Hey all,
Just thought i'd throw a quick note out there.
After my crash at Ruapuna in January I have been off a bike, on the spur of the moment yesterday I got offered a ride on a stock Triumph 675 at the BEARS meeting at Ruapuna.
I wasn't sure if I would be ready to ride again, so I was a bit aprehensive before the practice. I got out and felt ok though, passed a few bikes. I was aiming to help a mate out with his suspension, he was 'a bit lost' with it, and the bike didn't feel to flash in the practice. I made a few changes and got it all tightened back up in time for the first race.
I started on the second row with the mindset of just 'going for a ride and thinking about the suspension'. That went out the window with the flag drop LOL. I got a good launch and was second around pothole (where I jumped off in January) and passed for the lead into the hairpin. I led the rest of the race to the flag.
In race two I got another decent launch, and lead into the hairpin again. Dan Ormsby (sp? sorry Dan) passed me at the end of the second lap, but missed a gear and allowed me to outbrake him halfway round the third lap. I muffed up the exit though, and he came back around me. I followed him to the flag from there.
So a win and a second for my first go back after 4 months off and an injury on an unknown stock bike with five laps practice...I'm blowing my own horn I know but I'm STOKED to know that I don't have a problem on a bike, and can still ride like I did before
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Originally Posted by kittytamer
I had no problems. Still not full strenth in the bad arm but not too bad. I only noticed when I took my clutch hand off the bars to do something and couldn't steer to well through the kinks. Stamina fitness no problem.
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