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entwisi · 08-10-2012, 11:04

been very close a couple of times on my motorbike.... at uni ( ~ 1987 ) after dropping a friend off at RAF Valley, coming back over Britannia bridge at 2am I was lent over and sweeping across the whole of the dual carriageway when the back wheel clipped a cats eye and went completely sideways, I kicked down at the road( bye bye trainer... last time I rode when not wearing boots) to push the bike upright and was effectively "speedway" riding at somewhere north of 120mph . When I manged to pull over I couldn't stand up for nearly an hour and just sat shaking at the side of the road. another was heading out by Ribblehead/Hawes etc. suffice to say I was doing wrong side of a large number and was 2 foot above the road wondering how the heck I was going to land the thing... the bikes natural desire to stabilise after a significant wobble got me away with just a very rapid heartbeat...

I had my big motorcycle accident whilst stationary, crushing L1 vert when I was rammed from behind... I am lucky to be walking according to the docs. the crushed bone went outwards rather than inwards and damaging the spinal column.

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entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: How close did we come to killing ourselves as kids???? been very close a couple of times on my motorbike.... at uni ( ~ 1987 ) after dropping a friend off at RAF Valley, coming back over Britannia bridge at 2am I was lent over and sweeping across the whole of the dual carriageway when the back wheel clipped a cats eye and went completely sideways, I kicked down at the road( bye bye trainer... last time I rode when not wearing boots) to push the bike upright and was effectively "speedway" riding at somewhere north of 120mph . When I manged to pull over I couldn't stand up for nearly an hour and just sat shaking at the side of the road. another was heading out by Ribblehead/Hawes etc. suffice to say I was doing wrong side of a large number and was 2 foot above the road wondering how the heck I was going to land the thing... the bikes natural desire to stabilise after a significant wobble got me away with just a very rapid heartbeat... I had my big motorcycle accident whilst stationary, crushing L1 vert when I was rammed from behind... I am lucky to be walking according to the docs. the crushed bone went outwards rather than inwards and damaging the spinal column. __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?