slofox
7th December 2008, 12:12
A curse be upon all those who reseal driveways!!!!
It finally happened. After eight months and 8500km, I dropped the bloody thing.....:crybaby:
Took a longish ride this morning - out SH31 to Kawhia (almost) and then round the harbour to Waitomo....fantastical trip that!! :first:
By the time I reached Waitomo my bum was stone dead (the SVS is no armchair) and I needed a coffee and a pee.........I found the Long Black Cafe, but missed the first drive so went along to the next one. Had to do a U-turn to get in there......and yes, they had resealed the driveway and it was knee deep in fine gravel and sloped away from my turn. As I turned, the front wheel decided to have a little diversion to the left all by itself.....and the slow speed low side occurred at all of 2 miles per hour.....damn! :mad:
To make it worse, I was stuck under the bike by the right leg, and with the angle and all I couldn't lift the damn thing off. Fortunately a very nice young lady saw me stuck there and came to the rescue ("Damsel Rescues Knight in Distress" cried the headlines.....). I got the foot out and with the charming young lady's help, (yes you pervs, she was HOT) got the bike right way up again. Some scratching to the muffler and a couple of minor marks on the fairing. Rubber mounted blinker did its thing and saved any damage. Mirror folded away nicely. ATC2K survived without trouble even though it was mounted on extreme end of R handlebar...No damage to self thanks to Quasi's jacket and Jet's trousers, apart from minor bruise on R ankle where it hit the ground. Pride however, is totally shattered and may not pull through, according to the medics.....
After the coffee etc I got back on the horse and continued the trip with no damage to confidence I might add. Just an additional suspicion of bloody little stones on the road.....:ar15:
Diverted through Otewa Road and a myriad of wonderful minor roads to get back to Hammerstown after four and a half hours. Bum is slowly recovering.....:done:
It finally happened. After eight months and 8500km, I dropped the bloody thing.....:crybaby:
Took a longish ride this morning - out SH31 to Kawhia (almost) and then round the harbour to Waitomo....fantastical trip that!! :first:
By the time I reached Waitomo my bum was stone dead (the SVS is no armchair) and I needed a coffee and a pee.........I found the Long Black Cafe, but missed the first drive so went along to the next one. Had to do a U-turn to get in there......and yes, they had resealed the driveway and it was knee deep in fine gravel and sloped away from my turn. As I turned, the front wheel decided to have a little diversion to the left all by itself.....and the slow speed low side occurred at all of 2 miles per hour.....damn! :mad:
To make it worse, I was stuck under the bike by the right leg, and with the angle and all I couldn't lift the damn thing off. Fortunately a very nice young lady saw me stuck there and came to the rescue ("Damsel Rescues Knight in Distress" cried the headlines.....). I got the foot out and with the charming young lady's help, (yes you pervs, she was HOT) got the bike right way up again. Some scratching to the muffler and a couple of minor marks on the fairing. Rubber mounted blinker did its thing and saved any damage. Mirror folded away nicely. ATC2K survived without trouble even though it was mounted on extreme end of R handlebar...No damage to self thanks to Quasi's jacket and Jet's trousers, apart from minor bruise on R ankle where it hit the ground. Pride however, is totally shattered and may not pull through, according to the medics.....
After the coffee etc I got back on the horse and continued the trip with no damage to confidence I might add. Just an additional suspicion of bloody little stones on the road.....:ar15:
Diverted through Otewa Road and a myriad of wonderful minor roads to get back to Hammerstown after four and a half hours. Bum is slowly recovering.....:done: