How would you go about laying your bike down?

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I never got the point of Chaps on a motorcycle. It doesn't offer protection in the one place I want a whole lot of protection. I'd prefer wearing just the part they cut out.

That would be a sight to see!

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by racedoll

That would be a sight to see!

Or not.

JC

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by racedoll

That would be a sight to see!

It wouldn't be a good sight. But give me the option of protecting my legs or protecting my nuts and ass then I'm going to protect my nuts and ass. I can live without legs.

[askmrjesus]

Swedish Dakar rally rider Annie Seel reports from the bivouac in Copiapo, Chile:

"At km 131 the track split around some ruins, and joined again after. To avoid dust I cut from right track over to the left, across a small rise. Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2x3 wide. I rode to slow to jump and to fast to stop. Put breakes on, slide bike to the left and abandon ship. I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down. I am lucky not to go down cause the walls were impossible to climb.

Stopped some riders to call for help. A helicopter came and I climbed down with a thin rope to check bike, it was ok. We tried to pull the bike, but no. They said I must wait for the organisation truck to come and help. Took a while but then Mr Etienne Lavigne, race director, arrived in a helicopter instead. Like a true hero he climbed down with a rope, tied my bike with the real tie roses, and instructed the pilot how to lift it. Now I could continue the race, saved by the angel from above. Only suffering from painful swollen hand and aching foot"

http://thedakar.blogspot.com/2010/01...ly-raider.html

JC

[shmike]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Swedish Dakar rally rider Annie Seel reports from the bivouac in Copiapo, Chile:

"At km 131 the track split around some ruins, and joined again after. To avoid dust I cut from right track over to the left, across a small rise. Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2x3 wide. I rode to slow to jump and to fast to stop. Put breakes on, slide bike to the left and abandon ship. I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down. I am lucky not to go down cause the walls were impossible to climb.

Stopped some riders to call for help. A helicopter came and I climbed down with a thin rope to check bike, it was ok. We tried to pull the bike, but no. They said I must wait for the organisation truck to come and help. Took a while but then Mr Etienne Lavigne, race director, arrived in a helicopter instead. Like a true hero he climbed down with a rope, tied my bike with the real tie roses, and instructed the pilot how to lift it. Now I could continue the race, saved by the angel from above. Only suffering from painful swollen hand and aching foot"

http://thedakar.blogspot.com/2010/01...ly-raider.html

JC

Leave it to Jesus to resurrect the dead.

Good example.

Next time you find yourself in the middle of the desert and are confronted by a hole about 6 feet wide, the best option is to "lay it down" and throw your bike in the hole.

Well, that or ride around the hole.

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

: Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2x3 wide. I rode to slow to jump and to fast to stop. Put breakes on, slide bike to the left and abandon ship. I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down. I am lucky not to go down cause the walls were impossible to climb.

JC

Tombs? Out here, that's a prospect pit. There are thousands of them in the western US. Some mining districts have dozens of abandoned mining shafts. And some shafts are hundreds of feet deep.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Tombs? Out here, that's a prospect pit. There are thousands of them in the western US. Some mining districts have dozens of abandoned mining shafts. And some shafts are hundreds of feet deep.

Ask her, I'm not the one with a bike in a hole.

JC

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Tombs? Out here, that's a prospect pit. There are thousands of them in the western US. Some mining districts have dozens of abandoned mining shafts. And some shafts are hundreds of feet deep.

In NYC those are called pot holes

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by tommymac

In NYC those are called pot holes

Yeah, you'd have to be high to drive into that thing.

JC