Shit, that was lucky.......

[Gix11]

Alright lads and lasses, here's a question for ya. What was the closest call you can remember having WITHOUT actually crashing?

I'll start the ball rolling with a couple that came to mind. They were both back in England.

The first one was the classic english winter and a morning pub session. I had just come from a longish ride from Gloucester back to Cheltenam and the bike was nice and hot and the tyres warm. I went and met the lads in the pub. We only had a couple, totally straight. Anyway, we all decide to go back to one of the guys places so seeing as how they are all in cars and I was on the Blade I tell them to get a head start and I'll still get there before them. Off they go. It English winter time and in the time it took for me to have the two beers my tyres are now rock hard and cold, but did I think about that? No. Within 100 yards there's a right turn so I cane it. Half way round the corner the back tyre is spinning past me, power sliding like a bastard, I think shit and let the power off, it grabs and so starts the classic high side scenario, but I fought it like a bastard. I knew things were getting ugly by the fact a guy walking his dog on the footpath jumped into the bushes and dragged his dog in with him. Now here's the weird part. It bucked me enough for my left leg to be sitting over the front fairing and dangling in front of the head lights with my arse half on the tank and half on a now cracked screen. A bit of slow speed climbing got me back in place and out of there. "Shit, that was lucky......."

The other one I won't take so long with. It's simple. I was doing the big taboo and racing another bike in a head to head, full go, head down, arms in, on a dual carrigeway in England. We both hit around the 150mph (about 240kph - clock reading) area when I suddenly realised that at that speed the bike was quite keen on staying straight ahead, ....and here comes a sweeping corner. I let off the power as I was on the curb side but fuck me, with as much lean as I could do I hit the curb at about 120mph (about 195kph) but it was the same angle as they way the wheels were pointed and acted like a rail so I could pull away from it again. I think it took a week for my eyes to get back to normal size. "Shit, that was lucky......."

[ozkat]

Back in Tassie bout 1986 i had a VF1000R , anyway went for a ride with my mate , he had a new GPZ900. anyway its the middle of summer about 30deg deserted country road, doing about 140kph, nice big sweeping corner took at that speed many times. but the local council had resealed that corner recently which we didnt know. the heat from the sun had started to melt the tar. 140kph?/soft tar/ too fast. rear end stepped out big time, put the right foot down MX style, foot caught the new road seal kicked it back. i ended up running over my own foot with the rear tyre, ripping my boot off!! i saved the bike somehow (i dunno how cause i think i had my eyes closed) anyway pulled up, shat my pants, found my boot, had a few ciggies, actually stopped shakin like a dog shittin razor blades and rode home. a few days later i was sitting on my bike in the garage and no matter how i sat on the bike i couldnt get my right foot anywhere near where my foot went under the rear tyre!!

another time in the twisties a car comming the opposite direction cut the corner, my knee clipped his front bumper. i was proberly doing 80 or 90 kph he was proberly doing the same. too bloody close for me!!!

[ozkat]

oh yeah and 1 that wasnt a near miss. a ford escort pulled out of a side street years ago. the escort was undrivable and had to be towed. My old Kat was raced the next day at the drags.

[chopaweeza]

Cabramatta Road. I was 20 or 21. I owned a sweet Ducati SSD.A neighbour had bludged a lift off me and was on the back. I was stuck behind a truck, pulled into the inside lane to overtake him and came upon a major pile up only 30 metres from me. There was no room to stop and no clear way to drop the bike so I weaved through the tangled mess of cars & trucks. It was that close that the bike deflected off three of them. I made it through the other side only to realise I'd lost my passenger. I turned around and went back. He had stepped off the back about 10 metres before the first car in the tangle and his momentum carried him into the side of a van. He was dead instantly. To this day I believe that if he was still on the back when I was trying to weave through the tangled mess of pranged vehicles then we both would have been killed. His lack of confidence in my riding ability probably saved my live. It was a very close call-For me at least

:D

[Zed14]

oz had a honda? that explains a lot.

[Gix11]

Davo, I think that story ended in a crash by the sounds of things. Check the first line at the very top again....

[ozkat]

You commin out of the closet Gix ? or did you mean closest :D

[Gix11]

And that's coming from someone who wrote "sitting on my mike in the garage" - who's Mike? It sounds like you're already out the closet mate.

[Foxy]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

And that's coming from someone who wrote "sitting on my mike in the garage" - who's Mike? It sounds like you're already out the closet mate.
:D:D:D

[Large]

You guys should get a room and show each other your sticks

[BOHEMION]

Ok Only been on the road for just under a year and I think I told you guys about this one.

Heading into work, Traffic was abit heavier then normal in the city and i was sitting behind this P plater with NSW plates in a riced up fully sick Nissan. Ive changed lanes to beat the cars but there was a bus in my lane that was stopped. SO I indicated and went back into the lane behind the Ricer Chick, Then we were about half way past the bus and it decied to duck infront if us with a late indication, Ricer slammed her Brakes on And i flew straigh up her back, I landed on her rear windscreen and before the bike could fall over I slid back into the Saddle with hands on the bars clutch in and front wheel THROUGH her rear bumper. Bent her ricer wing into a V shape.. Pretty Funny once i got over wtf happened.

Next one was on the Inner City Bypass. Heading home late after a meeting, about 12:30am got on from Caxton street and started putting down the onramp then in my mirror saw this bloke revving up and stopping hard behind me. " Here we go" racing down the very deserted ICB 160-170km/h with this Cagiva Raptor thingy, throught the bends, all of a sudden at the other end of the tunnel. Cars Stopped and road works i'm doing 160 and these cars are about 20-30M infront ah fark, quick 2 lane drop over to the left into the bicylce lane and squeezed my shitting arse between about 20 cars and a whole heap of road work machinery. Got the the other end and looked back to see the Cagiva bloke walking his bike down the bicycle lane and a whole heap of road workers pointing at me and a copper on the South heading side of the ICB looking at me. Thank god there is no break in the Center wall. Got myself onto the back roads pretty quick then.

Gots lots of Paint on my Boots and gloves front kicking and punching cars in the city too.

[ozR1127]

[B)]riding home from work ,one wet an wonderful afternoon,with a work mate on the back of a street fightered "sr 500" i spot a "p" plater entering from the side street wheels turned to full lock slidin out of control , i slam on the brakes ,lockin the front long enough for the wheel to start tuckin under the bike , i release the front brake , flick the ground with my foot to upright the sinkin ship, this however causes my now very frighten pillons legs to swing widly out of control kickin my hand clean of the handle bars , leavin one handed headin toward two cars that have managed to gently collied , i clipped the bumper with my other knee , wobblin up the road , went home an burnt my undies , much the wiser

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Davo, I think that story ended in a crash by the sounds of things. Check the first line at the very top again....
shit sorry about that,i'll get rid of it.

[Large]

I was riding to tech years ago on my mighty GT 250 X7, middle lane of the Pacific highway and this tool in a Falcon decides he'll merge on me. Instead of beeping or braking, I relied on the power of the mighty X7 to get me out of there...

Of course I had overestimated the power availble...Anyhow, my rear indicater got jammed under his front wheel arch and bike and car stopped, I got off and grabbed his passenger window, (which was open an couple of inches) and it shattered everywhere. I was so pissed off, I was half in the car calling him a fuckwit and a cunt etc etc...when I realised there was a little boy in the passenger seat, who had literally pissed himself.

I felt a bit bad about that so I pulled the bike out from under his wheelarch and pissed off.

The only other time I can remember is riding my mates Katana 1100 on Mona Vale road at speed and running straight off into the bush when I didn't take a corner. At the time I had NFI and luckily I couldn't afford one myself.

Been out for the afternoon with some mates, OK the other drunks at me local if the truth be known[:I].
Caught up with a mate and scored a bullet and a gram of go-fast[:p].
Quick snort, on the bike, and off, fuck the thunderstorm that's coming down, it only slows down the plod. [}:)]
Few streets away and I'm clocked well over the speed limit[8)], well over the grog limit[8)], and well over supplied with illicit substances limit[8D].
Down a couple of gears and I'm off, lights and siren blaring behind me, past the Uni and down towards "5 Cross Rds" roundabout, no worries I can do this one in the wet and full speed.................so can the cop car coming from the street to the right of me, lights and all.[:0]
Touch the brakes, wash out the rear, the cop hits his brakes when he sees me (lucky I was the one he was looking for eh;)) panic extends to sheer fucking terror as the side of the cop car comes up FAST:(. He goes through round about sliding the rear, I go through roundabout sideways, across the rear of him, down the side, and cut him off popping out the other side of roundabout. He gets to collect a giveway sign.:D:D

The next day I was advised to sell my bike by a couple of very very very pissed coppers what came visiting[B)]:D:D

About a year before that I'm racing a mate up Kaimai Mountain, he's on a Z1000J, I'm on a worked GS550. He's got the power, and Ive got the handling, so I start cutting corners and pulling every dodgy stunt I could to keep him behind once I was passed, cutting inside of cars, wandering cross the entire road etc etc etc. We're getting close to the top, and the road straightens out for the run down the Tauranga side, so I needed to be as far ahead of him as I could be. Car coming up fast, blind right hander, I'm into it, this is just what I need, the next 3 corners are too close and he'll be stuck behind this plodder in the cage, and HOLY FARK[:0], there's a tour coach RIGHT FARKING IN FRONT OF ME[:0], I mean right in front, I could read the Driver's name tag for feck's sake. Dunno what I did, but I managed to cut down between the car and the bus, and still make the next corner.
Grant would never ride with me again after that. I think it has something to do with the bus nearly taking him out due to my antics.
Oh well you get that.;)

[BOHEMION]

quote:[i]
The only other time I can remember is riding my mates Katana 1100 on Mona Vale road at speed and running straight off into the bush when I didn't take a corner. At the time I had NFI and luckily I couldn't afford one myself.


Long as you wernt hurt mate,

You and Oz are gonna get along well, From this day Forth you and Oz will be known as the Sugar Cane Brothers

[dRRew]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA cane brothers. thats going to stick!

[BOHEMION]

I remember a few years ago when I was on the Back of my Dads Monster in Townsville and This dickhead in a WRX decided to do a massivly dangerous and illegal U turn with out looking and almost collect the rear tyre of the Monster. I watched his face and watch the front Rally bar come in and I could feel the heat off the front Spotties on the back of my leg.

[speeddemon]

Me and Mr Chadams were on our motards up the old pac playing silly buggers and some bogan pulled out in front of us from the pie shop while we had the 600 singles goin flat out back towards hornsby. No time to enven think - Adams split right and I split left, rear end hanging out while I tried to get it back on the road basically near grazing both the front and rear end of the car.

I reckon if either had chosen the other direction or any other type of bike bar the motards we would have been fubar'd.

[loosebruce]

Riding one wet night near St Vincents Hosp,been riding for a few hours, on the way back from Bell's Line,wet cold.
You remember those yellow street lights they used to have in Sydney. Looked up and the end one turned red,70-80k locked up the rear.
The car about to move off at the green light(straight in front of me), SAW ME AND STOPPED(You earn my eternal gratitude), the car in the lane next to it moved off and I went skidding through the gap between it and the car following.
Other side of the intersection in one piece, couldn't believe it, kept riding.
Didn't really absorb it till I got home 10 mins later.
Still spins me out.

[ianG]

Let's see...there are soo many.

About 15 years ago I was riding my clapped out CBR 750 down Geary Street in San Francisco. It was a two lane street. Car in front, car on my tail, parked cars on my left and a BMW on my right. The BMW starts drifting into my lane. I move over to avoid but can't get away as I'm boxed in. The driver drifts so far into my lane my left shoulder clipped the sideview mirror of a parked car.

At this point I kicked the beemers door and the driver got spooked and started yelling at me. He speeds ahead and cuts the car in front of me off and hits his brakes causing all of us to come to a grinding halt. The BMW driver jumps out of his car, at which point I jump off my bike and just let it drop to the ground. Now why I had an orange in my jacket pocket I have no idea, but I took the orange out and threw it at the guy with pinpoint accuracy and nailed him in temple. He hit the ground like a bag of rocks. The passenger in his car came running around and picked the guy up as I was ready to beat the living daylights out of him. He threw the guy in the car and drive off, with me standing there foaming at the mouth next to my bike laying on it's side.

Best part of the story though...the car he cut off to make us all stop took off after the BMW. When he caught the beemer he forced them onto the sidewalk and blocked them in while the police came.

[Gix11]

Orange in the pocket? Now that's a new idea. Nice story. Did they release a CBR750 in the U.S? We only got the 600 and 1000.

[ianG]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Orange in the pocket? Now that's a new idea. Nice story. Did they release a CBR750 in the U.S? We only got the 600 and 1000.


750? My mistake..meant to say CB700. AKA the Nighthawk 700s. I type faster than I think. :D

I used to carry a light bulb in my jacket pocket. They don't do any damage, but make a nice popping sound when you throw it at a cars windshield...really get's their attention. Been riding around 20 years or so and in that time I've had several deranged drivers actually try to force me off the road. Thankfully been down just once and walked away from that without a scratch. I'm always amazed at the ignorance of drivers.

Nowadays most of my riding is reserved for the track. Nice and safe there. :)

[BOHEMION]

I ride everyday, If a cager trys to out crazy ya. Then take it a step ahead and make things abit random, Yelling at them in Jibberish and ending the jibberish is a randomw word, For eg:

BLLAHH ASSHOOOLLLIIOFFAAGBBBABSSSSSTARDHFJHSGHASKGFKGGKFD F- VEGIMITE SANDWICHES! then blow em a kiss and ride off, so far no one has been enraged by that more confused so they carry on. IF the shit hits the fan after that, Well... abike can go faster on a footpath than a car hehehe;)[:p]

[ianG]

quote:Originally posted by BOHEMION

I ride everyday, If a cager trys to out crazy ya. Then take it a step ahead and make things abit random, Yelling at them in Jibberish and ending the jibberish is a randomw word, For eg:

BLLAHH ASSHOOOLLLIIOFFAAGBBBABSSSSSTARDHFJHSGHASKGFKGGKFD F- VEGIMITE SANDWICHES! then blow em a kiss and ride off, so far no one has been enraged by that more confused so they carry on. IF the shit hits the fan after that, Well... abike can go faster on a footpath than a car hehehe;)[:p]


I hear ya, and I do my best. I was a bit trigger happy in my youth. Nowadays I just flee and leave the cagers to stew in their misery. But riding in the San Francisco Bay Area can be scary. I actually feel more relaxed at 120mph on the track surrounded by other racers than I do in traffic.

[BOHEMION]

Yeah, Everone keeps telling me that I'm nuts to ride in the city traffic everyday, I bet SF is worse with the traffic though...

[ianG]

quote:Originally posted by BOHEMION

Yeah, Everone keeps telling me that I'm nuts to ride in the city traffic everyday, I bet SF is worse with the traffic though...


It's like playing Russian roulette. [xx(]

[TurboKat]

Left a mates place one mild Friday night around 1am, had a coupla/few so was taking it fairly easy on Suzuki's mighty GS 1000 S - (blue & white Wes Cooley Replica - I miss it!), got 3/4 of the way home, pootling along happily & this young clown does a U turn RIGHT in front of me.
No time for brakes, countersteering, etc, I T boned his drivers door perfectly & as I hit, both hands came forward off the bars, left hand dinged the B pillar & right hand went through the (closed) drivers window, hit the driver square in the side of the head & knocked the cunt out cold [}:)]
Coppers had to attend 'coz I got a bit busted up & one of them (a nice female Snr. Con.) told me quietly that the 18 y/o piece of shit Jew cocksucker driver asked her if he could sue me for assault !! :(

[suxukifreak]

Its not only the cars, a dog ran into the front wheel of my kat 10 years ago while i was riding down a dark side street, i crashed, broke collarbone, ex broke 2 ribs punchered lung, kat went for a slide and lit up the fuel comeing out of the smootbores. Had the cops, firebrigade and ambulance in this quiet little street. Dog ran off and cops said it would be a waist of time sueing the owners :(

[Gix11]

Ever lost anyone off the back? I have. She got of at 100k. Not a good look. Love those single seaters.

i got lost off the back once,i never actually got on proplerly because we were clutch startin the bike,my mate came back about half an hour later an said "Fuck man,i,ve been lookin everywhere for ya". We were doin late night runs through Galston Gorge after 60 cones of hash each.

[Tathagata]

Coming up the Great Ocean Road on a cruiser (Royal Star), treating it like a Busa :) I had the cruiser fully loaded and was scraping the crap out of it on every corner.
Entered one corner too fast and had to keep leaning past the scrape to try to push her around, suddenly I swear it felt like the rear tyre was off the road. I could feel the exhaust holding the bike up and could hear it scraping the crap out of the chrome exhaust. I thought "oh crap, here we go" then suddenly the exit to the corner was there and the bike started lifting up onto rubber again. Got to the next stop and had a look and sure enough, almost the entire length of the exhaust was flat from gravel rash.

No chicken strips on that bike :) not even on the front tyre

[Iceman]

Riding home from work on a Saturday arvo about 12 months ago, I just come from an 80km/h zone into a 60, ( so I was still do'n about 90km/h), and this young bloke in a lowered commodore decides to do a U-turn right in front of me. Seeing as the fighter has a touchy front brake, I'm always concious of the posibility of going over the front. I jumped on the rear brake and gently squeezed the front. The rear locked almost straight away and started to come around to meet the front. I ended up skidding for about 12 metres coming to rest with my hand on the car boot and leg touching the rear bumper.
It was at this point he saw me and went to take off, being the concerned citizen I am, I gave chase to explain the error of his ways. When I got up next to him I attempted to punch his mirror off, not noticing it was a spring loaded one, as a result there was a loud noise as it clicked back into position and I nearly rode into the side of his car, thus making me look like a complete retard. I then proceeded to fuck off home and complain about cockhead car drivers for the rest of the weekend.

[resident e]

yah, just got the my liscens(L's), on a new bike(bandit 250) out for a burn with a good mate which we got a liscens together. hooning(as much as 250s can hoon) down dougluss park which is out the back of campbelltown. well i almost, almost ended up in the river, the front wheel hanging over the bank.really it was fucken funny.my mate helped me pull it back up and sat there for awhile having a smoke.

afew weeks later some cunt flew out of a side street and cleaned me up(happy days,fucken not), spent afew weeks in liverpool hospital. a year later my leg is still no good,but back on a bike and loven it.looken back on it im so lucky im not dead.the police crash team dude reckons i should of been. but still a year later im still looken at life differently.i figer ill have a story to tell the kid.

[Gix11]

Is that why you've been so quiet for the last year mate? Almost exactly a year since we last heard from you.

i remember this tool,had a mate called bumscratcher or sumthin who rides an AG 175(with air filter).The Rez-e had a distinctive Irish accent last time tho.I thought it was a female.Am i mistaken???

i remember this tool,had a mate called bumscratcher or sumthin who rides an AG 175(with air filter).The Rez-e had a distinctive Irish accent last time tho.I thought it was a female.Am i mistaken???

[Gix11]

Yea, you're thinking of Rhuin and Crumbsnatcher (who listed his occupation as "Wanker (profesional)"). Mind you, I might have missed something.

[Gix11]

Yea, you're thinking of Rhuin and Crumbsnatcher (who listed his occupation as "Wanker (profesional)"). Mind you, I might have missed something.

[Captaintoc]

Hey all

I've been lurking about for a while and I thought I should reg and join in.

I had few close ones the most memorable was on my P's riding an XR250 round the back of coramba (Coffs Harbour way) and a dickhead in a ute nudged me of the road at about 120km/hr sent me bush into a nice big pile of lantana and it ripped me to bits (shorts and a T-shirt) he didn't stop to check if he'd killed/hurt me, so I got pissed off and chased after him (about 5 mins later)so here's me pissing blood out everywhere off down the road after him anyway I caught him at a set of traffic lights, I stopped droped the bike took me helmet off and put it through his drivers window and pulled him half out of the car and proceeded to beat the living crap out of him, then realised no helmet and about 70 or so people watching so I run back to the bike and piss off.

There is a little more to the story but I wont say as a friend in blue helped me out of that jam ;).

Anyway I'll be about and I'll have some things of gsxr variety to show a bit later on.

Have Fun
Andrew

[Captaintoc]

Hey all

I've been lurking about for a while and I thought I should reg and join in.

I had few close ones the most memorable was on my P's riding an XR250 round the back of coramba (Coffs Harbour way) and a dickhead in a ute nudged me of the road at about 120km/hr sent me bush into a nice big pile of lantana and it ripped me to bits (shorts and a T-shirt) he didn't stop to check if he'd killed/hurt me, so I got pissed off and chased after him (about 5 mins later)so here's me pissing blood out everywhere off down the road after him anyway I caught him at a set of traffic lights, I stopped droped the bike took me helmet off and put it through his drivers window and pulled him half out of the car and proceeded to beat the living crap out of him, then realised no helmet and about 70 or so people watching so I run back to the bike and piss off.

There is a little more to the story but I wont say as a friend in blue helped me out of that jam ;).

Anyway I'll be about and I'll have some things of gsxr variety to show a bit later on.

Have Fun
Andrew

[Gix11]

Nice one mate. Welcome aboard.

[Gix11]

Nice one mate. Welcome aboard.

[loosebruce]

Was tempted to do the same the other day,why are people in a hurry to GET TO work?
What gixxer ya got man?
Welcome

[loosebruce]

Was tempted to do the same the other day,why are people in a hurry to GET TO work?
What gixxer ya got man?
Welcome

[sluglie]

i worked as a courier in london for 3 years 97 - 2000 and i must have seen every kind of lunacy that road going vehicles can achive, and this was every day,

i have ended up with my bike (1986 xj400z yam) in the back of a rear entry double decker bus after hitting some bricks that a truck had shed of the back,

the bike ended up under the front of an articulated lorry when he ran a red light (hence the home made subframe) i walked away without a scratch,

traveling up the road with wierd noises comming from the back end, only to realise i had some old dears shopping trolly hooked up on the back end of the home made subframe (wondered why so many cars were honking there horns at me)

stopping with a pushie courier sprawled across the front of the bike and tank after the tit thought he could pull out on me and not pay the consequences,

the guys at heathrow international couriers used to have a running tally on mirrors removed from cars, after 15 months my total was just under 100, gidget (one of the guys who had been with the company for 5 years or so) was up to nearly 1000, including 73 bus mirrors, he used to carry a rounders bat (like a baseball bat only shorter) and would take them out with that

[sluglie]

i worked as a courier in london for 3 years 97 - 2000 and i must have seen every kind of lunacy that road going vehicles can achive, and this was every day,

i have ended up with my bike (1986 xj400z yam) in the back of a rear entry double decker bus after hitting some bricks that a truck had shed of the back,

the bike ended up under the front of an articulated lorry when he ran a red light (hence the home made subframe) i walked away without a scratch,

traveling up the road with wierd noises comming from the back end, only to realise i had some old dears shopping trolly hooked up on the back end of the home made subframe (wondered why so many cars were honking there horns at me)

stopping with a pushie courier sprawled across the front of the bike and tank after the tit thought he could pull out on me and not pay the consequences,

the guys at heathrow international couriers used to have a running tally on mirrors removed from cars, after 15 months my total was just under 100, gidget (one of the guys who had been with the company for 5 years or so) was up to nearly 1000, including 73 bus mirrors, he used to carry a rounders bat (like a baseball bat only shorter) and would take them out with that

[Gix11]

Fuck yea. I remember that shit. I used to do a little bit with runs ending up in London. It was just a free for all Death Race 2000 going on. Pathways were used as much as the road. 3 Years and you're here to tell the tale!? Nice work mate.

[Gix11]

Fuck yea. I remember that shit. I used to do a little bit with runs ending up in London. It was just a free for all Death Race 2000 going on. Pathways were used as much as the road. 3 Years and you're here to tell the tale!? Nice work mate.

[NakedTurboBusa]

There are some very lucky days had by all!!!!!

Lets see... Me 87,GSXR, mates, Chad (rider),Trent(poor cunt pillion), 94 ZXR, lived in North Sydney. We just got back from a course in Singo... Down to Manly to collect some Pot, the trip back up the hill fine..... untill Falcon St lights at freeway..... mmmmm race.... clear run untill left entry onto Miller St..... you know the one with the bus stop.... We both left flat stick... poor trent was skeptical about chads skills and bike maintance, eg loose dry chain, 10pounds in rear tyre!!!!! idiot. Chad also thought we were going straight through up tp Pacific Hwy. So when I banked left hard to millar I heard a squeeel, I thought I locked my rear brake.... released it.... then got hit by 2 up ZXR in the rear... they skided past up the median through the bus stop, full of people!!!!and about 6 types of steel poles, about a 3 foot gap, then out into on coming traffic... Trent was hanging off the back like a bronc rider.... I stayed up and was somehow followed the same path up the slant gutter, bus stop, through the small gap, only to stop in the middle of the intersection..... all cars and people had stopped silent..... I Just rode off slowly to find Trent in 1 piece..... Chad was no where to be seen.... I convinced Trent to hop on my single seat for the 1 km ride home... mmmmmm Chad was at home in his room, chopping up ( his punishment)..... Explaining the story to my fiancee was worse!!!!!! Chad and I work for same company now in Middle East.... Trent is still in the Army and is in Iraq now..... Best mates still.... That close call was 11 years ago, we still laugh hard about it...

[NakedTurboBusa]

There are some very lucky days had by all!!!!!

Lets see... Me 87,GSXR, mates, Chad (rider),Trent(poor cunt pillion), 94 ZXR, lived in North Sydney. We just got back from a course in Singo... Down to Manly to collect some Pot, the trip back up the hill fine..... untill Falcon St lights at freeway..... mmmmm race.... clear run untill left entry onto Miller St..... you know the one with the bus stop.... We both left flat stick... poor trent was skeptical about chads skills and bike maintance, eg loose dry chain, 10pounds in rear tyre!!!!! idiot. Chad also thought we were going straight through up tp Pacific Hwy. So when I banked left hard to millar I heard a squeeel, I thought I locked my rear brake.... released it.... then got hit by 2 up ZXR in the rear... they skided past up the median through the bus stop, full of people!!!!and about 6 types of steel poles, about a 3 foot gap, then out into on coming traffic... Trent was hanging off the back like a bronc rider.... I stayed up and was somehow followed the same path up the slant gutter, bus stop, through the small gap, only to stop in the middle of the intersection..... all cars and people had stopped silent..... I Just rode off slowly to find Trent in 1 piece..... Chad was no where to be seen.... I convinced Trent to hop on my single seat for the 1 km ride home... mmmmmm Chad was at home in his room, chopping up ( his punishment)..... Explaining the story to my fiancee was worse!!!!!! Chad and I work for same company now in Middle East.... Trent is still in the Army and is in Iraq now..... Best mates still.... That close call was 11 years ago, we still laugh hard about it...

[sluglie]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Fuck yea. I remember that shit. I used to do a little bit with runs ending up in London. It was just a free for all Death Race 2000 going on. Pathways were used as much as the road. 3 Years and you're here to tell the tale!? Nice work mate.


there used to be 2 famous courier races in london, cross london and complete lap of m25, these had to be performed at 3pm on a friday (as you can prolly guess it was insanity, m25 was virtually stopped traffic all the way and central london was like beruit on a bad day.

but the maddest road races were always the cat and fiddle run on warm sunny sunday afternoons, trying to beat 200 or so other bikes and get away from the cops, lost a few good mates on that run (i used to go up the back way throught wincle and swithamly and over the top at wilbourclough for those who know the route)

[sluglie]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Fuck yea. I remember that shit. I used to do a little bit with runs ending up in London. It was just a free for all Death Race 2000 going on. Pathways were used as much as the road. 3 Years and you're here to tell the tale!? Nice work mate.


there used to be 2 famous courier races in london, cross london and complete lap of m25, these had to be performed at 3pm on a friday (as you can prolly guess it was insanity, m25 was virtually stopped traffic all the way and central london was like beruit on a bad day.

but the maddest road races were always the cat and fiddle run on warm sunny sunday afternoons, trying to beat 200 or so other bikes and get away from the cops, lost a few good mates on that run (i used to go up the back way throught wincle and swithamly and over the top at wilbourclough for those who know the route)

[Captaintoc]

Well I've got 91 750 with a dj kit semi-legal pipe painted gloss black as my run about, I'm wiring and finishing an 85 750 streetfighter with gixxer k1 rear end and 17 inch wheels (all black again), a 91 750 with a blown top end thst I've bored the con-rods and have sourced all the parts to make a long/short stroke hybrid (I will be posting info about the build when I get to start on it) oh yeah it will be black as well (notice a theme yet :D).

Plus I have 1 dt 250, 1 CB750 (81), a ZZR250, a VT550 and enough parts to build another gixxer (a 7/11/12 if I can get a cheap 11/12 motor).

I also remember hitting a roo at 160 going over the bars head first into road, then I remember a guy picking me up off the road and him shaking like mad. Found out after that he'd hit my bike (zzr600 writen it off completely) but some how missed me who was out cold in the middle of the road, said many a prayer over beer to the god of 2 wheels that night and for a few after.

Have Fun
Andrew

[Captaintoc]

Well I've got 91 750 with a dj kit semi-legal pipe painted gloss black as my run about, I'm wiring and finishing an 85 750 streetfighter with gixxer k1 rear end and 17 inch wheels (all black again), a 91 750 with a blown top end thst I've bored the con-rods and have sourced all the parts to make a long/short stroke hybrid (I will be posting info about the build when I get to start on it) oh yeah it will be black as well (notice a theme yet :D).

Plus I have 1 dt 250, 1 CB750 (81), a ZZR250, a VT550 and enough parts to build another gixxer (a 7/11/12 if I can get a cheap 11/12 motor).

I also remember hitting a roo at 160 going over the bars head first into road, then I remember a guy picking me up off the road and him shaking like mad. Found out after that he'd hit my bike (zzr600 writen it off completely) but some how missed me who was out cold in the middle of the road, said many a prayer over beer to the god of 2 wheels that night and for a few after.

Have Fun
Andrew

[Razorback]

Riding along Stuart Hwy on the 02GSXR and decided to have a little fun. Rolled on the juice in 3rd at about 120 maybe 130k and up she comes like a good girl, held it a while then decided I was gonna try and shift into 4th as it was getting near redline. Anyway being pretty sucky at monos I started to lose it and she was going back down. No worries.... except.... while I was winding on the gas I had turned the bars about 5 degrees to the right... just leaning on the throttle a bit too much. I noticed the front wheel wasnt straight about half a second before it touched down and I had just enough time to think "mummy". Anyway thank the gods for steering dampers basically... she had a little aircraft landing type squeal as the front wheel landed and a puff of smoke, the damper caught the main whack from the bars and we did a little shimmy for a few seconds, just enough to require a change of undies and the good old gix just held the road and kept going like nothing had happened. MAN I was sure I was gonna be kissing the tarmac at 160+ but I got lucky.

Every time I have been involved with cars its been no near miss though. Wrote off my RG and my CB750K running into the side of cars pulling out coz they "didnt see me", the classic. In a lot of ways I have been bloody lucky over the last 23 years. My last get off was so long ago I cant even remember exactly when it was but I ride faster now than ever. The difference is now I know what the $@#% Im doing :D

[Razorback]

Riding along Stuart Hwy on the 02GSXR and decided to have a little fun. Rolled on the juice in 3rd at about 120 maybe 130k and up she comes like a good girl, held it a while then decided I was gonna try and shift into 4th as it was getting near redline. Anyway being pretty sucky at monos I started to lose it and she was going back down. No worries.... except.... while I was winding on the gas I had turned the bars about 5 degrees to the right... just leaning on the throttle a bit too much. I noticed the front wheel wasnt straight about half a second before it touched down and I had just enough time to think "mummy". Anyway thank the gods for steering dampers basically... she had a little aircraft landing type squeal as the front wheel landed and a puff of smoke, the damper caught the main whack from the bars and we did a little shimmy for a few seconds, just enough to require a change of undies and the good old gix just held the road and kept going like nothing had happened. MAN I was sure I was gonna be kissing the tarmac at 160+ but I got lucky.

Every time I have been involved with cars its been no near miss though. Wrote off my RG and my CB750K running into the side of cars pulling out coz they "didnt see me", the classic. In a lot of ways I have been bloody lucky over the last 23 years. My last get off was so long ago I cant even remember exactly when it was but I ride faster now than ever. The difference is now I know what the $@#% Im doing :D

[Myron]

I was on the back of my Dad's CX500 h-h-h-h*nda, this fuckwod cut him up so me old man did an emergiency stop and beeped, that was it. This guy fucking lost it and started gunning it for us, I mist have been 10 at the time and this guys trying to knock us over! My old man speedes away down the back alley (as much as a h-h*nda CAN speed away!) and turns right onto a main road, this car is still right behind us, thankfully we hit traffic and filter/lane split, that was the end of it.

[Myron]

I was on the back of my Dad's CX500 h-h-h-h*nda, this fuckwod cut him up so me old man did an emergiency stop and beeped, that was it. This guy fucking lost it and started gunning it for us, I mist have been 10 at the time and this guys trying to knock us over! My old man speedes away down the back alley (as much as a h-h*nda CAN speed away!) and turns right onto a main road, this car is still right behind us, thankfully we hit traffic and filter/lane split, that was the end of it.

[Myron]

...I can think of another, I was on the RF900RR picking Linda up from the train station, it was so wet that when I got there she told me to go home and she would catch the buss (cheeky ain't she?), it's absolutely pissing it down, I move to overtake static traffic at a red light, as I'm overtaking it starts to move again, so I speed up to finish with the overtaking. This dickhead in the car infront of me speeds up as I do, so I speed up more, he looks in his wing mirror and speeds up even faster. I look ahead and see concrete bollards, slam on the breaks and skit surf my way through the wet right up to them, I then have to go round the wrong side of the bollards facing on coming traffic to continue. I look over at him, he smiles and shruggs so I give him a big "FUCK YOU!" Really I should have just slowed down.

[Myron]

...I can think of another, I was on the RF900RR picking Linda up from the train station, it was so wet that when I got there she told me to go home and she would catch the buss (cheeky ain't she?), it's absolutely pissing it down, I move to overtake static traffic at a red light, as I'm overtaking it starts to move again, so I speed up to finish with the overtaking. This dickhead in the car infront of me speeds up as I do, so I speed up more, he looks in his wing mirror and speeds up even faster. I look ahead and see concrete bollards, slam on the breaks and skit surf my way through the wet right up to them, I then have to go round the wrong side of the bollards facing on coming traffic to continue. I look over at him, he smiles and shruggs so I give him a big "FUCK YOU!" Really I should have just slowed down.