Lemming Corner

Long ago, there was a ride up a certain road out of Sydney. And three
people followed each other almost round a corner, that as a result was
nicknamed Lemming Corner.

There's a possibility we can get that corner officially named. As on
the map and signs and all.

Who were the original 3? And who else will put their hand up at
crashing there?


Zebee

 

I have,

CBR600 F3 '98
November 17th 2002

 

Names:

Larry, Curly and .... Mo.

 

me - September 1994

 

Me...

midyear some time in '99... (Azi's birthday, if I remember correctly)

big

 

well perhaps I will go for a ride up there this weekend
and put my hand up on Monday

 

After reading that link that Iain posted -
When I crashed it was a 45kph signposted corner

--
Daron

ebay? - http://tinyurl.com/ykgh

 

I never crashed there, but I organised "the ride". The original ride
report is at http://makeashorterlink.com/?H25252B97 .

I think the name might've been my invention, too...the earliest
reference I can find is at http://makeashorterlink.com/?P28262B97
(which also identifies one of the Lemmings as Glenn Lowth, on the
Ducati: the other bikes were a CBR600 and either a VFR400 or RVF400).

 

Gawd, there's some names from ausmoto's past.

I take it Eric ended up moving to Norway or Sweden or wherever ...

Cheers

 

In aus.motorcycles on 3 Mar 2004 20:47:55 -0800

Yes, Google told me you were the first one talking about a sign.

I think what will happen is that we need a few bods to write to the
naming commission, when I have the full story I'll post it here.

Zebee

 

I'd swear it went down to a 15kph for a while too, but I'm pretty sure
it said 25 last time I went through...

big

 

Rode the Armco..... does that count..... Vic

 

went round the outside of Spider from vfr list 2 up on that corner,
nobody warned me about it, fuckin boots and pegs got crusified...
didnt shit can it though

 

Where's GeoffSan when you need him? He's got a pretty good story about
being surprised by that one...

big (my excuse is that I'd only been riding 10 or 12 weeks when at the
time)

 

Zeebe,

You shouldn't have too much trouble getting it official, as the local
council/trourism people (Cessnock ?) also call it 'Lemming Corner'.
The is a brochure doing the rounds of the local Newcastle bike shops
(IIRC Motorcycling in Wine Country or some such) that warns about it
as well.

DC.

 

I expect they have disclaimers in the Local Government Act for things like
this. Not much different to putting up a road sign saying "Slippery When
Wet".

Gary

--
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice

The Seven Deadly Sins of M.K. Gandhi

 

Then they just put up a sign that says, "Lemming Corner. Mind the armco".

 

A mate chucked his XBR500 away there in '91,chasing my old Kwaka GT550 (his
third crash that week).



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