Oopsie at Kiwi Track Day

[prettybillie]

Well my fourth track day didn't exactly go well - Pukekohe 11 April

It was a crap day but I was so buzzing to get out there.....perhaps a little too eager.

My group was called and the rain came down. The first two laps we did the manditory follow around, and then we were off.....so to speak!!!!

I hit castrol corner, accelerated out of the corner and the back wheel spun out from under me and BANG I hit the ground!

I thought sweet I'm okay, looked up and shit - 8 bikes coming for me. Went to get up off the track and couldn't move.......I lay on the track hoping like hell the bikes coming towards me had control and could miss me. Phew they did.

Next minute all the fabulous guys from Kiwi Track Days were at my side calming me down and telling me I'll be okay. The ambulance came and then again shit! They had to cut my leathers off me!!!! Thankfully Steve from Kiwi Track Days reminded me I had insurance so no drama.

So they were sticking needles in me, poking, proding and giving me some gooooooood drugs, but all I kept yelling was how is my bike? How is my baby bike? One of the guys from Kiwi Track Days said to me he rode it back to the pits. After I was told that I was able to relax and enjoy my drugs.

Well after two days in hospital I'm out recovering from a broken arm and a cracked hip. I'm really lucky - it could have been a whole heap worse!

Thanks heaps to the team from Kiwi Track Days - you guys really looked after me and calmed me down....not to mention, Steve my friends who came to get my car and bike thought you were hot ha! Also heaps of thanks to Patricia who I've met through AMCC who also ran around after me.

Well, I'm fully insured so the bike will be back on the road soon I hope and I'll totally be out there again.

A word of warning from my experience - always make sure you check your tyres before getting on the bike....

[GIXser]

Hey you.. glad to see youre semi ok.. i guess your the person that was pitted next to us, (we were the guys in the lg tent)
dont let it stop ya.. recover well and see ya at the next trackday..

[Duke girl]

Hi ya Chick,
Glad to hear besides a few broken bones that you are ok?. From what i read it sounded bloody scary lying there on the track not been able to move with bikes coming at you from all angles. Well done to all those guys who managed to get pass you with hitting you. I hope you recover from your injuries and will soon be back out there doing what you enjoy. You takecare of yourself and I look forward to catching up with you sometime in the near future. Cheers.

[Squiggles]

Good work to the other riders for avoiding ya

[Pussy]

Good news that you're relatively okay!

[MsKABC]

Well that's very dramatic, glad you are OK-ish. Mend up quickly :)

[aff-man]

Glad to hear you're doing good.....
Yeh steve runs a good ship...

When you're back out and about stop by the LG tent and say Hi.

[Tony.OK]

Shit thats no good.................hope ya mend well:yes:

[scuzeme]

Hope you OK Leanne.:gob:
So it was a a highside then?
You know i would come and visit but its a hell of a long drive from Wellington Chick.
Hope you heal up quickly and when you have, you will need to assess what went wrong, make the adjustments to your riding style and machine, so you can get round the headf#@k, dont fell bad or stupid or anything else, it happens to eveyone, think of it as part of your initiation mate.
Take it easy and enjoy the paid time off.

[flame]

Just glad your ok L (well mostly eh). Dont worry, it happens, it just comes with the territory. Bugger it has to hurt though eh:crybaby: . Just a bumma you had to go and do it NOW! coz I was really looking forward to catching up with you next weekend!!!!!

Hope you heal up fast and are back on the gix real quick:hug:

[NZsarge]

Sorry to here you damaged yourself but as you say it could have been a lot worse, heal quick.

[prettybillie]

Just glad your ok L (well mostly eh). Dont worry, it happens, it just comes with the territory. Bugger it has to hurt though eh:crybaby: . Just a bumma you had to go and do it NOW! coz I was really looking forward to catching up with you next weekend!!!!!

Hope you heal up fast and are back on the gix real quick:hug:

Hey chick - I'll be there anyway. Already booked the hotel and working in
palmy on the Monday. No bike though and not too sure how good a pit bitch I'll make ha

[vifferman]

Sorry to hear your bad news. I hope you heal well, and that this doesn't dent your confidence.
Just remember - this could've happened to anyone. Lookit all the professional racers who crash on the first corner, even in the dry!

[sinfull]

Sorry to hear that Billie !
Never nice to see someone hurtin !
So them fun..i mean airbags wern't inlated enough to give ya some bounce then ?
Save me some space on ya cast !

[discotex]

Yeouch that's gotta hurt! Love your attitude about it tho. Heal up quick and enjoy the pills :doctor:



A word of warning from my experience - always make sure you check your tyres before getting on the bike....

What was wrong with your tyres? Too low pressures for the wet or something?

[CHOPPA]

Gotta love the way your looking at it! Glad your sorta ok, but with that attitude it wont be long before your back on it :)

[FROSTY]

Bugger.:Oops: Sounds like it coulda been a heap worse. Castrol has been known to bite really hard. Ive still got a lump from my offtrack excursion there

[MaxCannon]

Great to hear you are (mostly) OK.
That first session was pretty damn wet. Track was quite cold too.

Came around castrol cursing the rain on my visor and holly S*** there is a bike facing me pointing the wrong way down the track. Poor GSXR lying on it's side.
Not to worry I thought - the rider will have bounced back up like the Motogp guys and be ready to go for the next session.
Then I look to the side of the track and see someone not moving and think - damn - that's gotta hurt.

Bike seemed to come off pretty well. Steve bought it back into the pits and an army of volunteers stowed it on the trailer.
Kittytamer leant his expertise- he looked at my tie-down skillz and re-did them :)

Get well soon.

[prettybillie]

Great to hear you are (mostly) OK.
That first session was pretty damn wet. Track was quite cold too.

Came around castrol cursing the rain on my visor and holly S*** there is a bike facing me pointing the wrong way down the track. Poor GSXR lying on it's side.
Not to worry I thought - the rider will have bounced back up like the Motogp guys and be ready to go for the next session.
Then I look to the side of the track and see someone not moving and think - damn - that's gotta hurt.

Bike seemed to come off pretty well. Steve bought it back into the pits and an army of volunteers stowed it on the trailer.
Kittytamer leant his expertise- he looked at my tie-down skillz and re-did them :)

Get well soon.

Hey bud - thanks heaps for that and also for not running me over too ha

[kittytamer]

Hey Leanne, Glad to hear you being so positive and look forward to seeing you out there again soon. The bike looked so undamaged I am surprised to hear you got so beat up!
You didn't even have to be there an you had all the blokes running around after you - the power of the boob! Take care.

[davebullet]

Ouch! Funny how in an off we focus / worry about our gear and bike more than ourselves. Probably in part trying to take the focus away from what we might have done to ourselves! Would have been hard to hear them cutting the leathers. Sounds like your head avoided taking a knock.

Enjoy your time with Flame. Will be a good experience if you are pitside anyway.

Now the frustration of the bike being repaired before you are... Well at least you can polish her up ready for your first ride when you are both better.

[prettybillie]

Hey Leanne, Glad to hear you being so positive and look forward to seeing you out there again soon. The bike looked so undamaged I am surprised to hear you got so beat up!
You didn't even have to be there an you had all the blokes running around after you - the power of the boob! Take care.

Boobs!!!!!!

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Oh shit!! Glad you came out of it ok Leanne, at least it was on the track with no kerbs or cages to abruptly interrupt your slide eh?
Get well soon mate :yes:

[Biggles08]

Hey bud - thanks heaps for that and also for not running me over too ha

Pfffftttt! was there any towbars????? Harden up chick :sweatdrop

(glad to here your no too beat up L... )

[prettybillie]

Pfffftttt! was there any towbars????? Harden up chick :sweatdrop

(glad to here your no too beat up L... )

Look - I know you're my best friend, but you can't have my removeable towbar! How many times do I need to tell you!!!! :D

[Nasty]

Glad to hear you are ok ... offs are not the nicest thing even if you are on the track!

[kiwifruit]

heal well :sunny:

[Kiwi Graham]

Glad you're on the mend Leanne, was a little worried to see you lying there and it took a while for you to be transfered to another ambo and off to hospital and your mate reasured us you were 'ok'. Mend well, you can kill some time designing your new leathers eh!

[icekiwi]

Glad your ok Leanne....
Got to love your attitude...
Mend up fast....

[glice]

I almost ran you over when you ran across the track. I thought I was going down aswell! your bike looked fine in the pits though.