Changing my dangerous ways

[FROSTY:Me]

The way you took off from my place its a wonder you stayed upright to the top of my hill.
Lil secret--20000rpm and dumping the clutch aint a good way to stay upright

[Finn]

Mark, drive to the conditions when they change reduce your speed.

[sugilite:Me]

Good on ya for making the decision to be careful in the suburban zones.
In the late 80's early 90's there were the infamous vic club castlepoint/riversdale Grand Prix (it alternated each year)
All vic club racers were expected to put lights on their bikes once the nats were finished and got for this ride, same deal every year, cruise to Masterton, get gas at the mobil, then soon as the 100 kph sign came up the invisible flag would drop. This one year I was on my GSXR1100, I took off and tied to gap everyone, I'd look in my mirrors at the end of each straight and swore I could see some lights, so I kept pushing harder and harder. It got to the point where I was sledging the frount so hard that the rubber wore away between the tyre grooves creating these weird steps in the tyre! When I got to Castle point, I waited, and waited and waited for the next person I at first realized that the glint from the sun was all I'd seen in my mirrors. As the minutes ticked by I began for perhaps the 1st time start to think about my mortality. I decided I'd head back in mid pack and show some discipline.

About 20km's out of castle point while in mid pack this FZR1000 bins right in front of me, I managed to avoid the carnage that followed, then why standing there on the side of the road looking at the bike a guy on a RGV250 got a bad case of fixation and rode between me and the ditch on the grass just brushing me as he went past.
So it was back to the nice safe frount after that, I just took more care when looking in my mirrors

[Brett]

Mark, drive to the conditions when they change reduce your speed.

LOL...i don't know whether to congratulate or cuss you for bringing that damn jingle to mind.

[Jantar]

Mark, drive to the conditions when they change reduce your speed.

I always get a bit of a giggle at the wording to this one.

So you're cruising on a good road at 100kmh, the road gets damp (conditions shange) so you reduce your speed to 80. The road dries (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 60. The road gets a bit bumpy (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 40. The road gets smooth again (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 20. Next change in road conditions will see you stopped.

It never allows you to increase speed when conditions change for the better.

[Karma]

I always get a bit of a giggle at the wording to this one.

So you're cruising on a good road at 100kmh, the road gets damp (conditions shange) so you reduce your speed to 80. The road dries (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 60. The road gets a bit bumpy (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 40. The road gets smooth again (conditions change) so you reduce your speed to 20. Next change in road conditions will see you stopped.

So you're an asian woman driver?

[Jantar]

So you're an asian woman driver?

No, but my wife is blonde.

[NC]

Some
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Insist
God
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Shit

[NC]

Southern
People
Enjoy
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Sensation

[Madness]

Good on ya Mark. There's a time & place for everything apparently. When I was a young fella I raced around built-up area's like I was Mick Doohan or something, until I t-boned a Hillman Avenger doing a right-hand turn. Made medical history that day 16 years ago and this week has been a tad sore with the , it's not good for damaged Navicular Joints.

There's nothing wrong with a cold Speights, mate.

[skidMark]

i'm keeping the ghostrider shit for the track....

but i don't think you can stand on the seat during a race...might fall off lol

took the fxr out today damn with the 15 kg of extra weight gone she flies....good excuse to eat more pies

[Toaster]

Well done.

I Corinthians XIII 11

Some might also think upon 1 Corinthians XIII 1

Remind me.....

[Toaster]

Mark, drive to the conditions when they change reduce your speed.

Now I've got that stupid radio song going thru my head dammit!!

[Toaster]

Mark, I am impressed at your decision to pull your head in. I am glad you did it before someone had to scrape your head up off the road.

I sold my GSXR1000 and bought a cruiser... slowed me down no end.
Whatever works to keep us alive and enjoying the life left dude.

Ride safe and grin.

[peasea]

Whatever works to keep us alive and enjoying the life left dude.

Touring the Mainland a couple of summers ago my lady and I were going so slow, dropping down through the cogs, we got to the stage where we decided to actually stop. It dawned on us that there WAS no hurry. The West Coast turned on such stunning weather that we postponed our stay at Lake Paringa for 24hrs just so we could go real slow for the next day also. It works sometimes.