Off Road Experience

[Kickstart]

Hi

As some might know, I landed up screwing up a corner on the FZ750 today, running off down a 4' bank into a potato field. Somehow managed to stay upright so rode about 100 yards through mud back out of the field.

All the best

Keith
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[Sparks!]

I know tarmac can sometimes get boring in the rain, but that was really no excuse to go play off road Keith

From what Mike and Maur. said in I R C, you must be a well good rider to have kept the bike upright, either that or v lucky. 10/10 for style
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[Kickstart]

Skill had nothing to do with it. I was very lucky.

All the best

Keith
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[Hex]

Yeah I see the mistake you made there. You turned for the right hand corner a "little" bit early - like a 100 yards.

Glad it stayed the right way up though mate.
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[Kickstart]

Hex you git, it hurts to laugh at the moment.

All the best

Keith
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[Ant]

Maybee not the best shortcut there then mate?
Glad you stayed on tho!
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[True Blue]

You done well there mate. I would probably just have covered my eyes and curled up into a ball
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[Robby]

Nice. I wouldn't even try a stunt like that on the CRM 250.

[Noggin]

I've heard of cutting corners but that's extreme!



Craig G(Noggin)
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[John]

I don't quite understand how you managed that? I know I would have fallen off. Why did the bike feel the need to go there in the first place?
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[jayaraj158]

the roads here(in india) are hell. i envy you you have such nice roads and cannot manage to keep the rubber side down you are...............
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[ZaphodBeeble]

Nice one Keith. It's a good feeling when you shit yourself and think you're going to lose it but then spectacularly save it.
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[McJamweasel]

I think the question that still needs to be answered here is - how???
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[Adam_P]

Can I ask where abouts you were? Just so I can avoid it, unless I'm on a trailie, obviously!
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[Danny]

Well done for keeping it together Keith.

You gonna do a stunt show for the next BCF meet.

[Scotty]

Bloody hell Keith even after so many years of biking every day and i can't imagine someone staying up on grass / plants / mud in wet weather.

Luck and keeping carm as such probably kept you from falling.

Either that or the FZ sank so far in the mud it couldn't fall over
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[Stevie Northants]

Well done,I know how you feel.
At the end of last summer I over cooked it into a left hander,saw the road was clear so went 'a bit' wide,ended up parallel with the road in a ditch travelling along fast enough for the bike to do a few bunny hops and jumps,I had to stay in ditch until the traffic cleared again so I could get back across.

All this on a gixer 600!

Stevie
PS;I kept the foliage I caught in my boot for good luck,dont think I could do it again!Ha Ha!

[M1ke]

I was following keith at the time so here is my bit of the story.

We were tootling along all following keith down this really flat and twisty country road. It wasn't raining however the roads were wet.
We were approaching a lovely clear left hand bend nothing was coming the other way, so keith moved onto the other side of the road to use all the space.

All looks fine until he sort of wobbles (as if front let go slightly) and at the same time his left foot shoots out as if to take the corner supermoto style (foot out rather than knee down) Instead of leaning into the bend the bike straightened up and keith shot off the edge of the road and disappears.

We all shit our selves, assuming no one could possibly stay on a bike at 50mph after shooting down a 4 foot drop onto a muddy field... We slow down getting ready to dig keith and bike out of the mud... But just then keith appears riding along as if nothing had happened through a potato field parallel to us.

We then pulled over, had a hell of a laugh, took photos then left! Everytime I think about it I can't help but chuckle to my self

[hush]

A stunt you couldn't have scripted better. Sounds like the kind of incident that everyone would have loved to have seen, everyone would have loved to have pulled off - but doesn't envy being in your seat that day

[Danny]

So how about we change Keiths custom title on weekends to stuntman.

[ZaphodBeeble]

I can picture what happened (thanks to the picture ) and it's funny hehe. Want to borrow the chunky tyres off my DT Keith?
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[Kickstart]

Hi

To add to what Mike says, I moved out to the right hand side of the road. Visability was good and I just decided to give the tyres an easier time by taking the bend gently. We were only doing around 40~50mph. Just as I turned in I felt the front end go (and this was while barely turning). I straightened a bit and tried again, but basically bottled it and ran wide. Probably if I had tried to turn in harder I would have got away with it.

I don't remember my foot coming off the footrest, but as I have hurt it by clouting it on something it does not surprise me.

I have no idea how I stayed on the bike, and while going over the bank I certainly expected to both be in pain and have a large repair bill. Somehow I managed to stay upright and moving, so I kept on moving to try and get out of the field.

Anyway, basically a minor road problem which caused me to leave the road because I did not react correctly.

All the best

Keith
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[ZaphodBeeble]

Nonetheless you managed it, so well done. You are very modest Keith I must say.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

No need for modesty, when my own screw up caused the incident.

All the best

Keith
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[Sparks!]

Well described Mike, that made me laugh
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