I Crashed Again

[@theridingroadtripper8192]

I love that you take the time to make yourself familiar with every bike when you hop on. Even though that BMW is almost the same as yours, its nice to see you make sure you know every control before taking off.

[@paulchandler5004]

I feel for you. My son was taken out in Norwich by a car deciding to turn right, without signalling, from queueing traffic just as my son was slowing filtering along the outside of the queue. When her husband arrived he said "What is it with you bloody bikes keep hitting my car?" Need I say any more. No apology, no "are you al right?" As a low speed crash. no major damage to bike, just a few scrapes. A nice dent in their offside rear door. As the cost of the insurance excess would be more than the repair my son did not claim. And neither did the other party. Insurance???? Lesson learned - always filter at a speed you can safely pull an emergency stop. If you want to filter with an overlap speed of 40 - 50mph, good luck to you. One day your guardian angel might be looking the other way.

[@criticalcuda]

Had to ride back from Croatia like that , wrote it off once back in UK , ...lasting memories 🤘

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

Oh bad luck Bruce, what a complete pile of cack, on your new bike too - feel for you bud. Really glad you're getting on so well with the mighty GS....they are brilliant bits of kit aren't they...maybe you should invest in some more lights so you can be seen easier ;0)

[@teapotone]

+TheMissendenFlyer Thanks Andy, is actually just fitted the auxiliary spotlights, so I had them on, the LED headlight, and the full Akro exhaust booming away, and it didn't make any difference! He saw me but went anyway!!

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

...like you said they are out there, no defence against outright numpties is there...could have been worse of course, hope all goes well with the insurance folk (don't get me started on that subject!!!!)...

[@teapotone]

+TheMissendenFlyer Thanks bud, yeah I'm preparing for battle.

[@Oldfogey2014]

Don't want to say too much about your style of riding, but I am having seat belts fitted to my sofa every time I watch one of your videos!

[@jacksong5185]

Just came across this video, taken out twice within two months. Video footage both time is the way forward, use Innovv camera system front and rear facing. Filtering in stationary traffic toward blackwall tunnel, twat open his door to take his jack off, bike was a right off. Eight weeks later, slip road off the A13 west India dock road. Stationary at the traffic lights waiting to enter the tunnel. Shunted from behind, appreciate that shit happen but drive didn't tell his insurance company and then tried to blame me. Sent them the footage and that's a new bike thanks you. Love the new GS riding position hope Coopers sorted you out.

[@teapotone]

+Graham Jackson Aye Graham Coopers have been brilliant ta. Sorry to hear of your misfortune, these things happen unfortunately though when you're on the bike all the time, especially commuting. 100% video is the way to go, pretty much an essential now for insurance purposes. Stay safe brother 👍

[@norriemasson4080]

Main thing is your here to tell the tale, Hope you get it all sorted without to much hassle,I would have concerns over your Ins companies response when you spoke to them.

[@teapotone]

+Norrie Masson I do too mate, I'm expecting a battle to be honest.

[@Defaulted3]

I've been in the exact same spot with my 800gs. Filtering, car in-front U-Turns, straight into the front right wing. Insurance went on about a year with little to no input from myself - clear as not at fault. If your incident is as you describe you should be cleared by a mile. I will say, your experience with a new insurer with an on-going claim was completely opposite to me, though. I was told because of the on-going claim that they had to assume an at-fault position, so I had to go into a new policy with 0yrs NCD. Did get the difference back eventually however.

[@teapotone]

+Defaulted3 Interesting to read you were told the opposite about the no claims! Got to admit I was surprised when they told me too.

[@AJHDuk]

"Yeah but I thought I could make it..." Hahahaha

[@teapotone]

Standard isn’t it around there!

[@criticalcuda]

Just bought myself a 12 month old 1200 GS a few weeks ago ,had it delivered to home but not had chance to have ago yet , its bloody high even on the lowest seat setting , think I should of bought a low ,but I see how I get on , they seem will balanced with the weight low down so fingers crossed all will be well ..sorry about the accident but it will all come clean in the wash

[@teapotone]

+Brian Jones Hi Brian, yeah they are high but I know of some fairly ''hobbit' types out there who seem to manage fine, perhaps look at the lowering kit if you can't get on with the low seat option? I love the bike, absolutely love it 👍

[@SPd.Triple]

At least you're ok dude!

[@johnmacdonald1878]

Glad to see you weren't hurt. Annoying but bikes can be fixed or replaced. Good gear?

[@TheArcticRider]

Firstly, I'm loving the new bike! Second, has the same issue with my folks when I dropped my Yamaha about 10 years, managed to get them bent back into place :)

[@teapotone]

Hi Gordon, yeah I was hoping it would just be something minor but as I rode it to BMW I could see the forks were badly bent. As the GS has the semi-active suspension it's a fairly complicated setup, so the whole front basically needs replacing. Hopefully the insurance will sort it next week all going well. Believe it or not, the cretin that did the U-turn in front of me is now claiming personal injury!

[@brianperry]

A police Biker once said 'It doesn't matter whose fault it was if your dead'.. I've used motorcycles since 1963 so I'm well passed my hooligan stage....I treat all car drivers as possible assassins, especially near junctions and roundabouts ...hell! one has to be bloody careful these days.

[@XaqFixx]

Glad you are ok. Someone ran a stop sign to turn left in front of me this February as well. Still reassembling my bike.

[@teapotone]

+Xaq Fixx Ah man sorry to hear that, there are some real idiots on the road! Hope you get it sorted in time for the sun 👍

[@smokeybarr]

"I thought I'd make it..." Unbelievable!

[@DavidslvPT]

Every time I've been down to Coopers I've had a great service - even though I do not own a BMW. Fantastic people down there

[@stephencarrahar286]

Bruce was thinking of a camera (dash cam type) for mr r1200rt. I know you have a preference for drift cams. Its really for insurance/crash events. Any recommendations or avoid at all cost suggestions please. Ps looked in on your live session tonight but it kept buffering (33Mbps) strange.

[@teapotone]

Hi Stephen, Apologies about the livechat tonight, seems like youtube was suffering major gremlins from some hack or something?! Funny you should mention dash cams, I just bought one at the bike show today. I’ve gone for the Innovv C5 so will be installing it and trying it out soon. I’ll do a vid review on it once I’ve got some experience with it 👍

[@stephenmcqueen4029]

In your account of the accident you said you were filtering at 30 mph. If it was as busy as described don’t you think that was too fast? What limit was the road where it happened. I don’t often ride to work on my bike in a big city so it might be acceptable to others, I’ve seen plenty of vloggers on here. Easy to criticise I know, glad your not hurt but it could be contributory filtering at that speed in the dark n wet.

[@davidtomkins4242]

I was a witness in a case involving a similar. The car solicitor's defence was that the rider shouldn't have been overtaking a car that had indicators on. I pointed out that the car wasn't indicating! Rider won 100%. In your case driver could say he didn't see you because of the bus so he thought road was clear. Might want to edit out the part of the vid in which you say you could see his indicator and turned wheels, as a magistrate will go at least 50/50. Good luck.

[@teapotone]

+David Tomkins Cheers for the input David. But in this case, I literally saw him for probably a second before he just pulled across the whole lane, as soon as I saw him I began to brake hard but he came straight across before I'd stopped. Thankfully I've a witness and I'm going to view CCTV tomorrow to see if it has been captured, so fingers crossed.

[@BiglumpADV]

So Ive just watched through your round the world trip, epic ride! Then I see this and you've sold out and bought a GS, oh how the mighty have fallen 😉

[@teapotone]

+Tack2252 Ha Ha, I know, I know!! I was ashamed of myself at first, but when you spank by Sportsbikes on the twisty roads and they're all cramped up on their machines and I'm all lovely and comfy, well the pain and embarrassment just sort of fades away! 👍

[@aukanmeister]

Revisited. Soon to 50k!

[@bobbybackmarker9665]

I've been commuting everyday for years and am still surprised by the stupidity of some road users! I'm no angel myself but at least I try to have a look before doing something feckin stupid :) Not much consolation but "any crash you can walk away from is a good one" and all that shite! lol.

[@teapotone]

+Bobby Backmarker Very true mate, cheers

[@Japstitube]

As long as you are OK. Just hope number 3 stays away! Good luck with the insurance Mucka.

[@teapotone]

+Ray F Walton Thanks Ray, yeah the insurance could be fun!

[@Eastsussexbiker]

I think that was when Coopers were owned by Inchcape not the same now they are owned by Arden.

[@teapotone]

Aye sadly Coopers went downhill in their last year or so - new owners Arden seem to be getting things back on track going by the service I’ve had. Are you happy with them?

[@fibroboy1604]

Talk about bag luck. Sorry to hear that mate.

[@lmdtm24v]

best of luck for Herman and You!

[@lmdtm24v]

BTW E is very cool :p

[@teapotone]

+lmdtm24v Cheers bud

[@teapotone]

+lmdtm24v 👍

[@ronaldthomas9396]

All of a sudden the new R1250RS will fix your problem fast!

[@fishingotheradventuresonke7996]

A long time ago I know but only just seen this. I cannot believe you rode your bike in this condition not really knowing the true damage that had been caused that may have caused a catastrophic failure! Fortunate you didn’t get stopped by the police, you know only too well what a PG9 is. 😏

[@the_mad_leprechaun]

Can we still buy your book? Never received my teapotone stickers yet!

[@teapotone]

Ah sorry Murt, when did you order them? I’ve had an issue this year where my emails from PayPal have been going straight to the junk folder and I only found out the other week! The printed book is sold out but you can still get the downloadable kindle and ebook on amazon 👍

[@theincrediblesulk5543]

The sad thing is if you managed to avoid the car and came off as a result you would have no claim! Also on the insurance company saying they don't have any note of your previous incident, if you told then over the phone all your calls are recorded against your account, which if you kick up a fuss they will dig it out

[@teapotone]

+The Incredible Sulk I took the insurance out after filling in an online form on GoCompare.com so there's no phone call involved unfortunately. GoCompare said they had no record of my application when my insurance checked with them. Weird, but it's all sorted now.

[@mattrowe6394]

What happened to the logo change?

[@teapotone]

It changed to the current design Matt 👍

[@mattrowe6394]

teapotone the current one is much more you Bruce.

[@teapotone]

Thanks bud

[@mikedignum1868]

I have had a helmet cam for a long time as i worked in central London and some of those drivers are crazy. I also bought a Helite Turtle recently at the NEC. I bit bulky but i got used to it and again in a accident the back and neck protection should come in handy.

[@ajsimpson7816]

was with motorcycle direct for less than a year got into an accident with a car and needed to insure a new motorbike yamaha mt125 2020 and they were asking over 2 grand so gone back with bikesure

[@CheapskateMotorsports]

My first bike was exactly like this lmaoo, made high speed tank slappers really interesting

[@kennykewn5182]

Hey bud, may be a stupid question, why you called tea pot 1?....you like Suzuki gsxf?...was it your original bike?

[@teapotone]

Hi Kenny, I used to be a police officer in the Met in London. ‘TeapotOne’ was the callsign for the mobile tea wagon which would be deployed anywhere where there were large scale deployments of officers, and it just meant you’d get 10 mins off the front line to have a brew and get your breath back. As I was taking a career break to do my RTW trip, I just called it ‘TeapotOne’ - and it’s stuck. I’ve never ridden the GSX-F, my first bike was a GSX-R 600, then I quickly moved to the GSX-R1000

[@kennykewn5182]

@@teapotone nice one mate, i always liked the 'teapot ' i seem to have perverted tastes, ( or a love of the underdog!) I enjoy your no nonsense approach, and relatively new subscriber, you gonna do more different bike reviews?. I am a traffic officer for highways England in north west so work alongside coppers on motorways, pity we dont have bike!! See ya pal, thanks for reply!

[@bobhill2057]

I hope that it's the easy fix. Voted E Keep these awesome vids coming

[@teapotone]

Cheers Bob 👍

[@GRT1005]

We are bikers, its always our fault when it comes to insurance companies..

[@teapotone]

VERY true

[@Tyrekickingwetdreamer]

Let me know if you want some hypertech avanced road system 9 (None competition licence holders need not apply)

[@alexmorgan3435]

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party but you need to fit a sound blaster air horn like Richy Vida did on his VFR. He made a vid about it. Glad you were ok. You said the driver admitted liability but then changed to blame you claiming 50:50. I bet it was his insurance company that did this. They're all lying scum bags.

[@teapotone]

Unfortunately yes that seems to be the way. It went to court and I won thankfully.

[@Eastsussexbiker]

My local deal don’t go there much to be honest.

[@shamino1990]

Thought I recognised the BMW dealer, This is Tunbridge wells industrial estate.

[@teapotone]

+Ben Prowse Yep its Coopers, great folks 👍

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Few & far between now, i used to have a local Motorrad dealership in Caterham but now i'm between Coopers Tunbridge wells, Vines in Guildford, BMW Park Lane or Chandlers Brighton.

[@Malyjurek]

BMW = Bring More Wad .... but they do quality service and their bikes are top quality and last..

[@johna6968]

Ouch... Did you say filtering past stationary @ 30mph? Tis bit quick to be fair.. Hope you and the bike on the mend soon fella..

[@teapotone]

+Jay B No it was a bus in front that pulled over, I was just going with traffic. I'd eased off the throttle and hit the brakes as soon as I saw the car, but he came out too fast.

[@davidtomkins4242]

Logo E but with A's beard

[@XC-ol9db]

Three Cross motorcycles are incredible for after sales!!!! Get a Triumph ;)

[@r6stu]

What was the outcome to this>?

[@teapotone]

Hi Stuart, sorry mate I don’t quite understand. Are you enquiring about the bike? If so it was repaired and that was that. He admitted fault thankfully, then a few months down the line he tried to say it was 50-50. We went to Court and they found 100% in my favour, job done.

[@r6stu]

teapotone cheers, that was what I was after. Idiots.

[@shlllong]

Always record mate. Every ride.

[@shlllong]

I used the wrist band to retrospectively grab footage from the drift, but in the end I just recorded everything.

[@teapotone]

+shlllong I do now bud

[@martincornish3179]

0.59 Range Rover nearly made it a hat trick.

[@HepcatHarley]

Unlucky TPO but shite happens. Let's hope that's the last of it :)

[@teapotone]

+Hepcat Harley Thanks man, yeah I hope so!

[@7zero9er7]

Oh no!

[@teapotone]

+7Zero9er Yarp 😞

[@MsDenver2]

We’ll worry to hear that , if car drivers are knocking you off I won’t stand a chance, what is wrong with drivers in this country 🤔

[@teapotone]

Thanks Donna, but in hindsight I could of greatly increased my ‘survival’ options by filtering by the stationary bus at a slower speed, allowing me to view the u-turning car and react quicker. Every day is a school day, and as I’ve found out over the years, your perceived skill level is not always your actual skill level 👍

[@michalredaj6796]

Sorry to heart that Bruce...:-(

[@teapotone]

+michal redaj Cheers Michael, not having much luck at the mo, but hopefully I'll win the lottery when my luck turns!

[@michalredaj6796]

teapotone just remember after you will win the lottery that "sharing is carrying "... -) and I hope that the books you were going to post is one of mine,posting to Ledbury,Herefordshire ? Haha

[@teapotone]

+michal redaj Michal is yours going to the Netherlands? If so then yes, it's already posted and on its way! Thanks for buying a copy and please let me know what you think once you've read it 👍

[@76CzarekP]

i crashed once, and i've won a titanium elbow

[@teapotone]

+76CzarekP Ha Ha, ahh the medals of battle 👍

[@simonharrison7104]

I got a titanium rod from my knee to my ankle...ahh memories...of agony 😬😭 foot was facing backwards 🤣

[@teapotone]

🤢

[@simonharrison7104]

@@teapotone long time ago now..2004.....loved watching ALL of your videos whilst Corona's dealing her cards m8,cracking channel Bruce 🤩😎

[@teapotone]

Thanks Simon 👍

[@sm-ov1wh]

You seem to fall off or crash a lot 🤔 maybe it's time to look at the way you ride ? Calm down just a thought 😉

[@teapotone]

I ride every single day, in all weathers, covering up to 40,000 miles a year all across the world. In 10 years I’ve had 4 significant accidents, 3 of which were last year. Not really that bad odds.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Oh gee. What a loada hassle. That's the good thing about riding cheao old bikes. You have a spill and just sorta bend everything back.

[@paulwhitehead3214]

got to be B

[@BulldogGaz]

gutted about your gs good nothing happened to you. oh yes D deffinately D

[@teapotone]

+Bulldog Gaz I seemed to have terrible luck during that time - all good now though 👍

[@petermindham147]

Surprised you would ride the bike in the manner you are without a professional check out of all cycle parts etc. Foolhardy at least.

[@teapotone]

Peter, I rode a bike with two buckled wheels and a snapped subframe for over 50k miles, please credit me with a degree of common sense to make the decision as to whether a bike is rideable or not. I rode it home and then straight to the dealership once it opened. If I thought it wasn’t rideable, then I wouldn’t ride it.

[@nevillethong]

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[@genuinecomments4008]

Oldfogey you should watch another channel. Your not for bikes mate

[@pm3577]

“I crashed again” no you didn’t, there’s a difference between crashing and having some muppet pull a U-ie on you surely?

[@motovinhornet386]

D

[@wolfe1970]

Cant say im overly impressed with your style of riding, not surprised you've had 2 accidents, you need to slow it down fella, guess you dont have the crash footage ? lol

[@teapotone]

Another expert master rider here eh. You should charge for your advice, I’m sure it’d be in great demand. If you don’t like it, don’t watch. Bye

[@wolfe1970]

@@teapotone All im saying is from how you ride, the risks you take from speeding excessively to overtaking on white hatching's (have you seen that video of a guy doing these exact 2 things and got killed on an adventure bike like yours) maybe normal road users just dont expect to see a bike coming up that fast etc, Its got nothing to do with my expertise, no one has to be a expert to see from your riding style you would be classed as high risk, ive being riding all year round for 33 years and far from take the risks you do, does it really matter if you turn up 3 minutes later ? And from the comments its clear alot think the same as me.

[@teapotone]

If you watch the channel then you know what has happened since this vid and my reaction to events since this happened. I won’t be replying anymore

[@MikeHarveyPhoto]

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