Thread: #6

**stilynit** · 7th April 2008, 16:57

How are you after that massive fall yesterday?

**F5 Dave** · 7th April 2008, 16:59

you know I typed & then deleted '. . .or is there no internet access from Middlemore'

. Hope you're ok Mike.

**dangerous** · 7th April 2008, 19:14

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

you know I typed & then deleted '. . .or is there no internet access from Middlemore'

. Hope you're ok Mike.

Hey come on... fill me in, how and what is Mike up to please?

**Henk** · 7th April 2008, 19:46

Mike took a nasty highside on Sunday and earned himself a ride in the white bus. I too hope he is OK and would love to know how he is doing if anybody knows. Or a ward number to go and visit if anybody has that info and things aren't going that well. If you do have interweb access, get well soon my friend.

**dangerous** · 7th April 2008, 20:01

Originally Posted by Henk

Mike took a nasty highside on Sunday and earned himself a ride in the white bus. I too hope he is OK and would love to know how he is doing if anybody knows. Or a ward number to go and visit if anybody has that info and things aren't going that well. If you do have interweb access, get well soon my friend.

OHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man, can I asume this was on the new bucket #6?
Speed pro... get out a that bed ya slacker you still owe me a run on the turbie, spose ya might be giving the 08 BOB a miss now... na fark it ya got heaps a time for them old bones n things ta heal, TIE Mike

**Skunk** · 8th April 2008, 11:26

Can someone up there PM me how he is please? I'm a friend of the family in case you're wondering why the interest.

**dangerous** · 8th April 2008, 18:14

Originally Posted by Skunk

Can someone up there PM me how he is please? I'm a friend of the family in case you're wondering why the interest.

na fuck it... we are both friends of mikes, I wana know how the old bastard is doing too, come on someone with info... lets hear it please.

**speedpro** · 9th April 2008, 10:41

Well, that wasn't much fun. Got out yesterday, still can't move my head quickly or I get the spins and fall over - a bit like bucket racing evidently. One rib on the left keeps reminding me that I don't love it any more as well.
Apart from that she's all good. I haven't seen the bike yet but supposedly the gear lever is broken and there's a few scratches on one frame rail. I had no idea what happened or even where untill Nigel Duff called. Anticlockwise exiting the infield right hander was where. He reckons I was straightening up, on the power, and

. This bucket was handling so good I was going down a gear where I didn't used to so I could gas it up really hard exiting corners. I had been doing that on this corner. I also had the gear change up the other way which aided this(on the leftys) allowing up changes while still cranked over. I suspect in the heat of the moment that I may have shifted in the wrong direction causing the whole mess. Some doubt about it all but it's the only explanation that fits what I know and feel.
John Connor that all round good guy will be dropping the bike off after work tonight. He's been good enough to look after all my stuff and store the car, trailer, and bike at his place till I'm ready.

**Nasty** · 9th April 2008, 14:00

Babe .. that is a bummer ... heal well ...

I was worried about my weird gear changes on the MB100 .. now I am panicking!!!

**dangerous** · 9th April 2008, 18:49

Originally Posted by speedpro

Well, that wasn't much fun.

I bet it wasnt... silly oll duffer, see ya should a kept old #6 cranking, but know doubt it will be my turn sometime, in the mean time SP...

**Skunk** · 9th April 2008, 19:10

Just as well Pickle didn't find out before he left. He'd have stayed just to give you shit.

Good to hear you're no worst then you were.

**Henk** · 9th April 2008, 20:13

Thank god it's not too serious. I was a bit worried, I saw it all happen and it looked nasty. From what I saw you were cranked over about to exit the right hander when the back wheel locked up in a cloud of smoke and then the ensuing high side and very nasty looking dive into the track followed by no movement for quite some time. Let me know if you need a hand with anything I can help with.

**speedpro** · 11th April 2008, 22:17

Hmmmmm......

It's going to be a while till it's all going again I think. The motor was locked solid when I got the bike back so I started to have a bit of a look. Pic 1 is a funny bump in the crankcases that wasn't there before. Pic 2 is what tipped out of the exhaust pipe and yes that is the little end cage. Pic 3 didn't look so bad just after I took the head off but the "piston" came off with the barrel. Pic 4 is looking from the other side. Pic 5 is all that was left of the piston, nothing below the 2nd ring land. The last pic is exactly what I found when the barrel came off.