Since this will keep getting asked until it's answered, I'll give a brief overview and leave it up to others to fill in details if they wish.cookeetree wrote:WTF happened???
Riding south on the Putty, having just left Broke (with full tanks of fuel, as mentioned). Rider #2 overtakes Rider #1 on a short straight. Rider #2 hits the guard-rail on a right-hander, and both bike and rider bounce off, hitting Rider #1. Rider #3 dodges the still-moving wreckage. Rider #4 doesn't. The wreckage ends up in the centre of the lane, just around a sharp right-hander. Rider #5 plows into the wreckage from behind, under heavy brakes and ends up under a lot of tangled bikes. Rider #6 dodges the wreckage. Rider #7 also hits the wreckage, and ends up going over the guard rail and down a ditch. Rider #8 pulls up just before the wreckage (thanks to the quick-thinking Rider #3 running back and waving people down, to avoid more people plowing into it). All other riders pull up safely, well before the wreckage.
Everyone helps pull people out of the wreckage, which has caught alight.
MadKaw wrote:Yes this is true...Glen wrote:I heard somewhere that two blokes on some other kind of Kawasaki than the ones that burnt actually made it through the wreckage. Gee they must be like motorcycling gods. Is that true......
They have had monuments built in there honor, have been placed on a pedastal by all that know them and are bowed to when met....
Well they bloody should anyway.. Wouldn't you agree.??
Bet nobody can guess you two were Rider #3 and Rider #6 I will say you two were probably the most experienced and quickest-reacting riders there that day - I think your skills saved you both from the crash.
Things I learned from this:
In group ride situations, do not get bunched up closely when you hit the twisties and the pace increases.
Jumping hard on the back brake is both instinctive and dangerous - I try to practice emergency braking every now and then to try to prepare for the next time shit happens in front of me.
Do more track days - gotta get quicker reactions (well, that's one excuse)
Try to only ride with people who are insured.
Some of my riding friends were much better friends than I had realised until that day.
And the biggest thing I learned - Sometimes a small error, the sort of thing you'd get away with any other time, can occasionally have huge (and out-of-proportion to the mistake) consequences.
