Sad to say the last time I gripped the seat was totally my fault. Riding back up north on Boxing day, a bit tired & seedy I chose an alternative route to avoid the big tailbacks on the main highway at Christmas. their was still a fair bit of traffic on my road which is pretty fast & windy. I was behind 3 vehicles, 2 of which were towing boats when I spied a nice overtaking opportunity through a series of bends so I committed myself to a full throttle pass knowing that the cars could not pass on that bit, what I did not know about was the 2 oncoming cars hidden in a dip in the middle of the bends which appeared as if by magic once I was fully charging. It happened very quick, I was cranked over & just focused on the gap popping through like a cork, probably with inches to spare. Dumb, dumb, dumb. The car drivers must have crapped themselves too, I really had the red mist down & was honkin along!
I still cringe thinking about it, I pride myself on riding well & avoiding exactly that kind of dangerous decision. Their are enough eejits on the road without me joining in. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif[/img]
