangaroo dead! The 'roo came out of the dark and hit me side on the left tank, missed my leg and then broke the Gobi pannier mount, depositing the pannier and itself dead on the road. I snaked a further 10 metres down the road. The damage was a broken pannier mount, and a broken tap on the equaliser tube between the two tanks. I was able to shut the equaliser and right tank down, to continue our journey (with pannier strapped behind me). I believe it was the resilience, flexibility and impact absorption of the Safari tank that saved me from a very bad "off" - Most riders round here that hit roos end up in hospital! Next farkle purchase after repairs is a set of LED driving lights, and an H1/H7 set of Phillips Extreme Vision bulbs. Plus a New Year resolution not to drive at night in kangaroo country .... - Charles

01-09-2013, 08:53 PM	#2
ciedema мотоциклист Joined: Oct 2007 Location: On the road! Finally! Oddometer: 919	Bloody Roos, I have 2 hits and 1 off with the damn things. KTM crash bars helped last time. __________________ Stories from the Seat Facebook My Photos Cannonball Charity Ride No Four Wheel Drives, No Fixers and No Fricken Whingers

01-09-2013, 08:56 PM	#3
luckychucky Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2011 Location: SE Missouri Oddometer: 323	Consider yourself LUCKY Good Job, for you and your add-ons!

01-09-2013, 09:05 PM	#4
DSM8 Where fun goes to die.... Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Glendora, Ca Oddometer: 3,152	Hid in the low beam 35w plenty of light __________________ DSM8 - A different kind of mean SQL > SELECT finger FROM hand WHERE id=3 WWW.DSM8.whereamiriding.com

01-09-2013, 09:19 PM	#5
ciedema мотоциклист Joined: Oct 2007 Location: On the road! Finally! Oddometer: 919	Seeing them is no guarantee of not hitting them. __________________ Stories from the Seat Facebook My Photos Cannonball Charity Ride No Four Wheel Drives, No Fixers and No Fricken Whingers ciedema screwed with this post 01-09-2013 at 09:34 PM

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