kc1717
06-18-2004, 05:52 PM
well, i may or may not have told anyone on here the story, other than the people at the mountain the saturday before last, but i almost got into a head on with an old beat up corolla or somthing of the sort.
i was headed for turn one, 3rd trip up, tires were nice and gummy.
i set up ,see a car on the inside lane,, start my turn, and as soon as my knee is on the ground, i see a white POS trying to pass the car that is in the other lane.
That put him 4-5 feet in my lane, WTF i thought at this second
"bye bye RR, broke bones, no riding for a long long time ect..."
i stand it up amaing at the mountain hoping to miss him, but my shoulder hit his fender and the whole side of his car.
he had just apexed and was at his farthest point at that time, and i saw day light, a nice 1 foot strip of road left so i went full lean and the bike was pushing and sliding but stuck it like a champ (i thought i was toast for sure and going to highside).
my heart rate must have been over 200, full panic sweat, pulled over, layed on the road for 30 mins, felt like i got hit with a bat on my shoulder, white paint all over my shouldercap of my jacket.
Im fine and the bike is fine, and im glad that ive been up there enough to know that i had a chance to save it and i did.
The car was an old corolla or so with no muffler, using both lanes the whole mountain (this is what i was told by other riders at the top)
just sucks, and pretty much the reason i signed up for the track day, because i was riding at 60-75% of my ability, and quickly had to push it to 110 percent to save my life.
if it was a year ago i know that i couldnt have done what i did and for sure would have major injuries at a minimum. thats because i was riding at 80-90 percent of my ability, for less speed.
all i can say is too be extremely careful, because the day was sunny and beautiful, great grip, no sang, tires warm, i was on my game, bike felt amaising, and yet still Death was a few inchec away, or even less as i litterely had a brush with it.
so please when you go to pally try to ride the safe line instead of the fast line, because you never know when 6 inches there could save your life
casey
i was headed for turn one, 3rd trip up, tires were nice and gummy.
i set up ,see a car on the inside lane,, start my turn, and as soon as my knee is on the ground, i see a white POS trying to pass the car that is in the other lane.
That put him 4-5 feet in my lane, WTF i thought at this second
"bye bye RR, broke bones, no riding for a long long time ect..."
i stand it up amaing at the mountain hoping to miss him, but my shoulder hit his fender and the whole side of his car.
he had just apexed and was at his farthest point at that time, and i saw day light, a nice 1 foot strip of road left so i went full lean and the bike was pushing and sliding but stuck it like a champ (i thought i was toast for sure and going to highside).
my heart rate must have been over 200, full panic sweat, pulled over, layed on the road for 30 mins, felt like i got hit with a bat on my shoulder, white paint all over my shouldercap of my jacket.
Im fine and the bike is fine, and im glad that ive been up there enough to know that i had a chance to save it and i did.
The car was an old corolla or so with no muffler, using both lanes the whole mountain (this is what i was told by other riders at the top)
just sucks, and pretty much the reason i signed up for the track day, because i was riding at 60-75% of my ability, and quickly had to push it to 110 percent to save my life.
if it was a year ago i know that i couldnt have done what i did and for sure would have major injuries at a minimum. thats because i was riding at 80-90 percent of my ability, for less speed.
all i can say is too be extremely careful, because the day was sunny and beautiful, great grip, no sang, tires warm, i was on my game, bike felt amaising, and yet still Death was a few inchec away, or even less as i litterely had a brush with it.
so please when you go to pally try to ride the safe line instead of the fast line, because you never know when 6 inches there could save your life
casey