Good save!

Was trundling up Mansell Street, E1 this morning behind a goldish
coloured touring bike. He obviously wasn't paying attention to the taxi
in front of him, who started to brake, when matey looked round he was
bearing down on him fast, so grabbed a *large* handful of front brake,
and locked the front up. He had it almost laid down on the right side
when I guess he let off the front brake and it snapped back upright, he
managed not to catapult over the left side, then wobbled across 3
lanes of traffic avoiding it all, and came to a shaky stop by the kerb.

Seeing he was stopped upright I carried on my way chuckling at the
thought of him proceeding to his destination and promptly changing his
very soiled undies....

So, in the unlikely event you are reading this - "Good save old chap"

 

On the odd occasion the Virago allows me to do something silly like grab too
much front brake, or give it too much at a junction (yes, it does spin the
back wheel on corners/roandabouts, if only in first gear, so I discovered) I
have a surprised moment of "Oh... I'm still sitting on it!". I dare say his
was a bit more than that.