mnkyboy
27th July 2008, 00:46
No I didn't play with your heart...
(Given the opportunity i might :confused:)
Seeing as the misses need the car today I braved the weather and took the bike to work. No real issues getting there, apart from realising that my pants leaked like a sieve.
After work I pootled off to motomail to buy some new pants. (go go go advertising on KB) new pants and glove inderts aquired I geared up and headed home. Stopped at Galbraiths for a beer and ciggie (as you do), geared up again and was heading down Mt Eden Rd. Coming round a very mild corner at around 55k got a gust of wind and found myself sliding on my arms and arse and all I could think was WOOHOO this is fun, clipped the cabinet on the side of the road with my legs and came to a very fun stop. Bikes all ok apart from a broken mirror/bar end and bent brake lever. Me - only a slight bruise where bike dropped on leg and where forearm hit ground
Makes me a firm ATGATT believer once again. The new pants basically unscathed - jacket arms now midly tattered but still ok ish. ( I fortunatly had resisted temptation to buy a new $900 Dainese jacket not 45 mins before ) No contact of helmet on road.
So it'll be another call to order parts...and another 3 weeks to wait for them. :mobile:in that time I may look at jackets.
(Given the opportunity i might :confused:)
Seeing as the misses need the car today I braved the weather and took the bike to work. No real issues getting there, apart from realising that my pants leaked like a sieve.
After work I pootled off to motomail to buy some new pants. (go go go advertising on KB) new pants and glove inderts aquired I geared up and headed home. Stopped at Galbraiths for a beer and ciggie (as you do), geared up again and was heading down Mt Eden Rd. Coming round a very mild corner at around 55k got a gust of wind and found myself sliding on my arms and arse and all I could think was WOOHOO this is fun, clipped the cabinet on the side of the road with my legs and came to a very fun stop. Bikes all ok apart from a broken mirror/bar end and bent brake lever. Me - only a slight bruise where bike dropped on leg and where forearm hit ground
Makes me a firm ATGATT believer once again. The new pants basically unscathed - jacket arms now midly tattered but still ok ish. ( I fortunatly had resisted temptation to buy a new $900 Dainese jacket not 45 mins before ) No contact of helmet on road.
So it'll be another call to order parts...and another 3 weeks to wait for them. :mobile:in that time I may look at jackets.