T.W.R
1st December 2008, 18:35
Don't we do some Muppet things whilst on tour as bikers generally to entertain strangers :yes:
I've done it myself and have seen heaps, but today I saw 2 honourable mentions, all heading home from the Burt Munroe
The 1st one was about 3.30ish, A bloke on a red firestorm came into sight with what looked like a bloody long black streamer flying behind him :blink: next thing a sleeping bag come bouncing along & stops in the middle of the road (SH1). The rider has spotted this and slammed on the anchors, stops & runs back picks up the bag and heads back to the bike.
As he's walking back to the bike & checking damage he sees how many people have seen this unfold, he sits the bag back into place & hurriedly straps everything back down and hops back on the bike. Bangs the VTR into gear and proceeds to give it a handful, the bike lunged forward with the front at almost pointing at 2pm :lol: slams it down and must have been hitting 200 before he got on to the bridge :blink: My boss saw this unfold and all he said was "WTF was that all about?" . It looked damn funny from where I was standing, but:
Mate who ever you were; loosing 3mins ain't going to kill ya, but trying to catch them up might :yes:
The 2nd was a silver Bandit :slap: the rider was the last in a group of 10 bikes, he/she was fully loaded up with gear rolling & swerving gently down the road at about 50km/h putting gloves on :pinch: . The rider hadn't spotted the courier truck bearing down on them from behind, but when they did they gave the bike a handful :corn: the damn thing almost twists itself in two, grabs & rockets off in to the distance :2thumbsup
I bet whoever it was wont try that trick again :lol:
What sort of wee brain farts do we go through when these things happen ??
I've done it myself and have seen heaps, but today I saw 2 honourable mentions, all heading home from the Burt Munroe
The 1st one was about 3.30ish, A bloke on a red firestorm came into sight with what looked like a bloody long black streamer flying behind him :blink: next thing a sleeping bag come bouncing along & stops in the middle of the road (SH1). The rider has spotted this and slammed on the anchors, stops & runs back picks up the bag and heads back to the bike.
As he's walking back to the bike & checking damage he sees how many people have seen this unfold, he sits the bag back into place & hurriedly straps everything back down and hops back on the bike. Bangs the VTR into gear and proceeds to give it a handful, the bike lunged forward with the front at almost pointing at 2pm :lol: slams it down and must have been hitting 200 before he got on to the bridge :blink: My boss saw this unfold and all he said was "WTF was that all about?" . It looked damn funny from where I was standing, but:
Mate who ever you were; loosing 3mins ain't going to kill ya, but trying to catch them up might :yes:
The 2nd was a silver Bandit :slap: the rider was the last in a group of 10 bikes, he/she was fully loaded up with gear rolling & swerving gently down the road at about 50km/h putting gloves on :pinch: . The rider hadn't spotted the courier truck bearing down on them from behind, but when they did they gave the bike a handful :corn: the damn thing almost twists itself in two, grabs & rockets off in to the distance :2thumbsup
I bet whoever it was wont try that trick again :lol:
What sort of wee brain farts do we go through when these things happen ??