Carnage Loop

[jrandom]

Are you for fukkin' real?

He's a fool. Ignore him.

Fella, nobody goes with a "fucking huge grin" on their face. You go in a world of pain and confusion and regret:
"Is that my mangled arm over there by that car? Fuck I can't breathe! Waddaya mean take it easy, I can't take it easy when my mouth keeps filling with blood?! Why are they looking at me like that? Is that my bike revving fit to burst, bouncing against the limiter? aaaah quiet, thank god, except for the lady screaming, I mean screaming at her kids to "stay in the fucking car!".....uurgh, I can feel the bones in my chest grating together....fuck it hurts, man...no I mean it really hurts like somebody is twisting a huge knife in my chest....funny, my shoulder doesn't hurt at all...I can feel Davo pressing his favourite tee shirt against the ragged stump where my arm used to be but that's about it....blood everywhere...is that all mine?....the poor bugger is crying...I want to thank him, tell him I'm sorry but I just can't seem to take a breathe....oh man I...just....can't...seem...to get...any...air...fading, feel like I'm falling all over again......voices......screaming......going....... .going......................"gone

That's the best post on this subject I've seen to date.

[bucket boy]

I did the full loop on wednesday with a bunch of guys of here there was one young fellar that i was certain he was going to get the helicopter ride home
he was pushing that hard he was ending up on the white line on the other side of the road i just sat behind staying back waiting for it to happen when we got to whangas a couple of us said something to him witch he listened to

[eliot-ness]

Are you for fukkin' real? Someone please tell me this is a pisstake or troll.....anybody?

Fella, nobody goes with a "fucking huge grin" on their face. You go in a world of pain and confusion and regret:
"Is that my mangled arm over there by that car? Fuck I can't breathe! Waddaya mean take it easy, I can't take it easy when my mouth keeps filling with blood?! Why are they looking at me like that? Is that my bike revving fit to burst, bouncing against the limiter? aaaah quiet, thank god, except for the lady screaming, I mean screaming at her kids to "stay in the fucking car!".....uurgh, I can feel the bones in my chest grating together....fuck it hurts, man...no I mean it really hurts like somebody is twisting a huge knife in my chest....funny, my shoulder doesn't hurt at all...I can feel Davo pressing his favourite tee shirt against the ragged stump where my arm used to be but that's about it....blood everywhere...is that all mine?....the poor bugger is crying...I want to thank him, tell him I'm sorry but I just can't seem to take a breathe....oh man I...just....can't...seem...to get...any...air...fading, feel like I'm falling all over again......voices......screaming......going....... .going......................"gone

SM, try holding half your mates face on as he's lying on the side of the road, try having to ride home when your broken mate has just been loaded into an ambulance (or worse, dead) and your whole body is still shaking no matter how many shuddering deep breathes you try and take, try telling him as he's lying there that everything's ok when you know damn well that the ambo's are 20 minutes away and there's already more blood than you've seen in your life leaking over the road. Try dialling a mobile phone to make that call to his missus when you can't stop shaking enough to read/jab the numbers not having a clue what to say and your mouth feels like the bottom of a parrots cage.

I wonder where your "fucking huge grin" would be then....I wonder if you'd be grinning if you were the one lying broken on the road......
I don't really wonder, 'cos I know for a fact you'd be crying and snivelling and praying/begging just like the rest of us and you'd do anything, absolutely anything at all if you could only turn back the clock.

But hey, you don't have to listen to people like me spruiking on, you can just keep riding as you are and find out for yourself.......

Brilliant. That post should be required reading for all new bikers, and those among us who never seem to learn.

[ital916]

Are you for fukkin' real? Someone please tell me this is a pisstake or troll.....anybody?

Fella, nobody goes with a "fucking huge grin" on their face. You go in a world of pain and confusion and regret:
"Is that my mangled arm over there by that car? Fuck I can't breathe! Waddaya mean take it easy, I can't take it easy when my mouth keeps filling with blood?! Why are they looking at me like that? Is that my bike revving fit to burst, bouncing against the limiter? aaaah quiet, thank god, except for the lady screaming, I mean screaming at her kids to "stay in the fucking car!".....uurgh, I can feel the bones in my chest grating together....fuck it hurts, man...no I mean it really hurts like somebody is twisting a huge knife in my chest....funny, my shoulder doesn't hurt at all...I can feel Davo pressing his favourite tee shirt against the ragged stump where my arm used to be but that's about it....blood everywhere...is that all mine?....the poor bugger is crying...I want to thank him, tell him I'm sorry but I just can't seem to take a breathe....oh man I...just....can't...seem...to get...any...air...fading, feel like I'm falling all over again......voices......screaming......going....... .going......................"gone

SM, try holding half your mates face on as he's lying on the side of the road, try having to ride home when your broken mate has just been loaded into an ambulance (or worse, dead) and your whole body is still shaking no matter how many shuddering deep breathes you try and take, try telling him as he's lying there that everything's ok when you know damn well that the ambo's are 20 minutes away and there's already more blood than you've seen in your life leaking over the road. Try dialling a mobile phone to make that call to his missus when you can't stop shaking enough to read/jab the numbers not having a clue what to say and your mouth feels like the bottom of a parrots cage.

I wonder where your "fucking huge grin" would be then....I wonder if you'd be grinning if you were the one lying broken on the road......
I don't really wonder, 'cos I know for a fact you'd be crying and snivelling and praying/begging just like the rest of us and you'd do anything, absolutely anything at all if you could only turn back the clock.

But hey, you don't have to listen to people like me spruiking on, you can just keep riding as you are and find out for yourself.......

+1 Agreed! Crashes are not fun. Good post, scarily eye opening. Sent shivers down my spine. I never want to see a rider go down again *ehab that mean you too bro, no exceptions*, and skidmark, I would you rather have a "huge fucking grin" after getting home safe than them not being able to tell if your smiling or not.

[gunnyrob]

Me too.

Coro loop is not a race track. Ride to the conditions & enjoy some of the most fun roads in northern NZ. Go for smoothness other than speed & carve up the corners safely.

[RT527]

Still think about Bruce everyday. Knee down all 3 of the crash site corners for the fella. ride in his memory, he was my idol.

I have never done the full loop....only kopu- whangamata and back to kopu.... and kopu - thames- coromandel town and back to kopu.

never arsed off there yet.

but if i go in a bike crash i want it to be down there.

or on the roads from auckland to kaiaua down the coast...between whitford and clevdon- kaiaua.

At least then ya knowi went with a fucking huge grin on my face.

fave road is whagamata road though. always will be.

Sunny day just let her fly ...140 round the 55's tipped right over knee down wrapping around through the cliffs.....blimin heaven i tell ya!

Until you see

then speed increases lol.

SM

Your a dick.......you crash into a car in Kaiaua and Im on the truck , you better be hurt , cause if you aint me and the fellas might just make it worth while putting our lives at risk to come save your sorry arse.

[Subike]

never been on the loop
if I ever go to Auckland I will do it
Sounds to me like a road where Pace not race would be more enjoyable
I enjoy the twistys bits over,down and around hills as much as anybody else
But Pace myself rather than try and go as fast as possibile...
I think thats more fun, more relaxing,
Corro loop sounds like a ride I will enjoy one day
I guess there are similar roads down here on the mainland

Enjoy a hot pace....dont die in the race

[RT527]

Are you for fukkin' real? Someone please tell me this is a pisstake or troll.....anybody?

Fella, nobody goes with a "fucking huge grin" on their face. You go in a world of pain and confusion and regret:
"Is that my mangled arm over there by that car? Fuck I can't breathe! Waddaya mean take it easy, I can't take it easy when my mouth keeps filling with blood?! Why are they looking at me like that? Is that my bike revving fit to burst, bouncing against the limiter? aaaah quiet, thank god, except for the lady screaming, I mean screaming at her kids to "stay in the fucking car!".....uurgh, I can feel the bones in my chest grating together....fuck it hurts, man...no I mean it really hurts like somebody is twisting a huge knife in my chest....funny, my shoulder doesn't hurt at all...I can feel Davo pressing his favourite tee shirt against the ragged stump where my arm used to be but that's about it....blood everywhere...is that all mine?....the poor bugger is crying...I want to thank him, tell him I'm sorry but I just can't seem to take a breathe....oh man I...just....can't...seem...to get...any...air...fading, feel like I'm falling all over again......voices......screaming......going....... .going......................"gone

SM, try holding half your mates face on as he's lying on the side of the road, try having to ride home when your broken mate has just been loaded into an ambulance (or worse, dead) and your whole body is still shaking no matter how many shuddering deep breathes you try and take, try telling him as he's lying there that everything's ok when you know damn well that the ambo's are 20 minutes away and there's already more blood than you've seen in your life leaking over the road. Try dialling a mobile phone to make that call to his missus when you can't stop shaking enough to read/jab the numbers not having a clue what to say and your mouth feels like the bottom of a parrots cage.

I wonder where your "fucking huge grin" would be then....I wonder if you'd be grinning if you were the one lying broken on the road......
I don't really wonder, 'cos I know for a fact you'd be crying and snivelling and praying/begging just like the rest of us and you'd do anything, absolutely anything at all if you could only turn back the clock.

But hey, you don't have to listen to people like me spruiking on, you can just keep riding as you are and find out for yourself.......

I have seen this on many an occasion, while most of the time Actually prolly more like 99% of the time I don't know the people, it still affects me.....I notice the difference in my attitude...my wife cops it, my kids, my workmates, my bosses, so those soughts of things don't just affect the victims and their family's it can affect upwards of 50 or 60 people just on the emergency services side of it.

[RT527]

Also people they are doing loads of rd works on the road between Whitianga and Kopu, so be extremely careful .

[Blackbird]

I think this thread epitomises the difference between good riders on this site and those who equate fast with being a good rider. Good riders always ride to the conditions. Then there's the others who have no idea about scanning the road and surroundings for potential hazards.

[cowboyz]

He's a fool. Ignore him.



That's the best post on this subject I've seen to date.

agreed. That post should be framed and put up as a sticky.

Scene of accidents aside there is nothing worse than a visit from the police in the middle of the night that starts with "Sir, I am sorry to inform you ........"
Skiddy and I have crossed threads more than I like recently and although I really want to shake my head and walk away I pity the poor cop who is on duty on the day that is coming who has to give a speech that can only be read off a script. There is a RIP thread coming for skiddy. I have no doubt at all about it. His "friends" are far too busy defending his "illness" to give him a slap round the ears and let him know that this stuff is not ok.
I can only hope that no one else gets taken out at the same time.

I think this thread epitomises the difference between good riders on this site and those who equate fast with being a good rider. Good riders always ride to the conditions. Then there's the others who have no idea about scanning the road and surroundings for potential hazards.

Absolutely!

[madandy]

I think this thread epitomises the difference between good riders on this site and those who equate fast with being a good rider. Good riders always ride to the conditions. Then there's the others who have no idea about scanning the road and surroundings for potential hazards.

Indeed - I do wish some would get a bucket or just take thier bikes to a damn track and go racing...
SM has x-ray vision though and scans THROUGH the rock wall while rounding 45km/h bends at 140km/h.
He also has USD forks, which enable him to scrape fairings and engine casings before scrubbing off his chicken strips...
Just as well it's your bike that's in a box right now!

[Her_C4]

Are you for fukkin' real? Someone please tell me this is a pisstake or troll.....anybody?

and the rest of a bloody brilliant post......

Excellent post Slowpoke. Bling duly awarded. Should be made mandatory reading to all bikers.

I am fortunate enough to not have had first hand experience of such a traumatising event, and I pick and choose who I ride with accordingly in the hope that I never will.

[Tank]

It's out of repect for my fallen mate.

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It's my way to pay tribute to my mate as a i go past, to say hey bro, look what i can do

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You are really pathetic - I know that you have a "oh look at me, look at me, look what I can do" 5 year old mentality. Riding like that where someone died showing how "clever" you are is ridicilous. Remember that is where he died - are you that much better rider than he was?

I dont know the guy, but can only imaging him there looking down saying "slow the fuck down - I dont want you joining me" - not "way to go Skidmark"

[Tank]

Not planning on it but shit happens.

That is the devil may care attitude that will kill ya - or worse cause you to kill someone else.

Idiots like you should never be allowed back on the road.