There I was, merrily pushing the CBR trackbike into Danny's van ready for tomorrow's trackday at Silverstone. I had it in 1st gear gently rolling itself up the ramp on a high tickover and all was going well..until I missed my footing for the rear step and the bike went a bit too high for me to control it properly, so I pulled the bars over towards my body to steady it a bit. At this point the ramp decides it doesn't want to stay in line with the wheel clamp and heads for the door edge, so the bike basically ends up completely on its side with me desperately struggling to lift it from below, with the front wheel just inside the van and the rear on the ramp. I was wedged underneath with the full weight of the bike to hold, or I could have just let go and watch it smash upsidedown into the tarmac. I was stuck there for 10 fucking minutes before someone walking their dog walked past and helped. While I was stuck with the bike I did manage to get to my phone and tried two numbers before I got someone local who could help - he arrived just as the dog-walking bloke was leaving. My back hurts a bit and the bike has an extra scratch. -- Lozzo Suzuki SV650S K5 Honda CBR600 FW trackbike Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka Suzuki GSXR750 L Suzuki TS50X Suzuki TS50X
Do be careful Bond -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
This is where you went wrong - you should have deployed the much-admired helmet-onna-stick manouevre. Do be careful, 007.
Heh I have this vision of several UKRM regulars with camera phones snapping away for several minutes, laughing like hyenas, before helping the poor sod out! On a more serious note it just goes to prove the Spiccy Heart isn't all that bad. Which is good.
