A momentous first!

[apteryx_haasti]

Thanks everyone!

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to replicate my feat today, I blame the slow van that was in front of me, messing up my corner approach. Having said that, I'm not at all sure how I got the foot scrape yesterday - crossed fingers it will happen again (without the rest of me following the foot to the road!)...

[Hawkeye]

Hawkeye - yeah I know about you and the foot scraping - was that what you were trying to do on the straits from Dannevirke?! Yeah, I know, I have totally lost the plot! Mel and I stopped because our butts were sore.....she mentioned we were weak and she was right *L*

Ha! After riding from Welly to Dannevirke and then heading back, the legs had been bent for most of the day. Just needed to stretch them. The butt was fine, just the knees giving me jip. I had a good ride back to Welly after leaving you two. Never stopped and didn't hang around either. Saw a few at the top of the hill gassing but couldn't be bothered to stop. I had been on the bike since 6.00am

[Hans]

did you have your feet on the pegs at the time? Well done.

Now when your in the mood for scraping, move you feet back so the balls, yes you have them too, of you feet and not the arch is on the peg. This will give you more room, and more feeling of whats happening. Also helps get you in the zone. Going round corners with my arch's on the pegs feels odd to me now, kind of like driving without a seatbelt on.

I'd be a bit worried if my balls were on the pegs, mate. Anyway, now managing foot scrapes on Poorbastard's zxr250. But mainly 'cause I don't have pants with sliders at the mo, so I'm stuck with just leaning. Also if I managed to scrape the pegs on the zxr, I'd probably start being afraid of myself