The good side.
The bad side.
The Tank
"AHA!" (Well it amused Richard on the ride home
anyway)
The event from my perspective.
Follow RVG into corner, fairly easy left bend followed by a flick right (except I never got that far). Felt rear skip and heart go into mouth , I assumed it would grip again but instead all hell broke loose (Chris says it hit second dip before shocks recovered). Somehow got the bike to a stabalish position (if you can call right angles to road stable) but sliding towards hedge (and Telegraph poles). Not knowing what is the other side of the hedge I decided to push myself away from the bike, unfortunately it kicked again it became a spin off which is where I reckon my back pain came from, followed by a rolling bounce on the road.
As I first hit the deck I felt a searing pain in my back and feared
the worse, but as I lay there decided it was OK, had a quick feel of my
neck
(I reckon I would know if I had buggered it) and slung helmet off.
At this point Chris was over and insisting I didn't move. Do people know
how uncomfy a land position can be ? Nice lady appeared and gave me
a cushion , while holding me down, I really really wanted to stand.
I kept waving and smiling at bikes going past so they would know it was nowt to worry about.
Most cars were well behaved and went passed, but 1 c**t actually stopped
next to me and stared while the Ambulance men where sorting me, I told
him where to get off!
Ambulance men seemed shocked that I didn't mind them cutting the leathers,
but I did insist the boots (Altbergs) stayed intacked :=}
As it turned out all garments were removed OK. So there I was in me
trollies in the road insisting I was OK, but being put in a neck brace,
leg brace and back splint... damned uncomfortable, and to cap it all off
they didn't even use the wheewarrs !
In the argument of to leather or not..... I am even more in favour of leather than I was before.
The Event from in front (Richard Giles)
Left hander with a bump. Apparently his back end bounced across the
road, then hit another bump and bounced back, and so on. By the time
he had a semblance of control the forward direction contained hedge[0].
He abandoned ship.
An extensive series of X-rays shows that he didn't break anything (*amazing*)
but is rather bruised. I've just spoken to him and he's
claimed to be very stiff (something for Jean to look forward to...).
The lhs off the XJR looks a bit foxed... He'll find out soon whether
it's repairable or not.
I'd like to air my thanks to the woman (don't know her name) who was a first aider and in one of the first cars to arrive on the scene, who stayed with Bruce until the ambulance arrived while Chris and I controlled the traffic. I don't know who you are, but many, *many* thanks.
All-in-all, not a good weekend at the YTC residence.
[0] And a f*ck-off great big wooden telegraph pole. Looking at the skid / scrape marks Bruce and/or bike missed it by *inches*.
The event from behind (Chris Shallcross)
On the short straight previous to the left there was a bump. Bruce
hit it, unsettling the bike. On the entry to the left there was a
small but deep bump. Bruce also hit this and that's what I presume
set off the skipping and jumping show.
As the bike was turned in it hit 2nd bump, which made the rear slip
(pointing the bike further to the left) and then bounce back, pointing
it to the right, then bounce again - bringing the rear pretty much all
the way round so the bike is now right side facing forwards.
Bruce then began to collect a lot of hedge, engine bars went down as
the bike started going over. At this point I stopped watching and
got
on with my emergency stop.
Parked up, legged it over, "Don't move". From there on it was
Richard phoning and sorting, first aid lady tending to bruce and me legging
it
back up the road to slow down traffic.
