The Goat of Hampton downs part 2
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♂ Join Date:15th October 2009 - 20:57
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Location:North Shore
Posts:38The Goat of Hampton Downs
Sunday was supposed to be a practice/warm up for the NZTT next weekend.
At the start of the fourth PRACTICE session, on the first green flag lap, I was coming over the brow of the hill into the dipper, well into braking when something confusing happened.
Some goat came on the outside of me well after the 100m board, hit my right arm/shoulder, then turned in, cutting my front wheel out, dropping me and the bike onto the ground. I expected another bike to be on the ground when i got up-that's how hard he hit me.
I was still around a few bikes-so pace wasn't an issue, neither was there any early braking or the like.
This caused over a grands worth of damage-plus time, also alot of bruising and frustration-
Not to mention throwing doubt into being able to attend the NZTT.
The best bit?
This goat, didn't even have the balls to come and apologise.
The marshels and race controll both saw the accident though didn't manage to take note of who hit me-i didn't see because i was busy tumbling, hurting and smashing a helmet.
Through lap timing and who was in front of me at the time, and speaking/ruling out other riders, it's been narrowed down to 2 possibilities...
Suzuki SV650 Number 12- Geoffrey Booth, or
Suzuki SV650 Number 137- Stephen Bassett.
Whoever it wasn't I'm extremely sorry for dragging your name into it-it's just that goats like this surely need to be stopped from doing this kind of thing on a PRACTICE day, let alone in a race.
IF I'm completely wrong but someone knows/saw who did do it, I will be extremely sorry for unfounded accusations-but someone must be found for doing this.
Surely this lemon needs to pull his head in and put his hand up, obviously he's feeling rather sheepish and trying to hide away.
Any help finding this animal and letting everyone know who to keep away from would be much appreciated.
Thankyou.
To the cougar O, Why did you suddenly sit up/change direction in the left hand hair pin causing your self to crash into the side of Geoffery Booth? As per the video of the events clearly clearly shows????
The lap before the incident, you were doing a 1-38 and geoffery was doing a 1-16, he is not going to put his championship at risk on purpose to do what you have suggested he did on here, he has been at it a long time, and is NOT a dangerous rude rider!
Any one wanting to see this video, just come see me at Hampton to take a look
I hate the way the internet is used as such an attacking tool
Last edited by Shaun; 19th March 2010 at 12:33.
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