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Well, it finally happened to me this weekend. And I am thanking every god imaginable that my existence on this planet did not cease. Saturday morning GixerKat, OlderGuy, DeeDub, SVBrat left early for Palomar Mt. and Julian on the bikes. I wasn’t planning on hitting Palomar hard, but something told me to put my riding boots on just the same. I had just got new tires on my bike 2 days before and was taking in pretty easy at first. First trip up the mountain was fine. We stopped and scoped out the situation at the top, then ventured back down to the bottom of the “Slow” side. The trip down was fine too, but a little more fast pace than up. While I was jamming down the hill, I Hear OlderGuy in the chatterbox say, “Look at him RAIL that Kat.” That got into my head, and pushed the slick tire thing to the back. GixerKat then noticed me getting off of the bike in the turns a little more, “Get your fat ass off that bike!!” Yeah we where going pretty fast. Although before we got to the bottom I thought I was going to get off and check the wear marks on the tires for slick spots. But we where having to much fun and got to the bottom turned around and headed right back up, and twice as fast as before. The tires felt so good and the bike was running hard and smooth, and I was in the zone. I hit one of the left hand decreasing radius turns so hard and fast, but it was like I was on rails.
This was turning out to be a one of my best runs ever. About 3/4 of the way up, I had slowed a little and had Harry and Steve a few bike lengths behind me. We when into a tight left hand turn, that came back to a slight right hander. In the middle of the right hander I went to crank up on the throttle, but instead found myself not bringing the bike back up out of the turn. The rear tire had slipped and the bike went into a low side skid. I was so in the zone I didn’t realize it until the bike had came out from underneath me and started to slide in front of me on its side. So me and the bike where siding across the lane, and then the oncoming lane, only to end up on the other side of the road not in the dirt and not off the 50’ cliff. I had me eyes wide open for the entire thing and remember it all. I got up and checked for 10 and 10 and 1 or anything pouring blood, then took my gear off. What a rush it is to live through that. My jeans where torn up pretty bad and I had some road rash on my calf. We picked the bike up and looked it up and down. The exhaust can was scratched pretty good but okay, the bar end on the handle bar was scraped up but okay. Frame sliders save my bike some serious damage. As you can see below, in the picture taken at the top of the Mnt. After that I rode to Julian, and then home.
Yes, new parts and a leather riding suit are on the way. Thanks for reading.
This was turning out to be a one of my best runs ever. About 3/4 of the way up, I had slowed a little and had Harry and Steve a few bike lengths behind me. We when into a tight left hand turn, that came back to a slight right hander. In the middle of the right hander I went to crank up on the throttle, but instead found myself not bringing the bike back up out of the turn. The rear tire had slipped and the bike went into a low side skid. I was so in the zone I didn’t realize it until the bike had came out from underneath me and started to slide in front of me on its side. So me and the bike where siding across the lane, and then the oncoming lane, only to end up on the other side of the road not in the dirt and not off the 50’ cliff. I had me eyes wide open for the entire thing and remember it all. I got up and checked for 10 and 10 and 1 or anything pouring blood, then took my gear off. What a rush it is to live through that. My jeans where torn up pretty bad and I had some road rash on my calf. We picked the bike up and looked it up and down. The exhaust can was scratched pretty good but okay, the bar end on the handle bar was scraped up but okay. Frame sliders save my bike some serious damage. As you can see below, in the picture taken at the top of the Mnt. After that I rode to Julian, and then home.
Yes, new parts and a leather riding suit are on the way. Thanks for reading.
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