Scary moments....

Visitor Q · $25 whore Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Karma :

Meh the reason youve never had to worry about making it back in is your bike probably accelerates twice as fast in 6th from 30 to 80 odd then my bike. And i never said you were a bad rider, what narks me off is you say i am, because ill admit to doing dumb shit. To be old and sensible you gotta be young and stupid first. I know i do dumb stuff but i never think hang on a minute am i in control, i dont think they blatantly are going to stay in that lane at that speed forever, and ask people ive had on the back, when someone has done something stupid, i slowed down, worked out what they were doing then went past.

Plus ive been riding a year, and i can ride immaculately when i want to, lots of lifesavers, keeping to speed limits, slowing for ALL junctions, but i choose to mix that with when i hit nice straight be it with sparse traffic or empty i will open up as much as possible to a degree that is safe.Also you dont know the roads i mention, The A602 in my area is a huge speeding area, the white way, which had the bus thing deserves it 20 mph speed limit at one end blatantly as its built up, twisty and poor vis, the bit i was speeding on has walls on both sides of the road about 4 foot from the curb, and is very straight with like one intersection and the road it very wide.

Im not a complete arsehole braggin about doing 90 through a school zone at kicking out time or something. I know where insanity begins, but yeah at the moment i dont have enough restraint on the speed in some areas. Plus as i was still unused to speed on an unfaired bike accelerating, i was possibly only doing 50 odd. im not sure.
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

GSXR · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Karma :

ZZ-Rse · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

I can empathise with the pheasant, went through a hedge a few years back after one of the sods decided to try and climb through my visor as I approached a corner on the a4155 between Henley and Reading.
Single nastiest moment was probably the rear tyre deflating rather explosively on the M6 near Junction 9, thankfully an artic noticed me suddenly go bolt upright and struggle to maintain steady decelleration in an attempt to keep the tyre on the rim long enough to get down from 90ish to a safe jumping speed and out of the outside lane, with his bulk behind me and hazard lights going I managed to actually cruise it to a stop.
Crashing hurts a fair bit, but it's usually fast. Sitting on that bike wondering what the hell was going to happen for the minute or three it took to stop was truly nasty though.
Typical man I guess, always wants to get to the action as fast as possible Wink

GSXR · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Karma :

Not my scary moment but scary all the same...

Tonight I was heading home from a delightful evening shopping at Safeway with the wife in the car. We were travelling behind a 4x4 approaching a blind left hander and my wife says "Oh God no!" as a bike comes past me at the same time as a car appears around the bend in the opposite direction. We all shuffled over a bit and Twat~1 made it. Guess what? His twat mate followed him. I braked gently and pulled as far in as possible, the approaching car braked and put his nearside wheels on the grass and 'twat~2' made it past as well.

They then both went round the left hander with their arses hanging off and their legs waving in the wind - following the 4x4 at very rural speed - they looked *just* like Rossi. Doh!

They both then passed the 4x4 on the approach to a blind brow Confused

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Dark · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

Yams, wise words from a young head, nice one. Wow, £1095 for insurance, ouch! Shocked

Glad i'm not the only one to have been attacked by those pesky pheasants.

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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Bonny - you say that the bus caught you by surprise. Yet you also say that the road is straight and wide with good visability. Now please excuse me if I'm being stupid here, but aren't buses generally pretty fucking big and hard to miss?
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Most things are not scary, as if they are truly bad you do not have time to get scared until afterwards.

Running a sheep over was not fun though, and nor was doing a jump into a potato field.

All the best

Keith
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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

Scariest moment for me has to be overtaking a van on a corner and suddenly seeing a fuggof skip lorry coming the other way. I went between both vehicles with a few inches to spare Cool

Close second is the time I was racing a mate down the local drag strip and as we get to the end and turn round I see a black unmarked Volvo Police

....copper got out and swiped my keys too Neutral

Had a few "Oooh shit" moments on rideouts etc. The norm really I suppose. Funnily enough the times I have actually crashed I wasn't scared Confused

How does that work? Laughing

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timelimit · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Karma :

don't know if anyone lives in the bexley area but a few weeks back there was a front page story about a bike getting hit by a car, and the bike was ripped in half Shocked

I'll try scanning it in if i can get a hold of it
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Bikerbabe · Nova Slayer Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Karma :

I can't remember the last scary moment i had but i can remember a few that stuart has had. The first time on a roundabout when getting his knee down and some guy pulled out in front of him which forced him off the bike which than out right over him, bike oil all over the road ( we did get a lift back in a farrari Laughing

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The second time was when i had to go to the hospital after a phone call from stuart saying he was involved in an accident, I think he had to have a brain scan as he didnt know where he was! the past 5 hours he was saying the same things, ( a bit scary cos one of our mates are now in a wheel chair after a bike accident)
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