thank god for R&G crash bungs

Unlucky bud.
Only a little worse than my pre-cathrine wheel fun eh?

Bloody handy are R&Gs.

Good to hear that there was no major damage Nik.

Originally Posted by Smoggy

Unlucky bud.
Only a little worse than my pre-cathrine wheel fun eh?

Bloody handy are R&Gs.

i know how you felt now, you said you felt a bit uneasy after the event, went out again today and still not feeling 100%, off to work on it tomorrow so it will come back

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Good to hear that there was no major damage Nik.

thanks tim, more of it is fixed already

how is holland treating you?, got your gixxer yet

Bike buying is on hold until early spring, I'm hoping the credit crunch/recession will lower 2nd hand bike prices

Holland is good so far, been here almost a week and have drunk too much beer so far!

Originally Posted by nik_nunez

i know how you felt now, you said you felt a bit uneasy after the event, went out again today and still not feeling 100%, off to work on it tomorrow so it will come back

Yeah its just like a little mental block.

As I was saying on the day, just forcing myself to do tight corners properly and ride on really helped I think.

Ive yet to come up against this mental block. Im sure itll be a little bit bigger at the point where I buy the next bike

Originally Posted by robchester

Ive yet to come up against this mental block. Im sure itll be a little bit bigger at the point where I buy the next bike

I screwed up a corner on Sutton bank on the way to the Catherine wheel, ended jumping off/dropping it.
No problem like, crash bung took the fall with just a few dents/scrapes in it. The can got a little scuff that will rub out easy aswell.

Jumped back on no problems.

But for the first half of the day, every little tight corner.. Similar to the one I binned it on I just froze and thought, oh crap... Wont make it.
Ran wide several times until I forced myself to take them and build the confidence again.

Was fine by lunch time.


I just realised you've got to look at it pre-crash.
Remember you can corner, and have umpteen times before without incident.

Ofcorse you've got a bit of a bigger incident to work past.

Originally Posted by Smoggy

I just realised you've got to look at it pre-crash.
Remember you can corner, and have umpteen times before without incident.

Mat thats probably the best bit of advice anyone has given, and its something you dont really think about, despite it being blindingly obvious. I guess its just the realisation of how wrong things can go if they do.

Originally Posted by robchester

Mat thats probably the best bit of advice anyone has given, and its something you dont really think about, despite it being blindingly obvious. I guess its just the realisation of how wrong things can go if they do.

How close are you to getting back on a bike?