blitz waterworks road

[bazman]

.....i do 35,000km a year and still get caught out

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hey mia06,

i do the absolutely complete "opposite" !!!
i try to rack up the least amount of road km's on the 'busa every year as much as possible.

Public holiday double-demerit long w/ends......
way too many crazy car drivers and out there for my likings.....i'll leave them all to it and let them all sort themselves out (the "darwinism" factor has been known to feature heavily on these w/ends). when i rarely do venture out on P.H.D.D. w/ends, i take extra precautions (more condoms???) and choose my route more selectively (avoid known pub-tarts, black-spots & high presence areas).

Travelling down to the Island twice most years for the moto-GP and WSB races.......
occasionally (but thankfully, not mostly) i'll load the bike into the back of the van and i'll drive down on the speed limit all (most?) of the way, instead of riding (read: racing) down on the bike. Yeah, i cop a bit of crap (& juz take it on the chin) from some mates that ride down (but some of these same mates have come home with H-U-G-E fines, loss of license and wondering how they're gonna be able to pay and get to work the next week).

Not saying it's an ideal set-up (gets a bit frustrating when u hit a set of nice twisties on the way to the island in the van and a couple of s/bikes fly past & u attempt to tuck in behind them.....)
.....but hey, it works for me !!!!

i believe it's a game of "averages"......the more time u spend out there, the more chance of being "stung" or, much worse, becoming another of our rapidly growing "DNF" statistic list ! (RIP to all our fallen riders)

baz.