Cheers another good site ,had a read of a previous ride about the Triumph guy having a crash.Good lesson to be learned by not trying to follow faster guys.
In the early 80’s a group of us when for a ride with a road racer Timothy Hannes [surname not spelt right i think] he was a “B” grader at the time.We rode the old Pacific highway that day & Tim said’follow me’ which i did.
I was glued to his tail going way to fast,he ran wide on a fast bend & ran of the road into the scrub with me right on his tail.How we missed all the tress & stumps i have no idea but we had a good laugh afterwards.The rest of the trip we all rode more sensibly & safely.
Not long after poor Tim had a crash at Ameroo Park in a race & ending up being a paraplegic.
Phil Hallsays
Yeah, up until Dale’s accident that had been a terrific ride. I’m glad to say that he’s healed up well, and decided to buy a Sprint 1050 rather than replace the T bird. Apparently he loves it, so the story does have a happy ending.
sanoptic says
Cheers another good site ,had a read of a previous ride about the Triumph guy having a crash.Good lesson to be learned by not trying to follow faster guys.
In the early 80’s a group of us when for a ride with a road racer Timothy Hannes [surname not spelt right i think] he was a “B” grader at the time.We rode the old Pacific highway that day & Tim said’follow me’ which i did.
I was glued to his tail going way to fast,he ran wide on a fast bend & ran of the road into the scrub with me right on his tail.How we missed all the tress & stumps i have no idea but we had a good laugh afterwards.The rest of the trip we all rode more sensibly & safely.
Not long after poor Tim had a crash at Ameroo Park in a race & ending up being a paraplegic.
Phil Hall says
Yeah, up until Dale’s accident that had been a terrific ride. I’m glad to say that he’s healed up well, and decided to buy a Sprint 1050 rather than replace the T bird. Apparently he loves it, so the story does have a happy ending.