What to do in the event of an off?

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

oooo look your rims have got furry eyelashes...that incidently went to Bordeaux and back and covered abot 2000 miles

What, the story or the eyelashes?

[dizzyblonde]

lol.....the eyelashes....was gutted when I changed the tyre and me bike lost its furry trim

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

This is what I was trying to get at, people mention the whole off being in slow motion but surely its over before you have time to think!

I've experience the slow motion first hand.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

it happens in an instant, but whilst it happens, it feels like it lasts a lifetime, everything goes in slow motion, then speeds up fruriously like a frying pan in the face when you get up off the road.

+1.

As I said previously, you think a hell of a lot faster, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have the time to react.

[Dave20046]

Last time I had an off I freeze framed ran home grabbed my leathers and good lid then resumed.

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Last time I had an off I freeze framed ran home grabbed my leathers and good lid then resumed.

Best trick yet.

[Dave20046]

haha well I bent the truth a bit there, I took a ride to castleton, chapel en le frith etc got back home tohught that was so good I might do it again. donned my leathers, did it again just on the homeward straight BANG.

[Mej]

Originally Posted by xxbadgerxx

here is what happens

1. Happy puttering along minding own business
2. Insert series of unfortunate events here
3. Hear the noise of above event and think "fuuuuu.. That sounds expensive"
4. Completely ignore any advice you have been told about checking yourself over , to see how badly damaged your pride and joy is .
5. Throw gloves on the floor in temper after slipping over trying to pick the bike up and knocking more bits off it .
6. Abandon bike to one side of the road after arranging pickup for it
7. Fix it as cheaply as possible on ebay
8. Big the story right up in the pub for hero points and make it more and more elaborate with each telling .

lmao

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Here is what happens

1. Happy puttering along minding own business
2. Insert series of unfortunate events here
3. Hear the noise of above event and think "Fuuuuu.. that sounds expensive"
4. Completely ignore any advice you have been told about checking yourself over , to see how badly damaged your pride and joy is .
5. Throw gloves on the floor in temper after slipping over trying to pick the bike up and knocking more bits off it .
6. Abandon bike to one side of the road after arranging pickup for it
7. Fix it as cheaply as possible on eBay
8. Big the story right up in the pub for Hero points and make it more and more elaborate with each telling .

+1

9. Get home, get online and start a thread about how dramatic it was .......with pictures!!!!!

[STRAMASHER]

The only thing i remember after hitting the deck after locking the front in the wet was how loudly I said "OW!".

The only other time was during a highside and doing a handstand on the bars ,looking down on my bike and thinking, "Ah, this is a big crash".

Its only goes in slow motion if you are not hitting stuff!

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by STRAMASHER

The only thing i remember after hitting the deck after locking the front in the wet was how loudly I said "OW!".

The only other time was during a highside and doing a handstand on the bars ,looking down on my bike and thinking, "Ah, this is a big crash".

Its only goes in slow motion if you are not hitting stuff!

I had very similar thoughts.
"ohhhhh shiiit! *bang* so this is what a big crash ill feel like"
Was just about to ponder whether that was 'it' for me when I heard 'JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS' ringing through my lid....it was me shouting it, one hand clenched on my balls. I was very much alive. good times.