Scummie loses his chicken-strips - completely!

[Xaria]

Glad you are OK. Rather happy I went shopping with Mum instead of going with you guys. Doing the Catlins again in another couple of weeks too.

Woo hoo CB for going for a big ride. Getting practice for the magpie?

[Swoop]

Thanks for the guys!! Not a nice feeling when thinking your pride'n'joy is about to cart-wheel down the road with you following - or worse, tangled with it.

CB said she looked up to see the T-Sport at an impossible angle heading across the road in a cloud of 'dust' (tyre-smoke!) and her heart sank....

OK, now I can say "ride to the conditions - when they change, reduce the heat and BBQ for 10mins"!

What was the scared sheep squadron doin down in that neck of the woods?

This was the "Scared Lamb Platoon" on a recon mission.

Good to hear it all worked out OK, put a new tyre on and save the old one for karma.

WHAT? A cruiser loses ONE chicken strip and you have to buy a new tyre????

Fuck that.

[FREE2B]

Yeah well numero uno lamb tried hard, ran out but was too slow haha missed me. I saw number two lookin from the grass and thought at the time that one looks dodgy..... then nobody followed me over the brow of the hill and traffic goin the other way was brakin ...well done scummy great save.

Ive splatted one so far this season and had everything locked up after THREE ran out nose to tail from the right hand side of the road completely unseen....ther is indeed sumthing eveil bought this generation of sheep

[Fatjim]

The following springs to mind

"Drive to the conditions, when they change reduce your speed"
"speed kills"
"Only a bloody fool lets a mate drive a Harley"

[terbang]

Jeez I bet that sheep got a fright. Good save there old fella..!

[James Deuce]

"Only a bloody fool lets a mate drive a Harley"

Geez! You didn't have to dump me in public, "mate".

[janno]

Road mutton - eat it like you stole it . . .

[Daffyd]

Phaedrus and I were up ahead, blissfully unaware of all the drama behind us.
Suddenly only one light in the mirror instead of five. Uh-oh, summat's amiss 'ere, I thinks. P and I stop and decide to go back to see what's going on. Just got a few hundred metres and they all caught up. I don't like being the lead man, I miss all the 'fun'!
Aside from that, a great day, great company, and a couple of new faces. (New to me, anyway).

[Delphinus]

Maybe we need to make a little addition to these hand signals.

Suicidal sheep in the bushes.

[SDU]

Nah man - they got the law written to suit them.

IF there's a documented history of his animals escaping constantly MAYBE he MIGHT be prosecuted - but don't hold your breath.

In MY opinion they should be prosecuted - it would make them improve their fences no end. (After all, OSH screw a company that doesn't have efficient guards over moving machinery etc.)

Nah OSH only screws a small company, The BIG company's get away with a slap on the wrist for MURDER!

Stock is a real problem when it escapes, I've had a mate hit by a deer on his Guzzi & I came around a bend at 5am (not a early morning person & in the ford) in Whitecliffs to find two horses trotting down the middle of the road that got interesting.

Nice Save by the way

[Toaster]

Hey Scummy, didn't you do cooking 101? Lamb and Bacon don't mix!

Lamb, bacon, chicken strips..... mmm getting hungry. Glad you survived to tell the tale. Certainly highlights one of two major problems with riding in spring.... stock getting out on rural roads and pollen making riders sneeze.

I had a close encounter with a cow last year on the GSXR thou on SH16. If I had been going faster around the corner I would have been beef burgers for sure. Certainly makes you think about defensive riding and expecting the unexpected.

[scumdog]

Hey Scummy, didn't you do cooking 101? Lamb and Bacon don't mix!
I had a close encounter with a cow last year on the GSXR thou on SH16. If I had been going faster around the corner I would have been beef burgers for sure. Certainly makes you think about defensive riding and expecting the unexpected.

Heh heh!
That experience has made me think more about cruising on my cruiser rather than seeing how much scraping I can get around various corners.....

I guess one gets a tad blase' about riding until an incident like mine lifts ones eyebrows and makes one think about a bit more caution and anticipation.

IF I had slowed down with the mind-set the little wooly number might NOT perform as expected I MIGHT not have found myself sliding at about 30 degress to the road thinking 'fuckfuckfuck...'

[Blue Velvet]

Certainly makes you think about defensive riding and expecting the unexpected.

On the way to New Plymouth late last Friday night I came over the brow of a hill to find a double mattress in the middle of the road... Maybe someone put it there as an impromptu rest stop

[FREE2B]

Maybe we need to make a little addition to these hand signals.

Suicidal sheep in the bushes.

Any artistic suggestions then? unfortunately most arm positions seem taken.
Maybe extendable blades fitted to front wheels sumthing like the Romans had on there chariots

[kave]

Any artistic suggestions then? unfortunately most arm positions seem taken.
Maybe extendable blades fitted to front wheels sumthing like the Romans had on there chariots

Perhaps standing up, then sitting down, then standing up, then sitting down....just to imitate the frolicking of lambs?


p/t