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We had some great weather this weekend! On Sunday, my mate Tom (not of MySpace fame) called asking if I was up for a blast somewhere. f*** yeah, I was!
We were going to ride to Stratford for a McBreakfast, then I thought I'd never taken him to Bridgenorth Bikers Cafe, and we could get Beer-Can and Hegg from there instead, so off we went.
He had his wench on the back, and so we took it fairly easy - a good fast but safe pace.
The roads from Bromsgrove to Stourbridge to Bridgenorth are great! Lots of tight twisties and just before Bridgenorth there are three straight roads like a roller-coaster that just beg you to open the throttle! One of them must be almost 2 miles long, and has seen several of my bikes maxed out. I think he was pretty impressed with them!
Bridgenorth Bikers Cafe is like a truck-stop place where loads of bikes go, especially at the weekend. And they do great food!
We ordered full English breakfasts, and sat back to watch a great Moto GP race with loads of others!
Highlight of the day was when the camera switched to the view behind the rider, showing Rossi's butt. Just as it did, some Yam-Yam voice said loudly "Ooh, he's had some willy, he has! He needs to see the doctor!".
We were in hysterics! Perfect comedy timing!
Is Rossi gay? It wouldn't surprise me. They were commenting on his boyfriend watching the race, too? Great race, anyway!
So after getting hyped up, we got on our bikes to copy them. Well, kind-of...
There's another road from Bridgenorth to Ludlow, which is over ten miles of major twisties and a few fast straights. I used to do this road loads on my first TZR125, and still love it as much now!
I knew Tom would love this route! He agreed with me that it feels and looks like it should be near the seaside in Devon or Cornwall. It just feels like a holiday road! Beautiful!
From Ludlow to Bewdley is the area where my main pic was taken. We pulled over there, and I went to take some pics of Tom's Fireblade. Unfortunately, I'd pilfered some cheap-assed batteries off my Mum - I switched the camera on, took ONE picture, and the battery was dead!!! What the FK is THAT about???
I took a few more with my phone - you'll see them in my Pics section now! Err, and in this blog!
It was on the way back that my mate did me up the butt!
No lube or anything - but I took it quite well and with only minor damage!
Get your minds out the gutter, you sick little monkeys!
I stopped at a junction, and as we were 'taking it easy', decided to wait for a car to come past first. Usually I'd have gone, but I wasn't sure if my mate would make it before the car. He's pretty used to my riding, and it was the old classic that he thought I'd gone, and was looking at the car to his right as he opened the throttle...
*BANG*
Being the first time taking it up the butt, I didn't know what the hell had happened! I managed to keep the bike upright and pulled to the side, and luckily Tom had kept it up, too.
Most of it was tyre-on-tyre contact, so no real damage - but he smashed his front mudguard up a bit. There was a clash of fairings, too, that somehow managed to tear the duct tape holding mine together (?!) without cracking anything.
No real damage done, we set off again home. It was an awesome ride, and to be honest, that small accident didn't put the dampers on it for me, and hope it didn't for those two, either!
We'll be doing it again - only next time we won't be taking it easy.
Proof that taking it easy is just plain dangerous!
Ive been done up the butt, good and proper too! Exactly the same except we were at a roundabout, he'd though id gone next thing 'whack' i managed to stay upright, put the stand down, got of the bike ready to punch the f*** out someone in a car where i saw me mate laying on the floor, 'OH!'. helped him get it up (the bike) and got to the side of the road. Smashed my mudguard clean off, just as well, it saved me cutting it! But he'd snapped his clip on and couldnt ride it. Unfortunately it ruined the evening cos we spent it trying to get it in the back of an escort van but ti didnt fit. Either way no one was hurt
ha ha ha i did it to Gem on the charity run, he stopped at an island at some ghost town and we was looking for fuel panicking as mine was running on air, i opened it up to pull of and Gem stopped, luckily no damage, and i don't think there was anyone around to see it, if it had been serious i think we would still be lying there now.
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Ive been done up the butt, good and proper too! Exactly the same except we were at a roundabout, he'd though id gone next thing 'whack' i managed to stay upright, put the stand down, got of the bike ready to punch the f*** out someone in a car where i saw me mate laying on the floor, 'OH!'. helped him get it up (the bike) and got to the side of the road. Smashed my mudguard clean off, just as well, it saved me cutting it! But he'd snapped his clip on and couldnt ride it. Unfortunately it ruined the evening cos we spent it trying to get it in the back of an escort van but ti didnt fit. Either way no one was hurt
What? I'm pretty, I am!!!
I've seen this type of thing happen millions of times!
When I'm pulling onto an island or out of a junction, I don't even look at the approaching traffic. There's no point. I look at whatever is directly in front of me - when they're gone THEN I'll look what else is coming.
It's easily done, but when it comes down to it you can't go anywhere until whoever is in front has gone, and if you run into the back of anyone then you are 100% to blame!
Some people forget that when you open the throttle things come at you from the front!
In fact that make that twice ive been rear ended, a guy did it to me in a car also. My god he got an earful off of me, along with a boot shaped dent in the side of his car :smt013
I think my mate was shocked by how laid-back I was about it all!
Only because it's a mate, no damage was really done, and I didn't want to spoil a great day! Besides, it's too late to do anything about once it's happened, so why bother?
If that was a car I'd have gone apeshit though. :smt013
I'd have pooed in my hand and wanged it at them and allsorts! :smt013 RARRRRR!!! :smt013
