RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/17/2007 9:39:26 PM
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abadfish
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i suffer with mild dislexia if you really wanted to no and i didn't do my english exam's cos of it the only thing i can do is spell if i wanted to put the grammar in i'd be here age's that's not my fault ...
okay, that explains quite a bit. my apologies if I came off harsh about your spelling/punctuation/grammar. But still, everybody is having difficulty reading your post. They can't all be wrong. don't go accusing them of not being able to read when you already know you have issues with writing.
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i don't think u under stand were i'm coming from your making it look like i take no consideration for other road user myself and the public i do if the road is clear the only person i'm gunna hurt is me and and i try and look after my welfare as much as possible it's all about making sure you can prodict the road conditions and adjusting your riding to suite like i said i don't go fast every were i try and only go quik when i think there's nothink around me that could cause danger
this is part you are NOT getting. You absolutely cannot predict who or what is on the road with you. What is clear one minute will have a car, rock, or animal the next minute. Public roads are NOT designed for the riding you'd like to do. Period!
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i've been riding five year's now in all conditions snow on the ground even pack ice and this is my first ever accident i'm not proud of that but the only way you learn is from expirience cos agian we all make mistakes no one is perfect i don't plan on doing it again soon
well I do sincerely hope you do learn from this accident. If its not clear to you yet, its obvious you were going too fast for the road conditions. The Range Rover *may* have contributed but I can guarantee you that if you were going slower, you could've given yourself enough reaction time to avoid this completely.
anyway, from the description of your accident, its sounds like you have some major damage. If you crashed hard enough to snap your suspension in two, I'm sure you have some frame damage even if you can't see it. I would take it to a shop and get it assessed.
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/17/2007 10:30:32 PM
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knischewsky
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i think he forgot these ..............................................................................
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/17/2007 11:45:24 PM
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abadfish
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and it's not like track racing is 100% safe either there's many a racer out there with battle scars
I agree that the track is not 100% safe. But since you haven't been to the track, allow me to share some experiences as to why the track is safer:
- obviously you don't have to worry about cars, traffic, etc.
- the environment is predictable! Ever wonder how some of these racers take blind turns so damn fast??? Its because they know what's on the other side of the turn. Can you say the same for a blind turn on the street?????
- you don't have to deal with road hazards such as gravel, dirt, oil, animals, pot holes, etc.
- if you do have to deal with road hazards, you have someone waving a large yellow flag warning you of the situation. Can you same the same for the street????
- there is plenty of room for error. If you run wide on a turn, you regain your composure and continue. What happens if you do that in the twisties??? Chances are you cross the double-yellow line and pray there isn't a car coming the other way.
- if you run off track, you have plenty of run off room to regain control and get back on track. What happens if you do that in the twisties??? Chances are you hit a tree or guard rail. Or even worse, you're flying off the side of a mountain.
- if you crash, you have immediate help for you and your bike. What happens in the street?? If you're lucky, someone sees what happens and offers assistance. In the worse case scenario, you're laying on the side of the road slowly having the life sucked out of you.
The key to going fast is predictability and knowing the environment. You just don't have that in the street. Just go to the track once and all of what I said will make complete sense.
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 1:19:58 AM
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 2:55:39 AM
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Kewl Breeze
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burnzy, i'm not trying to insult you or rehash what's already been covered here (just saw this thread) but I have a question that's related to your typing and crash .. again, I'M NOT ASKING THIS to pour salt in your wounds but am curious:
You've mentioned about lack of concentration. I know grammar/spelling has nothing to do with bikes but CONCENTRATION obviously does. My question is; are you as haphazzard with your concentration while you ride as the way you type (kind of all over the place)? I've found my riding to be the most dangerous when my mind is not completely in tune with my riding (free and uncluttered) and that's when I don't ride.
Anyway, good luck with the repairs.
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...i think i realise that i was going to fast for the road conditions and if i was going slower i could of avoided all this it was a friday coming home from work it took that slight lapse in concentration and the fact of how comfy the bike was to ride fast that's the lesson i've learned ...
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... was planning on looking after it but and it's a BIG BUT i had a run in with a range rover partially my fault but lack of road sign's and unusual heavy traffic didn't expect but enough with the exusess i was doing about 80 round a bend got confronted with traffic in front of me and the range heading towards me tried to brake whilst leaning obviosilly making me go straight new i wasn't going going to make tried to lean and brake more leading to droping the bike at about 40 i was flung out of harms way as the range decided to press the self destruct button on my bike i got up to look at a new type of uni cycle with its blood and guts all over the road and the range only had a flat i hit his front o/s wheel and my bike got flung axross the road i've snapped the suspension in 2 and destroyed every panel ..... 
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 9:49:06 AM
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abadfish
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i'm sure you all agree
No. I totally disagree with your reasoning.
You don't have to ride aggressively on public roads to enjoy these bikes. Yes, these bikes were designed to be ridden fast and cornered hard. But they were designed to do that on a race track. Doing otherwise is simply a time bomb. No one will dispute that the track is not 100% safe. But public roads are not safe at all for aggressive riding. Period.
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 10:36:41 AM
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At least you're in one piece, even though your bike isn't, so let's be thankful the situation isn't worse.
Here's something I hope will be a helpful suggestion since money is a concern: Some track day sponsors will give you free riding time in return for volunteering as a corner worker. I'm guessing from your vocabulary and your concerns about missing the summer riding season that you're Australian, so maybe thing are different there, but you should check it out.
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 11:45:31 AM
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abadfish
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Oh, and in case you weren't aware, you don't have to race to ride the track.
there are many trackday organizers that have trackdays (non-racing) for non-racers to ride the track.
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 12:24:03 PM
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RE: plz plz need help and advice my baby is poorly - 1/18/2007 1:54:40 PM
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lookat abadsavatar the only raisin henot draggingknee iscause hislegsr2short...
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