Same here. Worst injury I ever managed was a broken ankle when a car pulled out of a side road straight into the side me. Stayed on the bike though because I’m such a hero. Scariest experience on a bike was doing the mountain section at the IOM TT. They close the mountain section of in one direction on mad Sunday and let you go for it. Sounds great fun on the surface of it but you’re completely surrounded by bikes and most riders seem to kid themselves they’re Joey Dunlop and ride way beyond their abilities so you get bikes overshooting bends everywhere almost swiping you out, bikes almost going in the back of you etc. It wasn’t a pleasant experience to be honest. Which was a shame because riding the rest of the course on mad Sunday was, Bray Hill coming out of Douglas, Ballagh Bridge seeing if you can get some airtime, though the iconic Parliament square, around Ramsey hairpin all very iconic and pleasurable knowing that you’re following the same path that heroes will be and then you hit the mountain section and miss all the iconic places like bungalow, across the tram rails, past Cagne Bar etc because you’re just to busy trying to keep out of other people’s way and not die.As a motorcyclist i have had my fair share of lucky scrapes - one time i was in Kingston on my RD 400 - just after the station there was a 90 right 90 left - went in way to quick to the first which buggered my entry up for the second - fortunately where i ran wide there was a ramp up the kerb and i err safely mounted the pavement - was one way and no pedestrians - kerb was about a foot high and would have been chips for me !
I had some narrow escapes on my Lambretta scooter. The worst was when I innocently pulled into a lay-by and did not notice the lay-by was set about an inch higher than the road. That was enough to flip my scooter on its side and send me flying. Had a few near misses with other car-drivers just not seeing me. You don't have much manoeverability on a two-wheeler especially when braking.As a motorcyclist i have had my fair share of lucky scrapes - one time i was in Kingston on my RD 400 - just after the station there was a 90 right 90 left - went in way to quick to the first which buggered my entry up for the second - fortunately where i ran wide there was a ramp up the kerb and i err safely mounted the pavement - was one way and no pedestrians - kerb was about a foot high and would have been chips for me !
couldn't he shit his own self?...i shit myself for him...
I think he did - he wasnt talking to me for a couple of dayscouldn't he shit his own self?
Remember that incident between a biker and a motorist ? "Who are you then ? "I've always fancied getting a motorbike but its other drivers that put me off.
What happened to Ronnie I wonder ? It was comedy gold !Ronnie Pickering, what a legend.
The guy on the bike had a helmet on and was standing up, he could have just stuck one on him through the window and ridden off.
Errr not sure what to say about the first one....I've had 2 bad incidents,
I was once dragged into the toilets by a gay man who took a shining to me, lucky someone else was in there and seen I was in a world of trouble.
Seen someone have a blowout just Infront of me on the M6, went across every lane smashed into the central reservation and back again, it was surreal, everything seemed to be in slow motion.
Errr not sure what to say about the first one....
I've had 2 bad incidents,
I was once dragged into the toilets by a gay man who took a shining to me, lucky someone else was in there and seen I was in a world of trouble.
Seen someone have a blowout just Infront of me on the M6, went across every lane smashed into the central reservation and back again, it was surreal, everything seemed to be in slow motion.
Hopefully he got a pasting.
I was reading about him recently. Apparently he was a decent boxer in his day and had was called one punch Ronnie or something like that.
The incident was supposedly out of character but that's the thing nowadays, make a dick of yourself and it's on Youtube forever! I fucking hate the fact there are now cameras everywhere!
Or a boyfreind .Christ, what happened? hopefully the guy ended up with a slap.
With this tragic news of the pensioner "killing" an intruder, it got me thinking about dangerous situations I've been in. When you look back at certain incidents in your life you realise how different things could have worked out. As I've mentioned before I used to get in trouble and ended up prison, not proud of that, but I deserved my punishment and got on with it. I had a fight with a cell mate who was a tough Irishman, and he got the better of me by putting his fingers in my eyes. I actually couldn't see properly for days, and my sight was affected badly.
Luckily it improved over time, but that freaked me out as thought I may have been blinded. I often think back to that crazy time in my life, and am thankful I came through it. Any incidents that make you think how mad was that ?
The thing about Ronnies little episode is that the scooter rider did nothing wrong or against the law - Ronnie was pretty threatening but that scooter rider handled it very well - as someone has said cameras everywhere - saw one from a dashcam the other day - guy on a push bike throws himself to the floor in front of a car who stops with plenty of clearance, gets out and points out the dashcam - the guy gets up and scarpers
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