First off in years (Diesel)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:45 pm
As the title says had my first off since 2006. I was coming up to a junction onto the main road when the scooter slid out from under me. Turns out the junction was absolutely covered in spilt diesel and there was large pools upon the main road as well. There was no diesel on the road I came from so I had no warning signs. The junction is on a slight dip as well, it was wet so my visor was partly covered in rain drops plus I was looking left and right up the main road and not right on the road surface. 'Luckily' I was only doing about 10mph and the scooter landed on my legs. I managed to get out from underneath and a van stopped and the two guys picked up the scooter.
The front side is scratched but the rear panel was not, again thanks to my legs holding up the rear end. Oil was gushing out of the air filter box. The Daelim S1 is oil cooled and I'm guessing as the scoot was still running at first the oil has come out of the cylinder head and down the air filter pipe. Some police in an umarked car stopped and pretty much informed the highways agency of the diesel spillage and told me to go to hospital if I develop any pain. I always wear all the gear and apart from some slight aching I was fine. I phoned work and they sent someone out to help me. We went to a nearby garage to get more oil. I got some cheap £5 semi stuff just to top up the scoot. Luckily the scoot has no oil leak, it was just because it had been on its side. 'Luckily' the only damage is the scrapes to the front panel and the tip of the brake lever. I was able to ride the scoot once the oil had been topped up, all was normal the journey back home to rest.
So a few things to top this off.
- Something needs to be done about diesel spillages, mostly people overfilling their tanks I'd guess. Why would someone brim their tank knowing it's going to splash out?! All they are doing is causing a hazard and flushing their own money down the drain!
- All the gear all the time. Luckily apart from a slight ache in my legs for the rest of the day I was fine. If I'd being wearing ordinary trousers the outcome could of been a lot worse and I was only doing 10mph.
-Repairing the scratches. The panels aren't damaged just the paintwork. What would be the best stuff to use? Plasti-dip?
-Luckily It wasn't my SYM Joymax - That's newer and a lot heavier!
The front side is scratched but the rear panel was not, again thanks to my legs holding up the rear end. Oil was gushing out of the air filter box. The Daelim S1 is oil cooled and I'm guessing as the scoot was still running at first the oil has come out of the cylinder head and down the air filter pipe. Some police in an umarked car stopped and pretty much informed the highways agency of the diesel spillage and told me to go to hospital if I develop any pain. I always wear all the gear and apart from some slight aching I was fine. I phoned work and they sent someone out to help me. We went to a nearby garage to get more oil. I got some cheap £5 semi stuff just to top up the scoot. Luckily the scoot has no oil leak, it was just because it had been on its side. 'Luckily' the only damage is the scrapes to the front panel and the tip of the brake lever. I was able to ride the scoot once the oil had been topped up, all was normal the journey back home to rest.
So a few things to top this off.
- Something needs to be done about diesel spillages, mostly people overfilling their tanks I'd guess. Why would someone brim their tank knowing it's going to splash out?! All they are doing is causing a hazard and flushing their own money down the drain!
- All the gear all the time. Luckily apart from a slight ache in my legs for the rest of the day I was fine. If I'd being wearing ordinary trousers the outcome could of been a lot worse and I was only doing 10mph.
-Repairing the scratches. The panels aren't damaged just the paintwork. What would be the best stuff to use? Plasti-dip?
-Luckily It wasn't my SYM Joymax - That's newer and a lot heavier!