Scummie loses his chicken-strips - completely!

**scumdog** · 18th November 2007, 04:08

The title exaggerates a tad, I only lost them completely on one side of the tyre.

On the Dunedin Ride on the Catlins Coastal Route, Free2be on front, botb and CB behind.

Lamb1 runs down a bank and crosses road just after Free2be gets past it, no worries.

Lamb2 (the brainlesser one) runs down the bank, scurries out to follow Lamb1, I notice it, brake real hard and scrub off loads of speed and aim to miss its bum by inches as it runs across the road.

Only it doesn't.

It suddenly stops right where I'm pointed, fark, more brake pressure, like tons - and try to crank some lean to the right to avoid lamb

Suddenly front wheel is locked up, bike starting to low-side, foot hits the road after getting knocked off free-way peg - thing are looking grim and I'm sure my elbow is inches from the road.

Exhaust is grinding and aforementioned foot gets swept back under exhaust, by now I've almost resigned to not recovering from this slide and think "oooh shee-it, this is going to hurt' but at the last split second I released the brake a bit, instinctively push down with my right foot and hey-presto, we're upright again.

Only now Im on the wrong side of the road and pointed diagonally across to the gravel verge - and just to add some spice there's some tourist coming towards me in a camper van!

A last ditch effort to gain control and sloww a bit before I hit the gravel verge and ta-dah! the van goes by as I run along the gravel verge on his side of the road towards him. (probabaly thought 'frkkn crazy kiwis').

So I come to a stop, hand sweaty, knee as sore-as, toe of steel-capped boot severely gouged and heel peeled off it a tad - and CB and botb pretty rattled.

Lesson: Watch it on the Catlins Coastal Route, particularly at this time of year with the lambs about - they haven't learned the 'rules' yet.

And oh, the chicken strip thing? The right side of my front tyre was scuffed to the edge of the tread for the full 360 degress of its circumference!!!

And my zorst has some gnarly road rash in place you wouldn't believe.

**98tls** · 18th November 2007, 05:36

Nice,must have raised the heartbeat for a while eh mate.Glad you came out ok.

**boomer** · 18th November 2007, 05:50

Now all you have to do is master that shit and do it on the left hand side... hey Au

shitts and giggles huh.. things must be getting slow down there!

**owner** · 18th November 2007, 06:15

Sounds like dangerous driving to me, somebody give him a ticket

**Colapop** · 18th November 2007, 06:16

Oh great Scummy, has joined the knee sliders and low siders club! How were the lamb chops?

**NZsarge** · 18th November 2007, 06:21

After living on a farm for X amount of years I realize now the livestock don't have rules, whenever one of those little shits is on the road do not ever expect it to be sensible.... Well done by the way.

**Grahameeboy** · 18th November 2007, 06:28

Originally Posted by owner

Sounds like dangerous driving to me, somebody give him a ticket

Yep, should ride at a speed so as to be able to stop when confronted by a sheep.......or 2

**NZsarge** · 18th November 2007, 06:31

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Yep, should ride at a speed so as to be able to stop when confronted by a sheep.......or 2

Take my word for it, you quite often don't have the option of slowing down to such a speed, particularly if there is long grass they can ambush you from.

**Grahameeboy** · 18th November 2007, 06:33

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Take my word for it, you quite often don't have the option of slowing down to such a speed, particularly if there is long grass they can ambush you from.

So what was Summy doing in the long grass.......eh eh