lee
10th August 2006, 06:55
Thought I'd share another little nugget with you. Did donington on Monday. Its such a brilliant track and I have done it a few times already. But its one of those places where you spend the whole time pretending you're a GP God and don't really think about your riding. Every time I go down craner curves I think I'm valentino rossi (although being on a gixxer, I do have a better bike!!! but being me, do not have anywhere near the talent, money or good looks). Anyway, track day was fine and it was probably the last time I would do donington before joining you all on the other side of the world.
The drive home was a different matter. Basically travelling at about 65kph (getting used to the new speed measurement). The front strap holding my bike on the trailer burst its stitching and my bike rather ungraciously did a sideways dismount off the trailer. Not only did this surprise me, but my girlfriend following in the vehicle behind nearly crapped herself. Now my (2 month old) beautiful gixxer has a huge crack down the LH fairing. I'm now persuing the company that made the straps for the damage to the bike as the straps were brand new and only used twice. Over in the UK we have the sales of goods act which states an item has to be fit for intended purpose, which this clearly wasn't. Do you have anything like that over there?
Aside from the damage to the bike (which can always be repaired) heres the really bad bit. This happend in rush hour on a busy single carraigeway road. Traffic has now backed up for miles. DO you think anyone got out of their cars and helped me lift my stricken bike out of the way? Oh no the selfish b*stards thought it would much more helpful to sit in their cars and beep their horns!! I can't wait to leave this balls of a country, people here suck. More certain every day that coming to NZ is the best decision I have ever made. Role on the new year.
Still I will miss donington, what a beautiful place.
The drive home was a different matter. Basically travelling at about 65kph (getting used to the new speed measurement). The front strap holding my bike on the trailer burst its stitching and my bike rather ungraciously did a sideways dismount off the trailer. Not only did this surprise me, but my girlfriend following in the vehicle behind nearly crapped herself. Now my (2 month old) beautiful gixxer has a huge crack down the LH fairing. I'm now persuing the company that made the straps for the damage to the bike as the straps were brand new and only used twice. Over in the UK we have the sales of goods act which states an item has to be fit for intended purpose, which this clearly wasn't. Do you have anything like that over there?
Aside from the damage to the bike (which can always be repaired) heres the really bad bit. This happend in rush hour on a busy single carraigeway road. Traffic has now backed up for miles. DO you think anyone got out of their cars and helped me lift my stricken bike out of the way? Oh no the selfish b*stards thought it would much more helpful to sit in their cars and beep their horns!! I can't wait to leave this balls of a country, people here suck. More certain every day that coming to NZ is the best decision I have ever made. Role on the new year.
Still I will miss donington, what a beautiful place.