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Whiskey · March 5th, 2012, 02:37 PM

What I've learned from crashes, slides & near misses:
1) no matter how well you react to a situation there's always something else (like a wet patch of tar 2in across) that will catch you.

2)Irish mountain roads disintigerate into gravel over winter.
3)You can supermoto slide a ninja, it's probably not the best way to corner tho

4)Keeping pace with an 08 fireblade is fun, trying to match it's braking power on the other hand...

I met up with a few lads at a staging point for a charity run, the group got split up & I ended up following a lad (Stu) on an 08 blade who knew the route better than I did. on the final run in both of us were doing indicated 100mph, Stu leading the way realised we were about to overshoot the unmarked petrol station enterance dropped anchors & hit the indicator to turn in for the charity ride out's meeting point.
I rolled off, kicked it down 6->5 & the bike accelerated, hit the limiter & backfired as I passed the blade. I got it down another 2 gears & to a just about down to reasonable pace before I tucked it in to the petrol station forecourt.

@akima the bike in that avatar is a 97/98 zx6r

March 5th, 2012, 02:37 PM	#113
Whiskey ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Morgan Location: A city twinned with Kawasaki Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250, 2010 STR 675 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	What I've learned from crashes, slides & near misses: 1) no matter how well you react to a situation there's always something else (like a wet patch of tar 2in across) that will catch you. 2)Irish mountain roads disintigerate into gravel over winter. 3)You can supermoto slide a ninja, it's probably not the best way to corner tho 4)Keeping pace with an 08 fireblade is fun, trying to match it's braking power on the other hand... I met up with a few lads at a staging point for a charity run, the group got split up & I ended up following a lad (Stu) on an 08 blade who knew the route better than I did. on the final run in both of us were doing indicated 100mph, Stu leading the way realised we were about to overshoot the unmarked petrol station enterance dropped anchors & hit the indicator to turn in for the charity ride out's meeting point. I rolled off, kicked it down 6->5 & the bike accelerated, hit the limiter & backfired as I passed the blade. I got it down another 2 gears & to a just about down to reasonable pace before I tucked it in to the petrol station forecourt. @akima the bike in that avatar is a 97/98 zx6r