Came around a corner going 90+ MPH and there were 5 deer on the entire road. I put on both brakes as much as I could to lessen the impact energy. Then at the last moment I saw one deer walk forward, so I gave it as much throttle as I could and flew between them. They were large deer! The males had 10± points on their antlers!
Doesn't beat yours but it's a laugh: Wasp in leathers on a motorway. It got worse when a rozzer stopped while I was doing the dance of waspy death on the hard shoulder and couldn't help laughing at me before telling me I should really get to the next exit as my antics were creating a distraction for other road users.
Yes, officer, I can ride this machine safely while this small, stripy package of hate sticks its venomous arse-dagger into me repeatedly. How thoughtless of me to stop like this...
So to keep this short I'll skip over the events leading up to the bike sliding into the curb and making two full revolutions in the air before landing in a soft patch of grass. As I tried to catch up to it sliding down the street in shorts and a helmet at 50 miles an hour it began to occur to me the importance of leaving the area as soon as possible. Unknown to me as the katana surprisingly sputtered to life was the crank cover had cracked leading to a steady drip of oil right in front of the rear tire. The tiny drip drip drip felt like a fire hose as any varience in power sent the rear wildly in an uncertain direction. Many years later I find myself racing small dirt bikes on an indoor kart track. The dirt tires are replaced by scooter tires and I see one of the fastest of the group dump straight 10 w40 oil on a rag and wipe both tires. So I enquired politely as motorcycle people do. I really thought he was insane but come to find out it gives incredible grip for about two laps. Really! Grip like you get your leg pinched between the tank and the ground because your pegs are ground to tiny nubs. Anyway my point is to this day I don't understand why this works but we now use the technique on the karts all the time. So why is it? Sometimes you grip and sometimes it's like Godzilla sneezed on the street in front of you. I'll have to take this up with Google. Cheers and great post Bridget!
I pulled the decompression lever, came off in my hand. Grabbed the front wheel like I'm strangling a python, went over the handlebars bruised both nads.
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Came around a corner going 90+ MPH and there were 5 deer on the entire road. I put on both brakes as much as I could to lessen the impact energy. Then at the last moment I saw one deer walk forward, so I gave it as much throttle as I could and flew between them. They were large deer! The males had 10± points on their antlers!
Wow, we got a bunch of skilled riders on this page when it comes to surviving a herd of deer! 😆 what a great story!
Doesn't beat yours but it's a laugh: Wasp in leathers on a motorway. It got worse when a rozzer stopped while I was doing the dance of waspy death on the hard shoulder and couldn't help laughing at me before telling me I should really get to the next exit as my antics were creating a distraction for other road users.
Yes, officer, I can ride this machine safely while this small, stripy package of hate sticks its venomous arse-dagger into me repeatedly. How thoughtless of me to stop like this...
LOL been there. Absolutely terrifying 😂
Hahaha haha, oh no, Hahaha.
So to keep this short I'll skip over the events leading up to the bike sliding into the curb and making two full revolutions in the air before landing in a soft patch of grass. As I tried to catch up to it sliding down the street in shorts and a helmet at 50 miles an hour it began to occur to me the importance of leaving the area as soon as possible. Unknown to me as the katana surprisingly sputtered to life was the crank cover had cracked leading to a steady drip of oil right in front of the rear tire. The tiny drip drip drip felt like a fire hose as any varience in power sent the rear wildly in an uncertain direction. Many years later I find myself racing small dirt bikes on an indoor kart track. The dirt tires are replaced by scooter tires and I see one of the fastest of the group dump straight 10 w40 oil on a rag and wipe both tires. So I enquired politely as motorcycle people do. I really thought he was insane but come to find out it gives incredible grip for about two laps. Really! Grip like you get your leg pinched between the tank and the ground because your pegs are ground to tiny nubs. Anyway my point is to this day I don't understand why this works but we now use the technique on the karts all the time. So why is it? Sometimes you grip and sometimes it's like Godzilla sneezed on the street in front of you. I'll have to take this up with Google. Cheers and great post Bridget!
Great story!
Never would have guessed that it would give you grip! And I love the mental picture you gave me of Godzilla sneezing all over the street 😂
That's crazy!
Yup! 😛
I pulled the decompression lever, came off in my hand. Grabbed the front wheel like I'm strangling a python, went over the handlebars bruised both nads.
Dangggg that’s intense. I haven’t high sided... yet 😂