sphincter moment

  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    17 years ago
     
    Heading home on the Kwinana tonight just past the Narrows I spotted a sheet of what looked like blueboard. Normally if the sheet is stationary no issues but f*&k me dead... it was floating milimeters above the tarmac and moving from my left to right few car lengths ahead. I’m thinking if that gets airborne I’m f*%ked. Well it didn’t get airborne but even with quick reaction the rear wheel ended up on the board for a split second. Was enough to almost have the rear ripped from under me and worse than any oil slick I’ve hit.  In the time the rear was on the board it was enough to shift the rear more than a few inches resulting in enough movement to direct the bike into the next lane. Was lucky there was no car next to me at the time. Stopped splitting for a few km’s and just sat behind a gold Daytona that was up front of me. Headed home and changed my boxers.
  • alchemist
    alchemist
    17 years ago
    Mate that sounds freaky, glad you managed to stay upright though, bloody hell!
  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    17 years ago

    thanks... starting to get a little pissed at the amount of debris left on the roads, especially the freeways. Early this year a mate on a Softail Deluxe had an off when he rounded a bend on some road in Morley area that nearly killed him. Apparently some f*&kwit had dropped some half crushed bricks on the road and did not stop to clean up or leave a warning.

  • kingchops
    kingchops
    17 years ago
    Not exactly the same thing but we've been getting heaps of windy weather here in Adelaide over the last few days and there's heaps of tree debris on the roads. I whent over one of those tennis ball sized tree pods the other day and that was enough to shift my front wheel a few centimeters and cause a bit of a woble. You've just got to keep your eyes on the road literally for crap that's on it as well as all around for the bloody cages.
  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    17 years ago

    The Kwinana has been the worst, especially with the rail works. I was almost thrown one day when I hit the black bases of one of these..... was on a non hawg cruiser!!!

    Have a mate who was on a speed tripple heading down Tonkin in heavy traffic and as he moved from the right to left side of a lane to exit Tonkin he hit one of those chain tiedown dogs or whatever they are called  at around 100K. Front tyre collapsed and he hit the ground. All he remembers is the screetching of tyres and breaks and cars going everywhere. Was never hit, bike written off and many broken bones... one very lucky man.

    Always wary of debry on roads....

  • GREG
    GREG
    17 years ago
    I had the front slide enough to make me shit myself going around a roundabout. At night I run over a dead possum squashed by a car. Very slippery.