<vent> [1] Went for an early spin this morning. North-bound just past Pie in the Eye and the first right hander after the 'chicane' there were at least 20 people standing on the corner, one holding a large frame with pics and a photographer sizing them all up. As we went past they all raised VBs in unison. Later found out it was a memorial service for some poor bvstard who bought it on that corner (no idea who). Pretty sad to say the least. [2] Later, on the way south, we were being gestured by everyone oncoming from Road Worriers (sic) and eventually pulled over when a dude flagged us down. He said to take care, some 'gun' on a ZX6 had high-sided north-bound on a right-hander, presumably straight into the wall. That's a pretty wide corner so he must have *really* been fanging. As we crawled past, the ambos were scraping him off the road - clearly this was a big hit but we were later told he was conscious, so that's good news at least. [3] So, shaken up we decided to stop at Pie for a coffee and a yarn to some of the regulars. Sitting there, a bunch of blokes on sports bikes started up together, two took off on their back wheels and then I saw one young guy ready to do the same on a flat rear. I bolted over and told him about his tyre, he stopped the bike and got off. "Gees mate, thanks for that - no wonder the bike was all wobbly coming up from the bridge." Fer faaarks sake, if your bike was exhibiting strange behaviour while you are doing your 10/10ths, wouldn't you stop and check? This tyre was shredded and probably about 10psi, about to go off and do it all again - high chance of smashing straight into something less than spongy. Man, what does it take? We all love to get up it a bit but there are some stupid fvckers out there just waiting to dive into a guard rail/tree/wall/oncoming rider etc. on the limit. We speculated that even if the allowable speed was only 10 km/h these dumb bvstards would still be out there trying to go harder than last time. Anyway, for us - no fines, great laughs and a top couple of hours out early this morning along with some sobering reminders and some Darwinism just waiting to happen. Eck ya soft baaastard, hope you had sweeeet dreams while we were enjoying the great outdoors. :-) </vent> Cheers, Dave E, ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX
