What caused you to crash and what bike where you on?

Vince said:
It's called towards Zero here. They love buzzwords. The latest BS is Casual Speeding. Happy family driving along saying at loud 60ish, next scene Dad is sitting in a wheel Chair literally dribbling with a look on his face that says I wish I wasn't doing 63 in a 60 zone cause that's why I hit the Telegraph pole and am like this. That 3ks was 100% the cause of the crash. Simple BULLSHIT that insults the population's intelligence and does nothing to fix any issue.
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The French managed to divide by 5 road deaths, so can't all be bad.
You can only insult intelligence if it's present.

Paul
 
Not so sure about Vision Zero...this originated in Sweden and is now adopted as an aim worldwide by some local transport authorities .

The idea is to reduce road accident casualties to zero by reducing the number of road accidents to zero .

In order to achieve this entirely realistic aim the intention is to enforce ever more stringent speed limits on both urban and rural roads enforced by speed and average speed cameras plotted by GPS , the adoption of speed limiters on all new vehicles from 2023 ( already happened ) which will restrict your vehicles speed to whatever the limit is on the road you are using , ( you will have the option of overiding this at first , a warning buzzer will sound when you exceed the limit , but the option to overide will be removed eventually ) .

Other ideas which fit into the Vision Zero agenda include lane segregation for certain vehicles , vehicle free roads in residential areas , Intelligent Driving Systems and Automonous Vehicles ( Driverless Cars ) which take away control of the vehicle from the driver and put it in the hands of the vehicles computer which will then take into account the speed limit on that road , the distance between your vehicle from the one in front or behind , positioning of any vehicle in the lane next to you and so on , and then take all that information into account and instruct your vehicle to behave accordingly ...

All this is to achieve Zero road traffic / pedestrian / cycle casualties by the Vision Zero benchmark year of 2050....

You may notice I have used the term vehicle , and you may be wondering where motorcycles fit into all of this...

The simple fact is that they don`t....local authorities don`t differentiate between motorcycles and cars ( unless challenged on this matter by motorcycle rights groups such as MAG or FEMA ) .

The result will be that because motorcycles are not easily made compatible with all the requirements relating to the Vision Zero ( and are generally regarded as being dangerous anyway , whether they were incorporated or not ) , the concern is that motorcycles will be excluded from Vision Zero roads (all roads in other words ) , as they don`t " fit in " .

You only look to the number of motorcyclists killed in California after being driven into at the rear by Teslas set to Automonous Drive.......
Musk says cameras are perfectly ok and has ruled out radar to detect any vehicle in front that the Tesla may be bearing down on....

Motorcyclist rights groups such as MAG , and other European groups affiliated to FEMA are concerned about all the above , which is why more motorcyclists should get their heads out of their own backsides , wake up , and start supporting them.....
 
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Flipping an RD350 doing a wheelie, overtaking a Van ( cutting him up really badly..) and getting tangled in the step up to the cab, RGV250 with seized clutch- bump started it and tried to stop locking front brake and loads more…the common cause being my stupidity/youth. I have slid off on ice/ wet etc but mostly avoidable by riding slower-
my riding nowadays is a lot,lot slower and people don’t pull out on me as often, funny that🤔.
 
rocketonarail said:
Not so sure about Vision Zero...this originated in Sweden and is now adopted as an aim worldwide by some local transport authorities .


You only look to the number of motorcyclists killed in California after being driven into at the rear by Teslas set to Automonous Drive.......
Musk says cameras are perfectly ok and has ruled out radar to detect any vehicle in front that the Tesla may be bearing down on....

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We had a group of Chinese techs (from a company most known for mobile phones and 5G) on a dinner cruise on the charter boat I sometimes drive in Oslo. They were finalising development of mini-radar for use on autonomous vehicles.
Zero vision is big here, it will be achieved when there are no vehicles whatsoever, or no people.
 
Just to cheer everyone up even more....

The noise camera trial here in the UK has just re-located from Bradford in Yorkshire to South Gloucestershire ( basically a large chunk of North Bristol plus some countryside to the North of Bristol ) .

Manufactured by Microdb these little grey cameras are difficult to spot , but if you do happen to see one , and if your`e running Jota pipes ( or have taken the baffles out of your Akra`s ) , then get into a high gear and close the throttle as you roll by...

These are still trials so not sure if they will generate points / fines at the moment , but to avoid the possibility of anything unpleasant arriving in the post along with the Christmas cards it may be wise to play safe...

MP`s up and down the country are clamouring to have these installed in their areas providing the trials are successful , due to pressure from their constituents , and you can understand why.......trouble is these cameras almost certainly won`t differentiate between some prat in a Subaru or Golf GTi and your Laverdas tasteful bass rumble .

So what is the answer when faced with all this Olympic standard garbage , if you reside in overcrowded , overregulated Europe ? .....forget about polishing / staring at / collecting your bikes , get out and ride it mate , while you still have the chance ......things as you know it are about to change....
 
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Just to cheer everyone up even more....

The noise camera trial here in the UK has just re-located from Bradford in Yorkshire to South Gloucestershire ( basically a large chunk of North Bristol plus some countryside to the North of Bristol ) .

Manufactured by Microdb these little grey cameras are difficult to spot , but if you do happen to see one , and if your`e running Jota pipes ( or have taken the baffles out of your Akra`s ) , then get into a high gear and close the throttle as you roll by...

These are still trials so not sure if they will generate points / fines at the moment , but to avoid the possibility of anything unpleasant arriving in the post along with the Christmas cards it may be wise to play safe...

MP`s up and down the country are clamouring to have these installed in their areas providing the trials are successful , due to pressure from their constituents , and you can understand why.......trouble is these cameras almost certainly won`t differentiate between some prat in a Subaru or Golf GTi and your Laverdas tasteful bass rumble .

So what is the answer when faced with all this Olympic standard garbage , if you reside in overcrowded , overregulated Europe ? .....forget about polishing / staring at / collecting your bikes, get out and ride it mate , while you still have the chance ......things as you know it are about to change....
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Reading up on these they seem to be targeting noisey cars ( pop & bang boy racers) and the noise law seems to be ”before 8am and after 11pm” with £50 fines bandied about by the press. Quite how they are going to discriminate between a motorcycle following a loud car or even passing in different directions simultaneously is beyond me.
My Guzz can set off car alarms and cause lambs to be still born..
Another tax..
 
Gerald said:
Friend did that on a Suzi GT550 coming back to Germany after a long party weekend in Switzerland.
He was very unlucky to fall asleep, drive into a field and hit a stere of fresh cut wood.
Bike was totalled, he got away unscathed.
A few years later he crashed a RD500 near the same location, this time into the newly installed guard rails.
Cost him his left arm.
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Yeh, I was lucky when I had a bit of a rest. Ok, my little tale of this particular crash......
I was working at Monto and my last day was Friday and because I was working close to where I grew up (within 300kms) I was going to see the folks for the weekend straight after work, so had a big night on the Thursday.
About 40ks in had a bit of a nap (perhaps even one of those micro sleeps) and all I remember is opening my eyes and seeing the road sweep around to the right and me and the bike (Honda4) going straight ahead.
Don't remember anything after that as the bike and I headed down the hill into bush. Not sure how long I was there before a passing truck apparently saw me, stopped and came down where I had the bike upright and was trying to start it!! Don't remember anything of this and they told me he had to convince me to stop trying to start it and go with him back up to his truck. Ambulance eventually came and took me to Eidsvold hospital where the only thing I remember was waking next morning and they told me that they were pretty sure I hadn't broken my neck, no internal injuries (a cursory check I woudl imagine) and everything else would heal ok. Cuts and bruises etc but no major grazing for this one as I had obviously done some acrobatics more than sliding and it was all bush land.
I was sore all over but particularly neck.
A bit later the local copper came and drove me back to the police station where they had taken the bike (small town). Asked him on the way what the bike looked like and he just looked at me and said if I could start it I might be able to ride it home.
It was a bit of a mess, front all smashed up, right handle bar bent straight down (had flat bars on it) and luggage all just hanging there on a partly broken rack. Moved broken bits around as best I could, removed dirt and twigs and was able to get twist grip moving ok and could just squeeze front brake lever so tied the bags back on as best I could (soft throwovers were'nt too bad) put on my helmet and one glove (one lost at scene) and what do you know, after a few goes the bike started!
I had about 200ks to ride and it was one of the worst rides I ever had. I was sore everywhere, helmet felt like lead, it was difficult holding onto and using a near vertical right handle bar and had to keep stopping to retrieve luggage that kept falling off and clothes disappearing out of ripped bags. Eventually made it home and went to bed for a couple of days.
Luckily I didn't hit a tree when I left the road and yes also lucky they didn't have a "safety" barrier at the spot which they seem to like putting in now.
 
I still have flashbacks over a crash into a car, that ended the life of my K2 Honda 750/4.

They fixed me up in hospital a few times due to that one, K2 never had a chance.
😩😩😩
 
That reminds me of having to lift Chris onto his RGS to ride on and off The Tassie Ferry, we tried to ask if someone else could ride his bike on get off and ride their own bike on but COMPUTER SAYS NO. Someone also helped him get his leather pants off to sleep on the ferry, he had IMPRESSIVE BRUSING everywhere below the waste. Riding with injuries is not fun.
 
Vince said:
below the waste.
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That's a bit harsh, calling the bottom half of his body a waste. I'm sure he gets some use out of his below waist area, even at his age. :)

I also had to help Chris get his pants on when he stayed at my place after they chucked him out of hospital. He was very beat-up and sore, but he's obviously a tough old bugger. I would have spent my recuperation time lying on the couch reading a book, but he insisted on working on his bike to get it rideable again. His legs wouldn't bend so I did the grovelling around on the floor with spanners while he stood at the bench doing the heating, straightening and welding of the various mangled bits that I took off the bike. It was a good bit of teamwork. We were a bit concerned about the handling effects of the slightly bent forks, so I took it for a test ride around the block and the suspension still worked. It just had a little bit more trail than usual.
 
rocketonarail said:
Not so sure about Vision Zero...this originated in Sweden and is now adopted as an aim worldwide by some local transport authorities .

The idea is to reduce road accident casualties to zero by reducing the number of road accidents to zero .

In order to achieve this entirely realistic aim the intention is to enforce ever more stringent speed limits on both urban and rural roads enforced by speed and average speed cameras plotted by GPS , the adoption of speed limiters on all new vehicles from 2023 ( already happened ) which will restrict your vehicles speed to whatever the limit is on the road you are using , ( you will have the option of overiding this at first , a warning buzzer will sound when you exceed the limit , but the option to overide will be removed eventually ) .

Other ideas which fit into the Vision Zero agenda include lane segregation for certain vehicles , vehicle free roads in residential areas , Intelligent Driving Systems and Automonous Vehicles ( Driverless Cars ) which take away control of the vehicle from the driver and put it in the hands of the vehicles computer which will then take into account the speed limit on that road , the distance between your vehicle from the one in front or behind , positioning of any vehicle in the lane next to you and so on , and then take all that information into account and instruct your vehicle to behave accordingly ...

All this is to achieve Zero road traffic / pedestrian / cycle casualties by the Vision Zero benchmark year of 2050....

You may notice I have used the term vehicle , and you may be wondering where motorcycles fit into all of this...

The simple fact is that they don`t....local authorities don`t differentiate between motorcycles and cars ( unless challenged on this matter by motorcycle rights groups such as MAG or FEMA ) .

The result will be that because motorcycles are not easily made compatible with all the requirements relating to the Vision Zero ( and are generally regarded as being dangerous anyway , whether they were incorporated or not ) , the concern is that motorcycles will be excluded from Vision Zero roads (all roads in other words ) , as they don`t " fit in " .

You only look to the number of motorcyclists killed in California after being driven into at the rear by Teslas set to Automonous Drive.......
Musk says cameras are perfectly ok and has ruled out radar to detect any vehicle in front that the Tesla may be bearing down on....

Motorcyclist rights groups such as MAG , and other European groups affiliated to FEMA are concerned about all the above , which is why more motorcyclists should get their heads out of their own backsides , wake up , and start supporting them.....
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I’m not a fan of the ‘big brother‘ approach to reduce accidents, I prefer the designing out/re-engineering danger spots - e.g. changing the radius of a curve - to reduce the chance of an accident in the first place. In towns, designing streets so it is physically impossible to exceed the designated speed limit (unless you are totally insane like that Indian guy on the Hayabusa) is preferable to enforcement IMHO. One of the most frequent complaints my local authority receives is from people complaining about other people speeding through their neighbourhood - even though they probably speed through the other person’s neighbourhood! Therefore, I can see why some legislators like the idea of taking speed control away from the individual.
 
Gerald said:
His injury and loss of an arm got the local authorities to install protective collars around the I-beams that support the guard rails in dangerous locations. But as with everything in Germany, it was a very short lived campain. A few years later the protective collars had perished and didn't get replaced.
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I guess in the UK some campaigning group may take the authority to court for failing to replace them.
Recently I had to persuade the design team on one of my own authority’s projects to redesign some ‘safety’ barriers on a down hill curve to provide better protection. They just didn’t understand/consider the risks to bikers/cyclists.
Unfortunately, a few years before my complaints to the Highway Authority about a stupid installation of railway sleepers on a sharp bend went unheeded, with tragic consequence. I had the unenviable experience of attending a coroner‘s court, to explain, in front of grieving relatives, that the death of their motorcycle riding relative was almost certainly avoidable. The Highway Authority removed the sleepers within hours of me giving evidence, but it was too late by then and the consequences will live with me for ever.
Sorry for hijacking this thread but it is something I feel strongly about, especially as one day I too might be unlucky enough to crash ‘in the wrong place’.
 
Had just bought the drummer with the not too well adjusted Grimeca and has only ridden disk brake bikes before. Went on one of my favorite rides with a bunch of sweepers that needed some sharp breaking before the entrance to each corner. About corner #6 I suddenly could pull the lever all the way to the handlebar. Then downshifted tryying to use the rear brake. Rode straight off the road, miraculously missing trees, walls and fences. Not even a scrape on me, unfortunately broke the 200mm lamp. Without the internet that was harder to find then than even now.
 
Dellortoman said:
That's a bit harsh, calling the bottom half of his body a waste. I'm sure he gets some use out of his below waist area, even at his age. :)

I also had to help Chris get his pants on when he stayed at my place after they chucked him out of hospital. He was very beat-up and sore, but he's obviously a tough old bugger. I would have spent my recuperation time lying on the couch reading a book, but he insisted on working on his bike to get it rideable again. His legs wouldn't bend so I did the grovelling around on the floor with spanners while he stood at the bench doing the heating, straightening and welding of the various mangled bits that I took off the bike. It was a good bit of teamwork. We were a bit concerned about the handling effects of the slightly bent forks, so I took it for a test ride around the block and the suspension still worked. It just had a little bit more trail than usual.
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That’s why Miguel DuHamel’s championship winning 600 Supersport Honda back in the 90’s had bent forks. If caught American Honda planned to claim undetected crash damage……
 
a long time ago, circa 1968, first legal bike on the road was a Honda cub 50cc model C100 pushrod, I lost it when cornering on a wet country lane with many sodden leaves around, went down badly, and scraped both knees through to the flesh, the scars are still there to this day.The ped was OK and I rode it home.

a year or two later riding a 650 matchless combo (D/A) I was negotiating a fast right then immediately left (sidecar on the LHS) with a full load of drunk greebos, two in the chair and one on the back, the right was OK, but didnt make the left, rode up the bank which caused the bike to flip over the sidecar, due to the ramp effect, and the plot land on the roof/front mudguard, much giggling a cackling took place, the outfit pushed/dragged up someones drive, no serious injuries, but bike embeded in the RHS of the sidecar, the following day, we unbolted the bike and I rode it home, the chair was left for about a week and then scrapped by the local totter with his horse and cart (no idea how he got it on the cart, I wasnt there)

These are the bad ones.
1973, 6 week old (3,500 mile) SF1 crashed into a 26 ton knackered tipper stalled on a corner of a country lane (too steep uphill for the load) the truck was 7'6" wide and the road only 11'6", bike 95% totalled (repaired 8 months later) and me 95% totalled (6 days unconscous, six months in hospital)

1979 same SF1, crashed into a car, bang head on, right between his headlights, which was overtaking three cars and a stationary coach on a blind corner, my side of road clear, the driver just couldnt wait, and came out blind, bike totalled again (rebuilt as Egli) wife had broken shoulder, I had nuts the size of oranges.

1980 racing a Monty at Snetterton, took to the grass to avoid a two bike melee in front of me, both on their side and riders sprawling, lost it, (have you ever tried steering or stopping on wet grass at aprox 80MPH?) wrecked bike and broke a wrist

1985 on TOG, sideswiped by a drunk driver in Crowborough, when I was stationary in a layby, on the outside of a right hand bend, minor damage to TOG broken leg for me, the cops were right behind him (great witnesses!) and were about to stop him, which they did, after the impact he carried over and over a red light! I was walking evidence at his court day still in a full right leg plaster, (judge not impressed with this drunk) he was driving whilst banned, drunk (again) at that time, no insurance etc, and had three previous DD convictions, in court he was even asked if he had been drinking alcohol that day, it was about 1500hrs, the cops were sure that my attendance would help send him down this time, I could have been dead, they didnt jail him!

1987 racing TOG at Lydden, was doing realy well, might have been my best ever result! a TZ tried to take me on the left hander, and then going up the hill (quite steep) to the hairpin, wanged her in third all the way from bottom of hill to the hairpin at the top, as the TZ changed cog she pulled in front again, (it wasnt me it was the bike) and I was not going to lose out on what 600 yards later would have been a second, but I locked the front wheel, which dug in and tossed me over the top, my 5 year old Tom, was watching nearby in the paddock, on the roof of my Land Rover and said later it was the best "back wheelie" ever. not much damage to me or TOG.

2001 (ish) on TOG got tangled in the wet tram lines in Basle while looking for a hotel, (on route to Amicale meeting) bike went down very hard, high fences to left and right of road, so no way out (safety for pedestrians due to trams and traffic) saved from impending doom by British artic driver who used all 40 foot plus of his truck and trailer to block both lanes of cars and help me up, ( I had waved at him as I passed about five hours earlier and he spotted the number plate EYX1V) bike still ran but no alternator cover or RHS silencer, broken mirror and rear indicator etc, very sore right leg for me, I continued the following day to Breganze and Ric Oro sorted TOG.

2019 whilst in Spain doing the Colombres Moto Indainos ra;llies, I jumped onto tTOG inthe underground car park of the hotel, forgot that I ad put the chain through the front wheel (i usully put it in the rear wheel and over the seat, much harder to attck if not on the ground) and of course BANG! fromnt wheel locks, I go down, break the alternator cover again but thankfully tis time not the brake lever and pickeup te bike and remounted, it was only about 30 minutes later, when off the bike, that I realised that my already fragile right leg was not wanting to bend into a riding position, and was swelling badly, I carried on regardless, you cannot miss those views in the Picos.

CLEM
 
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CLEMTOG said:
a long time ago, circa 1968, first legal bike on the road was a Honda cub 50cc model C100 pushrod, I lost it when cornering on a wet country lane with many sodden leaves around, went down badly, and scraped both knees through to the flesh, the scars are still there to this day.The ped was OK and I rode it home.

a year or two later riding a 650 matchless combo (D/A) I was negotiating a fast right then immediately left (sidecar on the LHS) with a full load of drunk greebos, two in the chair and one on the back, the right was OK, but didnt make the left, rode up the bank which caused the bike to flip over the sidecar, due to the ramp effect, and the plot land on the roof/front mudguard, much giggling a cackling took place, the outfit pushed/dragged up someones drive, no serious injuries, but bike embeded in the RHS of the sidecar, the following day, we unbolted the bike and I rode it home, the chair was left for about a week and then scrapped by the local totter with his horse and cart (no idea how he got it on the cart, I wasnt there)

These are the bad ones.
1973, 6 week old (3,500 mile) SF1 crashed into a 26 ton knackered tipper stalled on a corner of a country lane (too steep uphill for the load) the truck was 7'6" wide and the road only 11'6", bike 95% totalled (repaired 8 months later) and me 95% totalled (6 days unconscous, six months in hospital)

1979 same SF1, crashed into a car, bang head on, right between his headlights, which was overtaking three cars and a stationary coach on a blind corner, my side of road clear, the driver just couldnt wait, and came out blind, bike totalled again (rebuilt as Egli) wife had broken shoulder, I had nuts the size of oranges.

1980 racing a Monty at Snetterton, took to the grass to avoid a two bike melee in front of me, both on their side and riders sprawling, lost it, (have you ever tried steering or stopping on wet grass at aprox 80MPH?) wrecked bike and broke a wrist

1985 on TOG, sideswiped by a drunk driver in Crowborough, when I was stationary in a layby, on the outside of a right hand bend, minor damage to TOG broken leg for me, the cops were right behind him (great witnesses!) and were about to stop him, which they did, after the impact he carried over and over a red light! I was walking evidence at his court day still in a full right leg plaster, (judge not impressed with this drunk) he was driving whilst banned, drunk (again) at that time, no insurance etc, and had three previous DD convictions, in court he was even asked if he had been drinking alcohol that day, it was about 1500hrs, the cops were sure that my attendance would help send him down this time, I could have been dead, they didnt jail him!

1987 racing TOG at Lydden, was doing realy well, might have been my best ever result! a TZ tried to take me on the left hander, and then going up the hill (quite steep) to the hairpin, wanged her in third all the way from bottom of hill to the hairpin at the top, as the TZ changed cog she pulled in front again, (it wasnt me it was the bike) and I was not going to lose out on what 600 yards later would have been a second, but I locked the front wheel, which dug in and tossed me over the top, my 5 year old Tom, was watching nearby in the paddock, on the roof of my Land Rover and said later it was the best "back wheelie" ever. not much damage to me or TOG.

2001 (ish) on TOG got tangled in the wet tram lines in Basle while looking for a hotel, (on route to Amicale meeting) bike went down very hard, high fences to left and right of road, so no way out (safety for pedestrians due to trams and traffic) saved from impending doom by British artic driver who used all 40 foot plus of his truck and trailer to block both lanes of cars and help me up, ( I had waved at him as I passed about five hours earlier and he spotted the number plate EYX1V) bike still ran but no alternator cover or RHS silencer, broken mirror and rear indicator etc, very sore right leg for me, I continued the following day to Breganze and Ric Oro sorted TOG.

2019 whilst in Spain doing the Colombres Moto Indainos ra;llies, I jumped onto tTOG inthe underground car park of the hotel, forgot that I ad put the chain through the front wheel (i usully put it in the rear wheel and over the seat, much harder to attck if not on the ground) and of course BANG! fromnt wheel locks, I go down, break the alternator cover again but thankfully tis time not the brake lever and pickeup te bike and remounted, it was only about 30 minutes later, when off the bike, that I realised that my already fragile right leg was not wanting to bend into a riding position, and was swelling badly, I carried on regardless, you cannot miss those views in the Picos.

CLEM
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Basel was 2000 Clem, when we did a meeting in conjunction with the Moto Club Breganze and Massimo took us around, including that BBQ at his chalet in Lavarone.
Where he asked Charlotte who had lent his bike, the V6, to his brother in Monthléry.

Paul
 
well I did say 2001 (ish) Paul, a year out isnt too bad is it? I mean it was 22 years ago wasnt it! and I am not known for my memory or its acuaracy, but then again you will never change and nor will I!
CLEM
ps I have kept points on my AJS, so simple!
 
Hmm ,where to start .17 years old first bike Honda CB 350 bought it in Parramatta almost made it home, came up behind old furniture truck going slow decided to pass him very wrong move as he was turning right ,remember ducking under the mechanical arm old trucks had before indicators ,wrapped myself around street sign, little damage to me or bike.

Coming round left hand corner on my 750 SS on the old road ,diesoline all over the road went down bike hit two cars I slid head first into cop cars front hub cap . That was a lucky one as a little bit slower or faster would have been run over.

Another adventure on the old road. For all of you non Aussies the old road is err was a stretch of arguably one of the best scratchers roads in N.S.W. 60k speed limit now, sad really was a hoot every time.
I and a few of my mad mates lived about 40 ks from the start at a place called Kariong. We used to hit it 3 maybe 4 times a weekend .So one winters morning there were 2 900 SS'S 1 600 Pantah 1 80 Jota 1 81 Jota and my 750 SS .... Viva ORSS .....The road was fairly damp so we cruised down to Cowan stopped for a smoke to wait for the road to dry out a bit .As we were waiting a group of about 20 or 30 bikes went past . Now like most of us blokes we get a bit itchy so like to scratch a bit so we off after them caught them, they didn't want to play so we kept going at a pretty fair pace, I've got the lead and am hooking into this left hander and down I go ,Sliding on my arse and elbow watching my lovely Duk destroy it self. 10 minutes later the twenty or thirty turn up and stop. My mate spots a Jota in the crowd and goes over to have a chat to the bloke . Is that your Lav mate? OOOHH heavens no iits my boyfriends .Turns out it was a gay motorcycle club and here am I walking around with my bare arse hanging out of my jeans . So I guess that really was a lucky escape.

The worst one was when I was going to see my girlfriend some years ago on my RGS up at Mt Tamburine. I had a good fang on the twisties and was just cruising thinking about what miss tamburine had planned for me when I got there. I was going down an off camber left hander at about 70 ks when the bike just stepped out into the oncoming lane ,[ still haven't worked out why] where unfortunately there was this Holden Commodore and BANG center punched the bastard I did. I saw the sky and the earth three times, landed flat on my back ,that was a good landing. broke both legs and wrists, destroyed one Commodore and fucked one RGS.

Have had a couple a minor ones since ,but lesson learnt make sure your bike is fully insured just in case .

All in all not a bad result as I just turned 71 and still scaring myself on my RG on a regular basis




After the big one rebuilt......... and also my 750 SS no longer original but I liked it
 
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