terbang
31st December 2007, 16:22
Twas a beautiful day for riding yesterday (30th), so what was I doing? Driving a bloody froggy cage up Coro..! Two reasons why, I was delivering my daughter and all her camping gear up to Little Bay and also because I am off the bike due to a large 'gark' up my right shin courtesy of an angry little traillie.
Just north of Colvillle we were passed (sensibly) by a bright red Hyobag 250, we both admired and envied this individual as the road up there is awesome. A little further up the road diminishes into gravel and before long we caught up with our Hyobag rider. He was travelling very slowly and making reasonably hard work of the gravel, though he was doing OK. I was watching the lines and technique he was using and I guess I got a bit close and spooked him (so sorry if I did). Anyway our courteous rider decided to pull over to let us pass, he lost it in the gravel and down he went..! Not a biggie, but never the less it left bike and rider sprawling. We stopped and helped this poor young bloke up and got him going again. His bike seemed OK though he, and rightfully so, seemed very embarrased and pissed off.
I guess my point here is for the newer riders, if you have some ignorant old fool shoving his wifes Citroen up yer arse, then remember you own the road and he can wait. Tailgating cages can be real intimidating and it is also timely for all of us here (well me anyway) to brush up on the cage driving skills too.
Just north of Colvillle we were passed (sensibly) by a bright red Hyobag 250, we both admired and envied this individual as the road up there is awesome. A little further up the road diminishes into gravel and before long we caught up with our Hyobag rider. He was travelling very slowly and making reasonably hard work of the gravel, though he was doing OK. I was watching the lines and technique he was using and I guess I got a bit close and spooked him (so sorry if I did). Anyway our courteous rider decided to pull over to let us pass, he lost it in the gravel and down he went..! Not a biggie, but never the less it left bike and rider sprawling. We stopped and helped this poor young bloke up and got him going again. His bike seemed OK though he, and rightfully so, seemed very embarrased and pissed off.
I guess my point here is for the newer riders, if you have some ignorant old fool shoving his wifes Citroen up yer arse, then remember you own the road and he can wait. Tailgating cages can be real intimidating and it is also timely for all of us here (well me anyway) to brush up on the cage driving skills too.