Because I did something very embarasing and droped the trumpy doing a U-Turn
Rowlands Hill Road at Coramandel Valley as it turns out, has an off camber slope on it, and my legs are not long enough to bounce a bike back up before hitting the point of no return. Once again, I survive many a neart miss at high speed, but fug it up on a simple manauver, to the detriment of my bank account.
Damage is broken left indicator, broken left peg, scratched pipe (though luckly only in the place it was already scratched... just its easier to see now), bent front brake lever, but the big one...... cracked fairing
(as well as the usual battle scars of scratched paint and decals).
Some days your just glad to have insurance. dunno when i'm going to get time to drop it into a repairer though... or even which repairer I should go through with a trumpy (don't particularily want to go to peter stevens). Not having a bike will also be a large inconveniance.
Bugga.
no damage though (it's a kwaka 
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