First bin !

[Sutage]

ha, so riding around with Tristank looking for a good hill for me to do some hill starts on, nice and dark riding down a road and at the end was a nice gravel driveway, blam off i come within 5 seconds :P

luckily didnt get hurt, and bike is amazingly in the same condition, go the SR250! buggered the brake lever a bit but fixable !

so ya, gravel sucks

[John]

ha, so riding around with Tristank looking for a good hill for me to do some hill starts on, nice and dark riding down a road and at the end was a nice gravel driveway, blam off i come within 5 seconds :P

luckily didnt get hurt, and bike is amazingly in the same condition, go the SR250! buggered the brake lever a bit but fixable !

so ya, gravel sucks

Man I know how you feel

Glad it wasnt to major, trust tristan I should have shut my mouth

[Madguitarist!]

WOW! Sorry to hear that bro..... practice can sometimes be pretty rough!
Were you on yer front brakes at the time???

Hope damage isn't too bad...

[Zed]

ha, so riding around with Tristank looking for a good hill for me to do some hill starts on, nice and dark riding down a road and at the end was a nice gravel driveway, blam off i come within 5 seconds :P

luckily didnt get hurt, and bike is amazingly in the same condition, go the SR250! buggered the brake lever a bit but fixable !

so ya, gravel sucks

Gravel and the dark don't mix! Remarkable that your bike wasn't even scratched? I'm happy it wasn't serious.

[justsomeguy]

hehehehehehehehe now you know huh??

By the way oil, blind corners, sand, wet roads, wet road markings are also pretty evil as are blind car/cage drivers......

[Sutage]

hah apart from the gravel incident we were fine, tristan tought me clutch stuff and hill starts so wicked as!

i dunno if i even hit the brakes, just remember saying oh fuck gravel then went down:P

yeh the SR hold up pretty good, no fairings thank god

meh all experince, ill be on the newbie ride tomorrow so



yeah im fine, just a little cut hand (no gloves due to red baron only sending one :P ) but the one they sent me goes on the hand i cut so its my fault really, just dont wanna ride around looking like michael jackson

[John]

lol, glad you got helped out then yea gravels a bitch - If its one thing I've learned in all of my bins always wear gloves, once you get them sew them to your hands, they will save you!

Glad to see it hasnt detered you at all - have a good ride tommorrow!

[justsomeguy]

yeah im fine, just a little cut hand (no gloves due to red baron only sending one :P ) but the one they sent me goes on the hand i cut so its my fault really, just dont wanna ride around looking like michael jackson

HTF did you end up with one glove???

[Sutage]

well when my bike got delivered, my jacket pants helmet and gloves were in this box so he talks over the bike with me gives me the box etc

so when hes gone and i was done with pressing all the buttons on the dash i had a look in the box, only one glove was in there so mi like wtf, looked over my garden and shit still no glove, so i ring red baron and im like dude i have one glove, and hes like k ill go check with the workshop guys, and ya they had a left glove sitting there

so prob wont be here tomorrow, will have to borrow a pair

[John]

HTF did you end up with one glove???

Red Baron are good as doing the most random shit possible

[Zed]

hehehehehehehehe now you know huh??

By the way oil, blind corners, sand, wet roads, wet road markings are also pretty evil as are blind car/cage drivers......

...and all it takes is for us to take our focus & concentration off these "evils" for a split-second and we're on the tarmac - eh JSG!

[Zed]

...If its one thing I've learned in all of my bins always wear gloves, once you get them sew them to your hands, they will save you!

So tell me John, how many years did you not wear gloves? How many bins without them?? Personally I've 'always' worn gloves, one of those common sensical things! <--see his gloves?

[Sutage]

I wore them on my scooter too, and was planning on wearing them. I blame red baron !

[John]

So tell me John, how many years did you not wear gloves? How many bins without them?? Personally I've 'always' worn gloves, one of those common sensical things! <--see his gloves?

Well I wore them most of the time esp in MX days, just when my gloves were to big for me I had about 4 bins(? or 3) and it sucks, its a good way to maul and rip apart your hands, I only didnt wear them for about 3 months because I couldnt afford to get a new small pair, so my rule is no gloves no ride.

Just dont do it gloves are up there with helmets in safety

[Motu]

I crashed in gravel on my first day on a bike,I crashed in the same place on the second day - I have well and truly conquered my enemy and gravel is now my best friend.

I wonder if this first experiance set me on a course to master gravel? I used to always look at my riding and say...what am I having problems with,what scares me? Then I would concentrate on that area.

Anyway....you got past that one ok....have fun tomorrow,and go at your own pace.