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It just wasn’t going to happen.

July 27, 2008 By

Woke up this morning; what a glorious-looking day. Got stuck into the chores and wrapped them up about lunch time. Mmm, coffee and a pie sounds good. Gear on, warm up the bike, noticing some black clouds above that hadn’t been there a little while earlier.

But it wasn’t raining, so off we go. I get to Yallah and the road is wet. Damn, they must have had a rain shower here a few minutes ago. Get to Murrays and the road is wetter and a few spots start to appear on the visor. Look up and that big, black cloud is hovering over the escarpment. Toss the mental coin, nup, not worth the risk.

Turn around and start to head home and, as I do, it starts to belt down. Get to the airport through the shower, and past the roundabout the rain stops, and, by the time I get back to Dapto, not only has it stopped raining, but the road is dry and it hasn’t rained here at all.

Nevertheless, not going to take the punt. Bike in the shed, walk inside to make lunch and, 20 minutes later, down comes the rain.

It really was just never going to happen.

I’ll ride in the rain if I get caught in it, or if, for some reason I have to, but I won’t ride in it by choice. God invented cars for motorcyclists to use on rainy days.

Filed Under: July 2008, No way!

Night Racing

July 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Stayed up and watched the WSBK meeting last night. I usually watch the first race and the WSS and then tape Race 2 as it often finishes very late, but, meh, I watched them both.

Bayliss is awesome and he patently benefits from riding the 1200 that is easier on its tyres than the I4 machines are. I wonder, seeing that the Ducatis finished 1,2,3 in the second race if the organisers are going to follow through with their promise to weight penalise them for the next race? Somehow I think not. Might have something to do with the series being promoted by an Italian company??? By the way, that face plant by Laconi in the 2nd race looked pretty sickening from where I sat.

As usual, the WSS race was a thriller. I couldn’t help but giggle over Johnothan Green’s excitement at Rae’s win. If you listened to him, you’d swear that Rae had just taken the lead in the championship and couldn’t now be beaten. The reality, of course, is somewhat more sobering for the UK rider, this being his FIRST EVER win in the class and the championship leader finishing 2nd and INCREASING his lead in the World Championship chase. AND the previous 2nd place man, Foret being ruled out for at least 3 months with serious spinal injuries…I’m sticking my neck out and predicting an Aussie 1,2,3 in the overall Championship.

The MotoGp race was a disappointment as far as Aussie fans are concerned, although I suppose that 2nd and 3rd isn’t THAT bad. Unlike previous encounters, Casey cracked first. I thought it was a little disingenuous of him to criticise Rossi’s passing moves in the Press Conference. Nobody likes a sore loser.

Terrific to see Chris get 3rd, he really likes Laguna and the track seems to suit the Zook. And Andrea continues to be my pick for the Next Big Thing. Definitely “Rookie of the Year” material, that’s for sure. Beating a former world champ on his home turf when he’s never seen the track before is pretty impressive.

Chupa Chup boy has certainly blown his reputation with another unforced error. The predictions of many that he would self-destruct in the pressure cooker that is MotoGp seem to be coming true. I won’t lose any sleep, I don’t like him at all.

Filed Under: July 2008, Moto GP, No way!