First bin today (26 March)

[merv]

Whatever you do stay on the road up there on the hills as the drops are rather big. I lost a mate up there when I was second year Uni he put his car over the edge down into Heathcote Valley.

[xwhatsit]

Good to hear you're ok. I believe that's what's called the Noobie run-wide, the classic first crash.

Yep, me too. Gah! Pretty impressive crash though, I have to say. Beautiful scenery, off-road moments, tank-slapper of sorts... you could've had worse crashes!

Glad to see damage to you is relatively minimal. Hope the ligament damage isn't too bad -- my knee caused me to spend a few months on crutches, and it's a bitch.

Bike looks pretty good, actually. Quite a passable looking ride. Scratches on your silencer give you street cred, anyway

[FruitLooPs]

Ouchie thats gotta suck.

I've come a hairs bredth of going off the hills on a couple of occassions when i was really new on my RG150. Once with the wide on the corner from overcooking it and once with a chicance with a steep camber off the side of the road that i didn't see (at night). I froze up the first time and sat up a little mid corner which nearly stuffed it completely for me.

Live and learn I guess, glad that you're ok! Grit/gravel up there is a pretty big problem too - little river to hilltop is cleaner and I learnt to corner ok fairly quickly doing that a couple times.

[hitch]

All the best with your healing time. Good to hear you walked away.

[T.W.R]

Whatever you do stay on the road up there on the hills as the drops are rather big. I lost a mate up there when I was second year Uni he put his car over the edge down into Heathcote Valley.

It's a piece of road that deserves respect Your mate (r.i.p) is one of a few who've gone by that means There'd be scores of bikers who have been bitten by the Summit Rd. I've known a few who have donated bikes to the Summit, some walked away unscathed, some didn't, one guy had to learn to walk again after throwing his bike over the side. Even I punched a bike into the hill at 120kmh many years ago

Grit/gravel up there is a pretty big problem too - little river to hilltop is cleaner and I learnt to corner ok fairly quickly doing that a couple times.

The Akaroa run is filled with more vicious traps than the Summit for a learner and the mid section of the Summit ( Sign of the Kiwi to Gebbies) is the grit capital.

[kiwifruit]

Had my first bin today, riding around the summit road up the hills in Christchurch. T.W.R will be able to confirm the details since he was behind me and it all seemed to happen too fast but from my point of view...

Coming over a crest and slightly down hill, took a right hand turn, gave it too much gas and over cooked it for the next right hander. Ran off the left hand side of the road onto the grass, and being more concerned about the impending hill on my left side, came back onto the road. The front wheel was shaking, and it gripped on the road again, folded and down she went on her right hand side. Here's where it kind of ends up a little blurry, because the bike ended up ahead of me, and I was face down after sliding who knows how far on the road. Big rip in the jeans with a prick of a gash in my knee. Few rips in the jacket though luckily only my leg was cut.

Cosmetics mainly to the bike, smashed right indicator, scratches on the top fairing, scratches to the exhaust but luckily about it, was able to ride the bike home, hitch a ride to A& E to get the knee looked again. Again seemingly cosmetics but I managed to damage a ligament and got a massive bandage, a battle wound and some crutches. Not looking forward to being bloody sore tommorow, or needing to fix the cosmetic bikes. Definatly need to invest in some leather bike pants now though, and some boots. Clean ripped through those jeans. Photo's could follow if they came out alright...

stink mate = (
its a stunning piece of road, i was always worried about binning along there

i hope the knee doesn't give you too much trouble

[SDU]

Buggar on your off. Hope you heal fast & back on your bike soon.
Good on ya TWR for being there to help out.