Moz
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I got up early, new clipons, big smile and headed north out of Sydney.. :laugh:
Chatted with a bloke on a Mk V Le mans for brekky at Peats Ridgeish, but he was heading for Nelson Bay on his first ride and going too slow... came up behind some american chrome and then a red Mk II came by and we rode pretty hard down the Bucketts Way almost to Gloucester, when I had to stop for fuel - never found out who it was?
Leaving Gloucester I came up behind Roper on his green machine and we put a bit of pace on till we came up behind a cruising Cali or Nevada? We slowed and I then I switched off to enjpy the scenery :blink:
Coming down here - looking back up the way I came down:
They were doing roadworks and the road narrowed to a single lane to cross the bridge. You can see that lip of the road on the side near the sign... I was behind Roper who went over that black tar on the hill you can see and thought 'I'll miss that' and went left without much care as to where it would take me - I didn't think I was going that fast.. I think I lost the back just a little in that dirt and then my front went from under me as it went down the lip and I went tummy surfing on the gravel :huh:
hmy: So I'm lying face down and look up to see Roper disappear over the hill..
The front end had turned left and the bike had gone down on its right side in the dirt, was short a plug which had been sheared off and the clip ons were bent back but the saddle bags had saved the pipe and rear end. I was probably more shocked and pissed off at myself than badly hurt but I was glad I was wearing the full face as the chin had copped it :unsure: leather jacket, boots and gloves (pretty much) had done their job but my jeans were ripped and both knees bleeding and starting to swell. Cursed myself for putting comfort over safety and not wearing the leather on a hot day - will now buy some cordura pants with knee protectors
Straightened the bars up, examined the plug cable and she started - the cable was sparking but I moved it further down and it seemed ok. Tried to call Roper - no signal. Some unknown bikes went past heading back to Gloucester and it probably looked like I was just resting... Knees were already swelling up and I figured I wouldn't be riding tomorrow, so even though must have been pretty close I thought I'd head back to Gloucester, get some food and think. I did and decided I'd be better off riding back then than seeing if I could ride Sunday - its Sunday am here and I limped to the comp so glad I did.. :cheer: plus my girfriend looked after me like the little baby I am
The bike actually went quite well but was surging on a steady throttle. I'll probably stick it in to Motociclo if the insurer is cool with that when my le mans is back on the road :laugh:
actually this doesn't qualify for the hard luck prize, as I never made it - but I must've been very close...
it happened here, at the bottom at the river crossing, which must be just short of the rally site.. :S
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?client=f ... 17&iwloc=A
oh and there was no luck about it - I screwed up :blink:
So post some pics of the rally :cheer:
Chatted with a bloke on a Mk V Le mans for brekky at Peats Ridgeish, but he was heading for Nelson Bay on his first ride and going too slow... came up behind some american chrome and then a red Mk II came by and we rode pretty hard down the Bucketts Way almost to Gloucester, when I had to stop for fuel - never found out who it was?
Leaving Gloucester I came up behind Roper on his green machine and we put a bit of pace on till we came up behind a cruising Cali or Nevada? We slowed and I then I switched off to enjpy the scenery :blink:
Coming down here - looking back up the way I came down:
They were doing roadworks and the road narrowed to a single lane to cross the bridge. You can see that lip of the road on the side near the sign... I was behind Roper who went over that black tar on the hill you can see and thought 'I'll miss that' and went left without much care as to where it would take me - I didn't think I was going that fast.. I think I lost the back just a little in that dirt and then my front went from under me as it went down the lip and I went tummy surfing on the gravel :huh:
hmy: So I'm lying face down and look up to see Roper disappear over the hill..The front end had turned left and the bike had gone down on its right side in the dirt, was short a plug which had been sheared off and the clip ons were bent back but the saddle bags had saved the pipe and rear end. I was probably more shocked and pissed off at myself than badly hurt but I was glad I was wearing the full face as the chin had copped it :unsure: leather jacket, boots and gloves (pretty much) had done their job but my jeans were ripped and both knees bleeding and starting to swell. Cursed myself for putting comfort over safety and not wearing the leather on a hot day - will now buy some cordura pants with knee protectors
Straightened the bars up, examined the plug cable and she started - the cable was sparking but I moved it further down and it seemed ok. Tried to call Roper - no signal. Some unknown bikes went past heading back to Gloucester and it probably looked like I was just resting... Knees were already swelling up and I figured I wouldn't be riding tomorrow, so even though must have been pretty close I thought I'd head back to Gloucester, get some food and think. I did and decided I'd be better off riding back then than seeing if I could ride Sunday - its Sunday am here and I limped to the comp so glad I did.. :cheer: plus my girfriend looked after me like the little baby I am
The bike actually went quite well but was surging on a steady throttle. I'll probably stick it in to Motociclo if the insurer is cool with that when my le mans is back on the road :laugh:
actually this doesn't qualify for the hard luck prize, as I never made it - but I must've been very close...
it happened here, at the bottom at the river crossing, which must be just short of the rally site.. :S
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?client=f ... 17&iwloc=A
oh and there was no luck about it - I screwed up :blink:
So post some pics of the rally :cheer:
