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Posted: 09:34 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: Change of underwear moments? |
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So as the thread title suggests, I thought it would be mildly amusing to share those moments we've all had whilst enjoying the pleasure of being on our trusty steeds.
My first ever code brown occurred many years ago when I was a youngster on his first "big bike" and as all of us could probably ateste to, I thought I was much more competent than I actually was.......
Having watched far too many rounds of MotoGP and WSB, I was attempting to ride vigorously when up ahead I noticed a rather lovely looking corner, well more of a kink lets say, so I suddenly had the urge to try something I'd read about and witnessed on TV, "blipping the throttle to downchange", looks easy and seems to make sense to a novice, no problem, or so I thought! So the inner Rossi took over.....
I proceeded to engage the clutch, and gave it what transpired to be a handful rather than a quick "blip" as the name would suggest but not only did I overcook the blipping, I didn't actually engage the clutch properly so what I ended up doing in essence was ripping the throttle open entering the corner.
My steed reared up, became very unstable and basically caused me to have what can only be described as a near death experience because I just imagined piling in to the barriers, flipping over the top and dying a very extravagant death.
Turned out that didn't happen, much to my delight. God knows how I managed to avoid crashing but I did and I pulled over to the side of the road to enable air to reach my lungs, allow my 250 bpm heart rate to slow and have a quick check of my now brown Calvin Klein's. ____________________ Current Bike:-Suzuki GSXR 1000 - K3
Past Bikes:- ZX6-R, ZX7-R, RSV Mille x2 (1st Gen). |
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wr6133 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 14:20 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Quite alot of crashes or as I call it "learning".
However for sheer shit to pant ratio this one rates high...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49866520921_6e177359e9_b.jpg
I'd been alongside thick hedges and trees, they disappeared and I got blinded by low sun, that made me totally misjudge a corner and end up on the wrong side of the road at speed.
One moment I was blinded by the sun then I saw this big bugger bearing down on me. The picture is almost as far over as I managed to get, I couldn't make my side in time. Luckily the driver was switched on and mounted the verge so I didn't get killed by an antique tractor unit.
If I ever meet the bloke driving that I'll buy him a bottle of Scotch. |
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Posted: 14:30 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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My worst (and the only one I can really remember, although there must have been others) was a tank-slapper on my GPz750 Turbo, back in '84. Empty multi-lane road in the dead of night, first time I'd really tried to wind on the power of a big bike. I just whacked the throttle all the way open and it just went into one. A sense of there being no positive input I could make to regain control, it seemed to last for minutes but of course was only really a few seconds. Eventually managed to shed enough speed for it to calm itself. It was a terrifying way to learn that you need to treat such bikes with a bit of respect. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 15:08 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Long time ago , many years ago on my RD 250lc of lovelyness.
Luckily for me the road was empty.
This is nice thinks me, I wonder how fast she goes thinks me.
I wind her up to full pelt, hmmm that’s quick I think.
I look down at the speedo to see how fast I’m going and a split second later I look up to see a house brick sitting in the road .
No chance to do anything, BLAM! the bike turns into a bucking bronco and a tankslapper at the same time!
No skill on my part, I just about managed to hold on let alone stear it or throttle it or brake.
In the seconds of madness that it took to happen, I broke both of my thumbs I found out later after the adrenaline had worn off.
The front wheel got me home but looked fooked and I changed it for the spare wheel i had.
Good job I stayed on and upright, because chances are I would have landed in the Amaco barriers it the bike had spat me off .
Brown trouser? Very nearly, being sick in the lay-by , oh yes , very much so! ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Posted: 16:22 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Mine was about 2 days after I passed my test. I had managed to convince myself that me on my XS250 could easily keep up with the guy ahead on his cruiser type thing through the twisty Dorset roads. I was wrong. I went into a corner slightly too fast, the bike started to weave and wallow slightly so I over-reacted and grabbed the front brake
Luckily there was no oncoming traffic as the bike sat up, and shot across the road. Fortunately the only thing I hit was a fairly softish hedge. After I had worked out that I was still alive and nothing was broken or bleeding I became aware of the slightly surreal sight of a dozen cows stood in a half circle around me, not doubt wondering wtf I was doing lying in their field. I was able to retrieve the bike from the hedge and ride home a much relieved and slightly wiser man. ____________________ Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red" |
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Posted: 16:26 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Mine was on the KMX125, was taking a corner about 60mph and the rear tyre inner tube disintegrated making it instantly flat. To make things worse I had someone on the back. Lost control and hit the deck about 50mph, fortunately we both just slid. Thank God for gear |
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Posted: 17:00 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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I kind of took "change of underwear" moments to mean near misses. If we're including actual crashes...
Nah, forget it, I'll be here all night ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 18:42 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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hellkat wrote: | *looks at watch, taps it, holds to ear*
Nah you're alright, guvnor.
Looks like we got plenty of time. |
I refer the lady to chickenystripgeezer's biking life, below.
*looks at watch, and is reminded he doesn't have one* ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 18:43 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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There are quite a few, although I don't normally ride like a tit, so its usually just poor obs on my part (or the other party) rather than excessive speed.
In fact my most heart stopping one wasn't even at high speed.
I mighta been going 30mph or so.
Coming along a slip road onto a dual carriageway behind Ilford, and I was behind a Harley owned by the Prez of a certain large and colourful local club, but which was being ridden by the sergeant at arms, who was my bit of spare at the time - maybe 18 or so years ago now. (omg was it really that long ago)
Didn't know him terribly well at that point, but because of who/what he was, I expected him to pull straight out into the traffic and be all ruffty tuffty towards the cars, so I just kept my speed up and went to follow on.
Except he had slowed, stopped and was waiting for a gap. Being the gentleman he is, and the fact that I was on a 125, he had chosen to look for a gap where we could *both* get out at the same time so he could shield me.
I think I missed the back of his fender by millimetres. All I could see was the face of the President (of whom I was terrified at the time) and his likely infuriation at the fact that I had bashed his bike.
Luckily I only nicked the panniers, phew.
But I dropped my bloody bike, and the S/A was sitting on the bike laughing his arse off at me.
I had to actually ASK him to pick my bike up for me.
Bastid. ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Posted: 18:51 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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My first post 125 bike was a bandit 600s. Bought it privately for 1100, a bargin. The seller had really looked after it, and got it shined up mint for me to collect.
Rode home sensibly and parked up on my drive. My drive is at a bit of an angle, and I found the stand wasn't having any of it, the bike started to topple. Bandits are quite heavy, once it was going it was going and I couldn't stop it. Bike hits the deck and over I went with it.
Neighbour had to come over and help pick up the mangled mess of bike and me.
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Posted: 18:54 - 07 May 2020 Post subject: |
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hellkat wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
*looks at watch, and is reminded he doesn't have one* |
Do ya want one.
I got one going cheap.
*opens dirty mac*
Oh wait ...
*closes dirty mac*
Yus, dodgy Rolex, its here somewhere, I just know it is.
Just five groats, my good man. |
Nah, I'm a bit of a jinx to watches. They always pack up on me. Although, some of that may be to do with the fact that mine were often provided by my grandpa, who used to bring them back from Nigeria, where the test of quality was to drop them in a pint of beer apparently, and if they still worked..."genuine Seiko guv!" ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Me on L plates razzin' on the 1983 XL125 feeling like I was young and free (not old, recently divorced lonely and very skint) heading out of town and about to pass a junction on my left.
I clearly have right of way yet a car heading towards me decides to do a cheeky right turn in front which gives the car waiting to join the road I'm on the double cheeky opportunity to zip out.
[skip with the excuses and say what happened]
I steered a zig-zag pattern. I braked. I accelerated. All at the same time.
Complete panic. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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Many years ago when I was at college in South Shields went for a ride one weekend just out and about north and west of Newcastle.
I got to the top of a hill and the road went straight down into a valley and up the other side. Dead straight. So whacked open the throttle (RD250) down the hill and got near the bottom of the valley when I realised it crossed a main road that ran along the valley floor and I was on the minor road.
I was going way too fast to stop and had may be a second (which felt like a lifetime) knowing if anything was coming along that road I was probably toast.
Luckily there wasn't and I got half way up the other side before I stopped, got off and lit a fag. I was shaking.
The other time was a front wheel tyre puncture on a Z650 on the M5 going to Weston -S- Mare. I couldn't control the bike as it wandered across all 3 carriage ways before I could stop it. Cars and lorries scattering everywhere but again was very very lucky no one hit me. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 352 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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