Been off a while

[mark]

Evening all

Sorry I’ve not been online for a while , had scooter off road for a year . I put a new cylinder on and got a guy in Portsmouth to fit new clutch and primaries/ Dyno etc .( too much for my ability)
Beautiful for a couple of weeks while running in until I got taken out at cross roads by amber gambler .( I think but unfortunately don’t remember much about it )
I also had a front rack on which a friend lent me , not usually my thing but I’ve right royaly fucked that got him .
11 days in hospital and a couple of weeks at home with very slow progress and at the moment don’t feel I have the nerve to get back on !
I’ve posted most things off but it may be a while before I get saddle off to you Mark , will keep you posted .

[mark]

[henri]

fuck , that is not good at all mate ,hope your on the mend now . H

[jonnysnatchsniffer]

fuck me thats impessive you got away with what you did, give it time as you kinda forget how much shit hurts, like yr heads way of blanking it out, and yr be fine, glad yr ok, and not anywhere on yr level, i has an own fault accident where ir hit the powerband and wheelied, cos of my shit routing of the throttle cable
i shut the throttle but the cable wouldnt let the slide down, so came off the back and broke my ankle lol, i was in hospital the same time as a m8 who got t boned by a car on an mc and crushed his leg bones and was in hospital for 3 months, hes back on the road
ive also and dont tell anyone, i came up to a left turn with a slip road onto the a30 looked to see it was all clear and as it was i gave it some beans not realising
the car in front had stopped so hit it at about 25 mph, bashed my nuts on the headset before going over the car and landing in a heap on the bonnet
i just bent the forks and snapped the links, the car had 2 extremely good looking 20 somethings and they fussed over me, not a scratch on thr triumph dolomite.
hope that has cheered you up, i have a few more funny stories and near misses too, like sliding down the road on my arse cos i filled the gearbox to the brim thru the breather hole which then covered the rear trye in oil and the rear end just slid away at about 40mph lol
ive always got back on as soon as, my cousin died on an r1 and my uncle jimmy said hed never ride again, but guess what he still rides and does the tt every year
as you will wake up one day and say fuck that im going for a ride

[mark]

Thanks Jonny , you cheered me up

My mate offered to take me to IOW on his Lambretta but a few years ago I followed him and he's the worst rider i know .
He mixes his left & right up and went the wrong way on a roundabout , he then started moaning about all the pricks honking their horns !

[dustymopar]

Hi Mark, I have just spotted this.... Judging by the damage to your scooter, you took a pretty hard hit!! Good to hear that you are recovering. No rush with the saddle, ready here when you are. All the best, Mark