What happens when HP exceeds IQ

[madboy]

It really was only a matter of time... sooner or later... it was, in the immortal e-mail of one of our senior managers when told - "predictable"

Yes, late for work, in a foul mood, I left my driveway, poured on the gas to the first corner. Leaning into the 90 deg left I look up, see no traffic and wind on a bit of throttle... actually I wound on a lot of throttle. Back tyre, having had roughly 50m to warm up, lights up and about, oh say 0.2 secs later the bike goes down... on me.

On a philosophical level I believe it is very important to live life with no regrets. When you make mistakes, you take those mistakes, extract the data and turn them into a positive learning experience. So what did I learn from yesterday?

1. TSS in the Hutt are fan-farking-tastic. They picked up the bike, took it back to their workshop, gave it a good going over, got me some prices and even delivered it home when I decided to do the grunt work myself
2. Kawasaki do no have any left hand clip-ons in NZ, but if I wanted to wait 3 weeks it would cost $99 for the bar, and $147 for the bracket
3. I have no patience
4. F1 Engineering in Hamilton sell complete clip on sets (left & right) for $160. And they also are fan-farking-tastic by ensuring that they are on the courier to be delivered to my doorstep tomorrow morning
5. Tyres require a certain operating temperature to handle vicious and unnecessary use of the throttle
6. A bike can slide a fair distance down a road without breaking either front or rear indicator
7. My brain does not function prior to 9am
8. Boots/Armoured Pants/Gloves. If you ride without any of these, you are dumber than me. You can slide and roll quite nicely down the road without touching either helmet or jacket
9. It takes 6 text messages before my girlfriend asks how badly hurt I was
10. It was the 3rd question my workmate asked (after spending the first two explaining to her what "binned the fucking bastard" means)

Yes, doesn't my ego feel extra friggin large today!

So bring it on, fellas and fellesess... I think I deserve it for this one.

[John]

Dont worry we all make mistakes, except yours was in an ultra sexy bike I feel sorry for you..

[riffer]

Bad luck fella.

But ... you walked away, the bikes fixable, and you have a cool story to tell.

It's gonna hurt like fuck tomorrow though...

My condolences.

[madboy]

What I can't understand is that I binned at maybe 30-40k... and I had all the gear on. And my ankle and wrist hurt like a mother all yesterday and today. But a certain other prominent member of this site binned at, oh lets say put a 1 in front and add some more km/h - wearing jeans and sneakers. I can only imagine how he must've felt!

I really can't imagine doing that without ALL the gear on...

[riffer]

What I can't understand is that I binned at maybe 30-40k... and I had all the gear on. And my ankle and wrist hurt like a mother all yesterday and today. But a certain other prominent member of this site binned at, oh lets say put a 1 in front and add some more km/h - wearing jeans and sneakers. I can only imagine how he must've felt!

I really can't imagine doing that without ALL the gear on...

It's all in how you land. When I binned my fizzer last June the front end came away from under me and I lowsided on the left side. The bike carried me for a while, then threw me through the air - I'd pivoted on the gear lever which my foot was stuck to. Landed on my back and head.

The next day I discovered I had a haematoma about six inches round on my left thigh, my ankle was wickedly twisted and I had a broken foot bone. But no damage to any other part of me.

That was at around 80 km/hr. I highsided my CB350 at around 75km/hr and landed on my feet after somersaulting. But that was 20 years ago.

I broke three ribs on my IT400 when I tried to jump it out of the skating loop on Harcourt Werry Drive in front of the old Avalon TV studios (Yeah, that one was REALLY stupid). And I rode home and didn't do much about it until the bruising and breathing difficulties got the better of me a couple of days later.

Every crash is different.

And some people are just jammy buggers.

[gav]

Well how do you think Alex Hoffman feels (kawi MotoGP pilot) http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2005/Apr/tb/050414b.htm

[scumdog]

That'll teach you for torturing an engine by gunning it hard before it has warmed up!! Engines and tyres work in cahoots you know!

[zeRax]

sorry to hear, but really im sure u can find a bright side to it.
sorry to be ammused but you worded it in such good spirits, almost pissed myself when i read #5 >_<
hope theres no fractures dude

[avgas]

That'll teach you for torturing an engine by gunning it hard before it has warmed up!! Engines and tyres work in cahoots you know!

Have to agree her here - if you treat a bike badly, the biker gods torture you.

[Storm]

Sorry to hear about it mate, but at least you came out of it alright. Now you can tell all and sundry that good gear DOES make all the difference. Hope you get everything squared away soon as

[White trash]

What I can't understand is that I binned at maybe 30-40k... and I had all the gear on. And my ankle and wrist hurt like a mother all yesterday and today. But a certain other prominent member of this site binned at, oh lets say put a 1 in front and add some more km/h - wearing jeans and sneakers. I can only imagine how he must've felt!

I really can't imagine doing that without ALL the gear on...

Practice sonny, practice.

I've probably had more crashes than you've blown up cars. Allways land on my R/H side, which we all know is far less prone to doing hurtfull damage.

Oh yeah, and I'm fucken tough and REALLY fucken stupid.

Good learning experiance for ya, M. Well done.

[JohnBoy]

bad buzz mate!
i would count this as a warning... might be time to invest in some new gear??
or maybe some stickier tyres that warm up quicker!!
best of luck mate.

[pritch]

What don't kill us makes us stronger...

Sadly, Brit Police statistics say that the average road user doesn't learn jack shit from experience. From memory I think they go so far as to imply that someone who has recently caused an accident is statistically more likely than average to be involved in a similar accedent.

If you can do better than that you'll be ahead of the game...

[Sensei]

Bad luck ! Watched last night my mate on his new Aprilia with brand new
Metzy on less then 20k take off past me on a back road . I was thinking has he forgot about the new tyre's as he dropped it into a fast 140k corner
NO he hadn't for long as the front went just before the back let go BIG time
still not to sure how he kept it on the road . . Bloody close to close really
SENSEI

[Pixie]

It's all in how you land. When I binned my fizzer last June the front end came away from under me and I lowsided on the left side. The bike carried me for a while, then threw me through the air - I'd pivoted on the gear lever which my foot was stuck to. Landed on my back and head.

The next day I discovered I had a haematoma about six inches round on my left thigh, my ankle was wickedly twisted and I had a broken foot bone. But no damage to any other part of me.

That was at around 80 km/hr. I highsided my CB350 at around 75km/hr and landed on my feet after somersaulting. But that was 20 years ago.

I broke three ribs on my IT400 when I tried to jump it out of the skating loop on Harcourt Werry Drive in front of the old Avalon TV studios (Yeah, that one was REALLY stupid). And I rode home and didn't do much about it until the bruising and breathing difficulties got the better of me a couple of days later.

Every crash is different.

And some people are just jammy buggers.

Very true,I ran into the back of a skyline.I was braking from 100km/h,but I must still have a fair speed when I hit.I went straight up over the car and landed flat on my back.I was winded but I only had a bruise the size of a twenty cent piece the next day.Because all my horizontal motion was converted to Verticle motion when the bike became a catapult,I didn't even scuff my gear.