Almost ended up as a hood ornament today!

[gijoe1313]

Well it was a good day for a ride, I had washed and polished my little ol'Hornet and thought it would be good to take it out. I MSNed zeocen but it turns out he was entertaining non-biker friends :oi-grr:

So I tootle off to do the Hunuas and I was about to head home, when I saw a nice road heading off further down South! So heigh ho, off we go! :scooter:

Next thing I find myself heading down to Paeroa to take in some of their world famous in NZ carbonated beverage! So, taking that as a cue, I look to see where the weather was fair and find my Diablos pointing me down to Tauranga via Katikati! :whistle:

With a quick hey nonny, hey nonny no I was at the Mount and txting DMNTD that I was lowering the value of the condoniums there and visited him and Unit! Had a great natter, perved over his new ride and talked the usual shite, vinegar and piss. Time to go! Lovely blat over the hill and down the sweepers and back to Dorkland via Matamata and Paeroa.

And that's when the defecate started to hit the oscillating machinery...

On the road back to Ngatea, a frikk'n oncoming cager pulls an overtake manuver into the middle of the lane...with me still in it! :gob:

Thank god my conscious mind didn't have a say in it and my biker mind was in full gear...clutch in, dropped a gear, pinned the throttle (as much as you can on a 250 Hornet! :sweatdrop) flicked left into the gap between the white line and the shoulder of the road.

The hunk of oncoming metal death passes so close I could reach out with my right hand and run my hand down it's side, corner of my eye, I saw the frightened look on a dear old nanna's face and the old geezer who must be her hubby. :crazy: Death on four wheels passes me by and I flick right back into the lane.

.........:Playnice: I was so nonplussed about the incident, I didn't have time to get frightened! I didn't even bother pulling over or turning around and pootled on my merry way! Gah...

And was that the end of my day? No! Murphy and Sod get together and just as it begins to get dark at Mangatawhiri, I hit a little bump ... and my front lights cut out altogether! Fark! :blink:

Too dark to stop and check things out by the side of the road, for once I am not gadgeted up to my eyeballs and tch! Typical innit? :slap: Mr McGyver is me and I don't even bring a swiss army knife!

I bowl on up behind a cager towing a trailer in the fading light and follow it all to the Waikato expressway where I can finally use the streetlamps instead of the cage headlights to get back home by 7pm.

A great ride actually.. 'cept for muddled fuddy duddies in big blocks of metal ouchies and the sudden ceasement of lighted coils of wire to ease my inability to see the road at night!

Damn, can't wait to get back out riding again! :yes:

[James Deuce]

Eeeep.

It must be nice to have a subconscious mind that's on your side.

[MyGSXF]

Damn, can't wait to get back out riding again! :yes:

Ain't life grand!!! :niceone:

Glad to see ya back here with us.. after today events!!!! :banana:

[Gremlin]

I wish the govt would learn that they can do all sorts of stupid ideas like taking away passing lanes, but all it takes is one muppet to do an incredibly stupid thing, to still have an accident :mad:

Glad y'all alright :hug:

[McJim]

Glad you're still here to inundate us with words Justin.

Let's hope those frightened old faces learned to look before overtaking in future.

[Mr Merde]

You take care GIJOE

The good ones are hard to find.

Harder to keep.

Like to know my mates are riding with quick wits and a little of Lady Luck's benevolence.


Mr Merde

[gijoe1313]

Glad you're still here to inundate us with words Justin.

Let's hope those frightened old faces learned to look before overtaking in future.

I think that is a two edged sword! :rofl: "Fark he survived! Fark, he's writing his annus horribus again in triplicate!"

I have to admit, when I started breathing again it felt wonderful... and I definitely enjoyed the nosh I scoffed down when I watched the rugger on telly with my younger brother.

When I related my experience to him (he used to be a biker, rode a fireblade but had to give it up when a cager t-boned him and his missus got him to use the insurance payout on a house deposit!) he was like "meh, been there, dodged that as well" :rolleyes: and I was like :mellow:

And then we both laughed and went back to watching the Cantabs lift the log o'wood off the Mooloos.

[gijoe1313]

You take care GIJOE

The good ones are hard to find.

Harder to keep.

Like to know my mates are riding with quick wits and a little of Lady Luck's benevolence.


Mr Merde

Right back atcha brother... you taking care of yourself also? I was in between Te Aroha and Matamata when I thought of you "damn, should have visited Mr Merde instead of being a selfish git and riding those lanes of freedom!" :sweatdrop

Actually reading back this post again...Aroha is Love .... ironic innit? :lol:

[gijoe1313]

Eeeep.

It must be nice to have a subconscious mind that's on your side.


I dunno, I end up doing a lot of daft things due to it? :scratch: :innocent:

Case in point : dropping $2500 on more model soldiers and tanks...when I could have used it for a deposit on a brand new Hornet 900! :confused:

Daft? Yes! Mad? Definitely! Not quite right in the head? Assuredly!

[James Deuce]

Case in point : dropping $2500 on more model soldiers and tanks...when I could have used it for a deposit on a brand new Hornet 900! :confused:



That confirms my impressions of your subconscious. Military Miniatures Purchase Approved. There's always another Hornet.

[Mr Merde]

.....when I thought of you "damn, should have visited Mr Merde instead of being a selfish git and riding those lanes of freedom!" :sweatdrop

Mate I was getting my share of fumes today. Spent the morning watching the rally cars, just down the road from my house. Spent the afternoon sitting on this clunker of a ride on lawnmower reducing the paddock back to a garden lawn again.

Was half expecting MDU to give me a buzz. He was talking about comming down and sighting in his new .17HMR on the 100 yard range next door.

Good news, the neck has been manipulated and clicked back into place. Still sore but I can move easier.

Not so good news, the physio thinks my last off has broken or chipped one of the vertabrae in the middle of my back. gotta go for Xrays before she will do anything else.


I certainly live up to my name.


Always in it only the depth varies, Merde.

[Mr Merde]

.....:confused:

Daft? Yes! Mad? Definitely! Not quite right in the head? Assuredly!

Isnt that what makes life interesting and fun?

I would love to be "normal" but the voices wont let me.

you keep on with the hobbies.


Merde

[gijoe1313]

Isnt that what makes life interesting and fun?

I would love to be "normal" but the voices wont let me.

you keep on with the hobbies.


Merde

And you with your firearms... my next licence (apart from the Full bike licence) will be the Fire Arm one! Gah! More hobbies for me! :whistle:

[Boob Johnson]

I dunno, I end up doing a lot of daft things due to it? :scratch: :innocent:

Case in point : dropping $2500 on more model soldiers and tanks...when I could have used it for a deposit on a brand new Hornet 900! :confused:

Daft? Yes! Mad? Definitely! Not quite right in the head? Assuredly!You can NEVER spend ENOUGH on soldiers n tanks bro!!! :2thumbsup




ps: good to see u got home in one piece, she's a mine field out there

[janno]

So your ride went

Hey nonny,
hey nonny,

GADZOOKS! EGAD!! :eek:

Hey nonny,
hey nonny.

Sounds fairy nough to me :rolleyes:

[Chickadee]

Glad you lived to tell the tale with your spidey senses working well.

Keep safe and glad you're okay!

[discotex]

Nice save!

Finding an concoming steel deathcicle in my lane is my biggest concern when on the open road.

Hopefully hubby gets a stern talking to eh!

[Katman]

Sorry, I'm confused. You have a car suddenly appear on your side of the road and you "drop a gear and pin the throttle" to take evasive action? Were you overtaking a vehicle at the time? Would not swerving straight over to the shoulder of the road have been a better idea?

[mbazza]

Thanks for the write up. Great day to be a biker when your actions avoid your own death! Well done that rider! Scary when the flame in the candle is snuffed out. Good on you. Cheers. :woohoo:

[mbazza]

Thanks for the write up. Great day to be a biker when your actions avoid your own death! Well done that rider! Scary when the flame in the candle is snuffed out too. Good on you. Cheers. :woohoo:

[gijoe1313]

Sorry, I'm confused. You have a car suddenly appear on your side of the road and you "drop a gear and pin the throttle" to take evasive action? Were you overtaking a vehicle at the time? Would not swerving straight over to the shoulder of the road have been a better idea?

I was riding in my lane... and the car pulled straight out in front of me! I rarely overtake unless there is like a zillion metres of clear road in front (being on a 250 and all!) I did swerve over to the shoulder of the road! :scratch: I guess I didn't make it plain enough? Mys bad!

[Katman]

I'm still confused. You "dropped a gear and pinned the throttle" - so you intentionally accelerated towards the vehicle in your immediate path?

[gijoe1313]

I'm still confused. You "dropped a gear and pinned the throttle" - so you intentionally accelerated towards the vehicle in your immediate path?

yeah I swerved over as I did all that ... I dunno why! I just did it, I'm still here so I guess everything is a-ok with me! Have you some advice?

[Katman]

Some advice? Yeah, forget the "dropped a gear and pinned the throttle" crap. Sorry, sounds too much like a "look at me" story.

[_Shrek_]

yeah I swerved over as I did all that ... I dunno why! I just did it, I'm still here so I guess everything is a-ok with me! Have you some advice?

I think thats what they call panick

[zeocen]

Some advice? Yeah, forget the "dropped a gear and pinned the throttle" crap. Sorry, sounds too much like a "look at me" story.

I was taught, by veteran riders and motorcycle bible books alike to be in a gear where you can always accelerate.

In this situation, one would assume small acceleration = grip, grip = harder turn, harder turn = getting out of the way faster. Doesn't seem wrong if you're accelerating to miss somebody, not towards them.


Sorry, sounds too much like "picking an argument". You're a bit of a cock eh, Katman?

[Lias]

I dunno, I end up doing a lot of daft things due to it? :scratch: :innocent:

Case in point : dropping $2500 on more model soldiers and tanks...when I could have used it for a deposit on a brand new Hornet 900! :confused:

Daft? Yes! Mad? Definitely! Not quite right in the head? Assuredly!

MM wot sort of soldiers n tanks? WW2 1:72? Warhammer 40k?

[DMNTD]

Case in point : dropping $2500 on more model soldiers and tanks...when I could have used it for a deposit on a brand new Hornet 900! :confused:

Daft? Yes! Mad? Definitely! Not quite right in the head? Assuredly!

J you're nuttier than squirrel shit mate :eek:
Always good to catch up with ya

Re the wee incident...good to see that the power of the Ninja's passed onto you and ya wee tanks when ya visited.
9/10 I accelerate if things look dodgey too...gotta make it look good eh?
I dunno,you and your look at me threads :confused:

[gijoe1313]

MM wot sort of soldiers n tanks? WW2 1:72? Warhammer 40k?

All on Warhammer 40K, 2 boxes of Space Marine companies, 3 Baneblades, Order of the Chapter Masters, Leman Russ armoured company, vindicator linebreaker company, and other sundries ... probably won't make much sense to most people!

I do have two massive Flames of Wars armies , 15mm German and US (mid to late war) ... should dust them off one day!

I've got Dark Elves, Brettonians, Vampire Counts and Orcs for Fantasy (though only the Dark Elves are gameable with :lol:)

Yeah, used to be a D&D GM back in the day (and AD&D, Cyberpunk 2020, MERP etc etc)

[Swoop]

Let's hope those frightened old <STRIKE>faces</STRIKE> feces learned to look before overtaking in future.
Corrected your spelling for ya!:lol:

[Lias]

All on Warhammer 40K, 2 boxes of Space Marine companies, 3 Baneblades, Order of the Chapter Masters, Leman Russ armoured company, vindicator linebreaker company, and other sundries ... probably won't make much sense to most people!

I do have two massive Flames of Wars armies , 15mm German and US (mid to late war) ... should dust them off one day!

I've got Dark Elves, Brettonians, Vampire Counts and Orcs for Fantasy (though only the Dark Elves are gameable with :lol:)

Yeah, used to be a D&D GM back in the day (and AD&D, Cyberpunk 2020, MERP etc etc)

Cool.. I <3 the 40k universe, but I never had the $$ to get into playing the tabletop game.. I have to content myself with the Dawn of War series. Hoping that Warhammer Online is a sucess so that they make a 40k MMORPG.. that would rock my socks.

I used to be into tabletop 1:72 WW2 wargaming when I was younger, but it doesnt seem nearly as popular now and I havnt done it for years. Played more pen and paper RPG's than I can conveniently count, but the major ones were D&D/AD&D, CP2020, Paranoia, Traveller & Twilight 2000.

Also used to be into Avalon Hill type hex/cardboard counter wargaming as well.. Have a copy of the AH Starship Troopers game sitting in the cupboard.. It must just about be a collectors item by now hehe. Need to find someone to play it with sometime.

[gijoe1313]

Cool.. I <3 the 40k universe, but I never had the $$ to get into playing the tabletop game.. I have to content myself with the Dawn of War series. Hoping that Warhammer Online is a sucess so that they make a 40k MMORPG.. that would rock my socks.

I used to be into tabletop 1:72 WW2 wargaming when I was younger, but it doesnt seem nearly as popular now and I havnt done it for years. Played more pen and paper RPG's than I can conveniently count, but the major ones were D&D/AD&D, CP2020, Paranoia, Traveller & Twilight 2000.

Also used to be into Avalon Hill type hex/cardboard counter wargaming as well.. Have a copy of the AH Starship Troopers game sitting in the cupboard.. It must just about be a collectors item by now hehe. Need to find someone to play it with sometime.

Yep Paranoia, Traveller and Twilight 2000 used to play as well! Along with Star Frontiers, Runequest - in my closet is more RPG systems and games than I can shake a stick at.

I'm kinda extreme as a Wargamer... collecting a whole chapter of BAs (50% done!) and over 500 Imperial guardsmen! (want to see what 5000 of them look like as a regiment!)

Suprisingly I haven't played DoW yet!

[Lias]

Yep Paranoia, Traveller and Twilight 2000 used to play as well! Along with Star Frontiers, Runequest - in my closet is more RPG systems and games than I can shake a stick at.

I'm kinda extreme as a Wargamer... collecting a whole chapter of BAs (50% done!) and over 500 Imperial guardsmen! (want to see what 5000 of them look like as a regiment!)

Suprisingly I haven't played DoW yet!

I really enjoyed the orig Dawn of War, and the Winter Assault expansion. Dark crusade not quite so much, as I found the difficulty had been SERIOUSLY cranked up. I couldnt complete the game even with a cheat or two.

[gijoe1313]

I really enjoyed the orig Dawn of War, and the Winter Assault expansion. Dark crusade not quite so much, as I found the difficulty had been SERIOUSLY cranked up. I couldnt complete the game even with a cheat or two.

Heck, I didn't even finish Space Hulk : Vengeance of the Blood Angels on PS1 because my data saves got corrupted and I was so pissed off I just left it. Hmmm now that I'm thinking about it, I may just fire it up again! :lol:

[Lias]

Heck, I didn't even finish Space Hulk : Vengeance of the Blood Angels on PS1 because my data saves got corrupted and I was so pissed off I just left it.

"Excuses are the refuge for the weak."
<3 40k quotes hehe