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carver
3rd August 2008, 18:14
sidewinder, pathos and myself were riding today, sidewinder was on his GSXR600k5, pathos was on his CBR600f2, and i was on the DRZ400sm.
sidewinder did a few 200kph runs on the gixer, i did a few long wheelies on the DRZ, all good.
i had fun on the gravel stretch that runs parallel to SH1b into cambridge, managing to go faster than the cars on the road in the rain!
leaving cambridge, we were riding up a tight road that was very slippery, dude to debris and moss and water.
i led on the DRZ followed by pathos, and sidewinder took it up the rear on the GaySeXeR.
we reached the part where it turns to gravel and proceeded to ride down slowly, but still no sidewinder!
i spun the DRZ around and headed down to see the GSXR in the ditch, lying 180 degrees from the intended direction of travel.
the GSXR was pulled out, the crash knobs took most of it!
the headlight does not go for some reason, sidewinder is fine, the rear let go out of the corner, he fishtailed it, but it flicked him off and he proceeded to slide into the grass.
some cosmetic damage to the GSXR, nothing too serious, and we were away, at it again, well i was anyway, wheelies all the way home!

we should have been at church!
mormon few-stunt crew

dwnundabkr
3rd August 2008, 18:30
good to hear ya mate is ok damn roads are sure slippery due to rain,, mud oil on the roads at the moment, had a few moments myself today as road was very slippery in places on the riverhead/coatsville highway

Nagash
3rd August 2008, 18:31
Glad to hear he didn't get hurt.

:corn:

jimbo600
3rd August 2008, 18:40
The light aint working because probably the cutout circuit in the right hand grip assembly has become unsoldered. Happened to my K5 gsxr as I was in the twisties riding in the dark.

Sidewinder
3rd August 2008, 20:37
why do i never manage to write off bikes and just fix them up? and never die

marty
3rd August 2008, 21:26
sounds like you were up managkawa/sanitorium hill - very twisty steep uphill tarseal then flowing fast gravel over the top and down the other side?

cowboyz
3rd August 2008, 21:32
:jerry::jerry::jerry::jerry:

This should be entertaining.


Shall we have a poll to how much truth there is in the story?

Mikkel
3rd August 2008, 21:57
A weekend full of surprises it would appear...

FJRider
3rd August 2008, 22:04
:jerry::jerry::jerry::jerry:

This should be entertaining.


Shall we have a poll to how much truth there is in the story?

What's left to tell... and who cares...cosmetic damage, no injurys, story told...another legend has started... whats truth got to do with it...

carver
4th August 2008, 17:10
sounds like you were up managkawa/sanitorium hill - very twisty steep uphill tarseal then flowing fast gravel over the top and down the other side?

correct, thats the one