Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:16 pm
Ok OK, A GPX might be a little difficult to attempt it on, but Hemi if any one can, you can!!!HemiDuty wrote:Nice one! So what happens when it hits anyway? Does it upset what your arm is doing or is it kinda like the feeling of getting your knee down?Strika wrote:Not a one upmanship post please believe me, but at the world supers 600 S Sport race in 1996, I was T-boned going into Honda on the first lap. I remounted, but the bike was terribly bent. Consequently it did not want to turn left. At Broadford this would have been an asset as it turned right like a 250 Gp bikeBut as P.I. consists of mainly lefts, it caused some urgent need for body position modifications
ie- I had to be a Harry hang off to get it to turn left. 3 laps in a row my elbow skimmed the ripple strip exiting siberia!
I was proud though, as even with a bent bike, and a crash, I still wasn't lapped by the fast guys like Curtain,Moss,Purdue,Morris,Krusty et al......!! Wasn't much in it though:oops:
Oh, and how come you didn't try to do it again next time out on the bike? Or does it really take a seriously bent bike to do it? Coz if so I have this GPX you see......
Yeah it's kinda like a knee scrape. You have to be prepared for it, or it upsets the steering. I was really pissed at being taken out and rode like a nutter. Probably the fastest I had ridden at that stage. All with a bent bike.
Why not repeat it? Well it's very uncomfortable, and you lose a little ability to hold a front end slide. I from then on compromised and sat more off the bike than I used to, somewhere half way between what I used to do, and what I do now.
Back then too Hemi, I was a lot younger, and I really didn't have bike competence. Well certainly not to the level I have now. Now all I lack is balls
I have the skill now, but fear keeps it in check!!