Suffered amisfortune friday night. Felt cold, very dry, no frost or condensation to be seen but clocked some ice on a cars rear wiper blade so I was aware it was below zero....riding out of town (30 limit) approaching an area that looked wet, I now know to be due to a leaking water main. I dropped back to avoid spray on my visor and pick the shallowest route through the wet (first time out this year...) It ran through my mind that there may be ice forming the other side of the leak where the water was being carried off on car tyres.......before I was through and holding a steady throttle the rear kicked out left, I steered into it,got it back, it kicked right, same recovery and then huge rear kick out to the left again, counter steered into it, closing the throttle, no brake, felt the front end had lost traction too, and then the enivitable highside, trashed the leftside of my bike and broke my collar bone, landed on head and shoulder, Arai trashed too. Police closed the road because it was so hazardous but not before a lad on a moped came off on it too. Just to be clear every where else was bone dry, this ice rink was down to a burst pipe thats been leaking I'm told for two months. Claim or no claim?
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