Woo. But that was close.

[dpex]

I was coming through the wide left-hander to the old bridge on SH16, yesterday. I'd had the pleasure of following a lad with greater expertise than me. He'd passed me about ten clicks back. I saw a rabbit so went after him (he's first in line for the catch). Whoever he was he seemed to have spotted the fact I was a higher-speed learner, so he slowed a bit, then boosted a bit and so on. Whoever you are, thank you. I was the the bloke in the hi-vis.

Anyway, the rabbit went down and around the first corner of that down-hill. I chickened out. Too much for me. I knew the right-hander after the bridge was coming. I felt I could take that corner at a good speed.

I was thinking about this when a silver Nissan, driven by a clown, came deep inside my lane. He'd blown the corner, cut it deep and, I suppose, just shut his eyes waiting for the impact when I hove into view.

Christ knows how but I went outside him (on his left) and still managed to get through the corner and then inside some poop in a car.

My adrenalin had hit the Richter. I'd lived through what should have been trash-city. I followed my accidental trainer till he turned off at the church, for the back-road through to Kumeu.

I stopped. Got off. Went to light a fag. Found I couldn't hold the flame to the end due to shaking, then I threw up. Then got back on the horse. Obviously something wrong with said hose, since she didn't seem to be able to get much past 80ks all the way the Helensville. :--(((

Woo. But that was close.

[riffer]

Well done.

Store that one in the memory banks. You'll need it again one day.

[CookMySock]

fark, good save dpex. Well done. I hope I dont get a close call like that for some time.

Steve

[Jerry74]

Good effort glad you are still with us

[Pedrostt500]

Some thing to take note of folks is that they are letting the inmates out of the Asylums, giving them keys to cars and telling em " go out there and try to kill some poor inocent fucker". and it will only get worse between now and years end.

[RantyDave]

He'd blown the corner, cut it deep and, I suppose, just shut his eyes waiting for the impact when I hove into view.
Wow, fuck. Nice save.

So, did he bin the Nissan in the end?

Dave

[Sellout]

Top effort mate! Glad ya came out ok!!

[PirateJafa]

I'm loving the cage-bashing here.

I've seen more motorcyclists go into a corner too hot and end up in the opposite lane than I have seen cars do the same.

And for the record, my Nissan is red. And I don't miss!

[FJRider]

I'm loving the cage-bashing here.

I've seen more motorcyclists go into a corner too hot and end up in the opposite lane than I have seen cars do the same.

And for the record, my Nissan is red. And I don't miss!

He didn't bash it ...he missed.

I've done that too...

Had a Nissan once... I don't miss it either....

[Donor]

I'm loving the cage-bashing here.

I've seen more motorcyclists go into a corner too hot and end up in the opposite lane than I have seen cars do the same.

And for the record, my Nissan is red. And I don't miss!

Clearly you managed to read something into this message that I have missed... :scratch:

All I see is that a car got it wrong (and we all do sometimes, 2 wheels or 4) leading a motorcyclist and by the sounds of it a car driver to pull a miraculous save out of the hat.

Well done to both parties, and may the lessons learned last a lifetime... a LOOOOOONG lifetime...

[dpex]

Wow, fuck. Nice save.

So, did he bin the Nissan in the end?

Dave

I have no idea. My entire focus was on the terror of the moment.

There was zero application of skill involved in my missing my trip to the underworld. It was pure, blind-terror-driven luck.

Had I been in my four-wheeler I would never have survived.

Two things really piss me off about this event. The first being; that little bastard is still out there. Second...and probably worse. For the first time ever I awoke the next morning NOT looking forward riding. For me that's about equivalent to being the first prize-winner for a day with a dozen vestal virgins and not being vaguely interested.

Anyway.... Managed to force myself to tog up and took a very slow ride to the top of the Kaipara. It wasn't so much pleasure as necessary therapy.

I suspect it'll be a while before the pleasure-part returns.

[<Rhino>]

Some thing to take note of folks is that they are letting the inmates out of the Asylums, giving them keys to cars and telling em " go out there and try to kill some poor inocent fucker". and it will only get worse between now and years end.

Maybe it was this one! lthough I have to agree, since I started riding more often than not cars cause me more grieff than I cause to them, or myself.

[sinfull]

Aint it a grand feeling to know it wasn't your day to die !

[RantyDave]

For the first time ever I awoke the next morning NOT looking forward riding.
Quite understandable. It will come back, but take it gently for a while, eh?

Dave

[KiwiKat]

Scary moments. It's the unpredictable that catches us out. An excellent recount of a shit situation ... Make sure you polish that bike hard, some bikes have soul.

[PirateJafa]

Clearly you managed to read something into this message that I have missed... :scratch:

Or rather, I just read the other replies in the thread:


Some thing to take note of folks is that they are letting the inmates out of the Asylums, giving them keys to cars and telling em " go out there and try to kill some poor inocent fucker". and it will only get worse between now and years end.