Almost all over...

[98tls]

Went for a jaunt on the TL today...headed up to winchester turned off and went the inland way up through Rakaia gorge.......a short but awsome bit of twistys.........getting up to the top of the gorge theres a real tight left hander which is a bang it down into first crank it over and grab a big handful on the other side and into a slightly less tight right hander.....cranked over i go and F@R%in hell theres a bloody great rock in front of me.......this was happening at a fair pace and way over..........was almost as if time stood still and i was waiting for the bars to fly out of my hands.........then nothing......i must have missed the bloody thing by mm.......the relief was enormous in fact so much so that i almost stuffed up the right hander..........The gods of motorcycling were smileing on me today otherwise it could well have been a very expensive/painful episode.......:Punk:The whole thing was such a rush i just had to share..........:innocent:

[onearmedbandit]

Damn, close call eh? I take it the rock is still there??

[zuk]

Know the feeling, found the same thing on the Napier/Taupo, but I hit it-- airborne but landed safe and due to the weight of the bike ,kept going straight, buckled both rims and had to ride back to the hutt at a very reduced pace !!!!

[T.W.R]

:Oi: hope you left my strategically placed rock alone :yes: it's there to keep foreigners out of my stamping ground :ar15:

Nah seriously though, sounds like you had a close one :shit: The last lefty huh? the wee tight bastard or the sweeper up onto the terrace straight?

[98tls]

Damn, close call eh? I take it the rock is still there?? Na mate........rode up the top of the gorge turned around and went back and removed it.

[98tls]

:Oi: hope you left my strategically placed rock alone :yes: it's there to keep foreigners out of my stamping ground :ar15:

Nah seriously though, sounds like you had a close one :shit: The last lefty huh? the wee tight bastard or the sweeper up onto the terrace straight? The real tight one in the trees bill.

[DMNTD]

Dang! Nothing better than a decent pucker moment for feeling alive eh mate!
Glad you were able to write about it man :yes:
Sometimes mm's are big enough...:innocent:

[u4ea]

luck was on your side today !!good man for shifting the rogue rock too....:rockon: ..hope youre having a beer to calm youre nerves !

[98tls]

Know the feeling, found the same thing on the Napier/Taupo, but I hit it-- airborne but landed safe and due to the weight of the bike ,kept going straight, buckled both rims and had to ride back to the hutt at a very reduced pace !!!! Mate i dont mean to laugh but bloody hell you were a bit lucky eh.......buckled both rims........better than hitting the deck though..........:yes:

[zuk]

It was VERY close to a brown trou moment---on a Sunday too so I couldn,t buy a lotto ticket, oh and I also stopped and removed the said fucken rock

[T.W.R]

The real tight one in the trees bill.

Oh joy! :shit: I know the one :shutup: not to many options there if things get ugly either :sick:

Should have given me a yell, could have caught up for a scratch :yes: just been bouncing in & out of here all day while tinkering on the fairing panels :bye:

[98tls]

Oh joy! :shit: I know the one :shutup: not to many options there if things get ugly either :sick:

Should have given me a yell, could have caught up for a scratch :yes: just been bouncing in & out of here all day while tinkering on the fairing panels :bye: yea mate...........could have borrowed your shithouse to empty out the leathers...............you goin to the march hare...........?

[T.W.R]

yea mate...........could have borrowed your shithouse to empty out the leathers...............you goin to the march hare...........?

:shit: by the time got here you'd have fully moulded armour plating daks :lol: would have had to get the water blaster out :dodge:

Yep I'm going to terrorise the March Hare :cool:

[98tls]

:shit: by the time got here you'd have fully moulded armour plating daks :lol: would have had to get the water blaster out :dodge:

Yep I'm going to terrorise the March Hare :cool: Sweet mate...........as its so close i will only go for the sat but will catch up over a beer for sure..........

[imdying]

Know the feeling, found the same thing on the Napier/Taupo, but I hit it-- airborne but landed safe and due to the weight of the bike ,kept going straight, buckled both rims and had to ride back to the hutt at a very reduced pace !!!!

That is God condoning you spending up large on some new carbon fibre rims to replace them :yes:

[chanceyy]

well geeezzzz hon, nuffin like a "moment" to make you feel alive ... & glad you dunna hurt yourself when you get through it ... (or da bike) so hows the adreneline rush ????

Will even forfeit one of those drinks you have in the fridge if ya need it ;) :shutup:

[jtzzr]

Was it luck or riding ability ( if the foo foo valve was working and you had your eyes closed) I`m guessing luck , Good on ya for moving the said rock.

[98tls]

Was it luck or riding ability ( if the foo foo valve was working and you had your eyes closed) I`m guessing luck , Good on ya for moving the said rock. mate at that speed on that corner cranked that far over there was nothing i could do...........was luck that i picked that line.......the corner was blind so i was well naffed.

[Clivoris]

Shit hot 98. Bet you feel real alive now:yes: Top skills mate.

[98tls]

Shit hot 98. Bet you feel real alive now:yes: Top skills mate. yea clive...............it was a rush..........no skill just a truckload of luck........as TWR said its a real nasty corner for things to go wrong as the only place to go is over the edge into the pine trees.........:gob: not a good option...................

[oldrider]

Good result there Mike but isn't that the same area that you lost a side mirror last year?

You might be better to bypass that place next time if it is!

Hope we didn't wake you last night, second son and I removed Dan's weight lifting machine out of his shed, tried to be quiet but....but! :mellow: Cheers John.

[98tls]

Good result there Mike but isn't that the same area that you lost a side mirror last year?

You might be better to bypass that place next time if it is!

Hope we didn't wake you last night, second son and I removed Dan's weight lifting machine out of his shed, tried to be quiet but....but! :mellow: Cheers John. hey john..............i was at work mate so didnt hear a thing........yea same road but going the other way that i/or the cruiser rider........removed my mirror........great bit of road but reinforces Arron Slights theroy of go around corners like you dont know whats on the other side when road riding.....matbe hes right............:innocent:

[CM2005]

well done! i've ended up lid down from stuff like that before... not on tarmac though!

[Guitana]

You are truly blessed by ALLAH!!!!!

I usually close my eyes!!