'Train almost went down today!

[justintime2]

 

[PureEnergy]

Dude, Sounds like a wild ride.... Glad your ok... I almost did a very similiar thing just a few days ago... Happy to say that the Busa and I are still in one piece..

Keep the shiny side up....

 

[Rhythm]

Hey Playa (PureEnergy) your Pimpn BT's avatar . Those are sum big shoe to fill pimp .


I'll have to report this I.D. theft to the proper authorities soon

 

[flyboy]

Man...I felt like I was on that bike with you. Thank god your ok. I do agree with you about adding a little throttle to get you out of trouble, but that is what I have read. It seems like it would get you into more trouble. Anyway, chuck it up as experience. It is bound to happen again and you will be prepared.

 

[Big O]

It might have a lot to do with the off-camber turn also.
I always seem to want to go wide in those turns.
I'd get back out there and take that turn again, slower at first, until I got it right.

 

[FLCN72]

Good save, BT. Alive and well goes a long way. Nicely written story, too. Felt like I was there.

 

[Mikey D]

Good job keeping the rubberside down!  
A friend who reads more bike mags than I do (probably more than we all do!   ) said that the majority of folks wrecking from going too wide are directly attributable to not leaning enough.  Pretty scary on an off camber turn.
Glad to know your bling is still blinging!

Thanks Mikey.  Not enough lean might cause a lot of wrecks but it wouldn't have been the case for me today. I used all the tire I had. Only thing more lean would have done would have been to cause hard stuff to drag. I didn't figure that'd help my feelings or my situation much at all.

I'm glad she's still blingin' too. I'd really hate to scuff the 'Train!

Preface: I'm just messing with you.

Come on Train!  Put your pixels where your mouth is.  Post some shots of those chicken strips!

We want to see the left side of BOTH tires!  

 



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[tbonebusa]

you are very good at conveying your thoughts to words....do you/did you ever write for a living?? just curious, but glad you pulled off the save. I can't think of anyone else on this board who would have been more pissed if their bike got dropped and uglied up!

 

[BulletTrain]

glad you kept it on the wheels.

Not near as glad as I am!

 

[BulletTrain]

fstbusa & Big O,

I have added that road to my road course. I will ride it every time I go out and ride around home. I will also hit that corner a few extra times on each ride until I have it down. It's a great place to practice off camber cornering.

 

[BulletTrain]

Only damage was about three years off of my life and a little mud slung up on da 'Train. Could have been MUUUUUUCH worse!

See...Everybody thought I was kiddin' when I showed BT's bike with all of the mud on it.


Don't worry BT, I'm sure it's nothing a little Zaino won't take care of.

Yeah, I think you must have jinxed me, dude.

 

[BulletTrain]

Hey Playa (PureEnergy) your Pimpn BT's avatar .  Those are sum big shoe to fill pimp .


I'll have to report this  I.D. theft to the proper authorities soon  

 

[ks-waterbug]

Train, glad to here your ok!

 

[BulletTrain]

Man...I felt like I was on that bike with you. Thank god your ok. I do agree with you about adding a little throttle to get you out of trouble, but that is what I have read. It seems like it would get you into more trouble. Anyway, chuck it up as experience. It is bound to happen again and you will be prepared.

Yeah, the off camber and the roll off have to be what sent me off road. I'm going to practice in that corner now until I get it down.

 

[BulletTrain]

Good save, BT.  Alive and well goes a long way.  Nicely written story, too.  Felt like I was there.

Thanks FLCN. I like your quote there. Alive and well goes a long way... Hehehehehe... Ain't that the truth!

 

[BulletTrain]

Good job keeping the rubberside down!  
A friend who reads more bike mags than I do (probably more than we all do!   ) said that the majority of folks wrecking from going too wide are directly attributable to not leaning enough.  Pretty scary on an off camber turn.
Glad to know your bling is still blinging!

Thanks Mikey.  Not enough lean might cause a lot of wrecks but it wouldn't have been the case for me today. I used all the tire I had. Only thing more lean would have done would have been to cause hard stuff to drag. I didn't figure that'd help my feelings or my situation much at all.

I'm glad she's still blingin' too. I'd really hate to scuff the 'Train!

Preface: I'm just messing with you.

Come on Train!  Put your pixels where your mouth is.  Post some shots of those chicken strips!

We want to see the left side of BOTH tires!  

 

I'll try to get some shots. I'm busy today doing all the stuff I put off so I could ride yesterday, PLUS what I already needed to do today. Still glad I rode yesterday though. Planning on riding again tomorrow as well. The weather this weekend is KILLER so far!!!

 

[BulletTrain]

you are very good at conveying your thoughts to words....do you/did you ever write for a living??  just curious, but glad you pulled off the save. I can't think of anyone else on this board who would have been more pissed if their bike got dropped and uglied up!

Thanks tbone. I've never written for a living. Well, actually I write a TON of stuff at work but it's not exactly literature. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[BulletTrain]

Train, glad to here your ok!

Thanks bug.

 

[Bigfoot]

Take something away from it and be a better rider tomorrow Train !



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[RaiderDm]

Sure am glad I hadn't yet secretly swapped Busas with ya BT     :tounge:

Glad you are ok tho! Just a reminder.. The Busa is a high speed
STREET bike...not a DIRT bike of any kind.