Mutley
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So I wait and wait for Chris to get his stuff together (he forgot his truss and the barmaid had to run out with it 
) then he tells me to tag on the back of DD's group when we leave. Hurt and alone I ride away, a tear in my eye 
100 yds down the road I realise that I've left the vents on my sleeves open and it's a tad chilly. As I reached the group I managed to zip up the right one no problem. By the time I was fiddling with the left one we were out in the sticks, pitch black and wet roads.
I dropped back from the group as I zipped up the vent due to taking my hand off the throttle. All sorted now I accelerated back towards the tail end of the group. I didn't grab a handfull due to the weather conditions, however my tyres must still have been cold or there may have been mud or deisel on the road.
The next thing I know the back end is spinning and coming round to the right, and I'm heading for the ditch
I realised that the others didn't know I was there and were rapidly dissappearing over the hill. I gently throttled off looking for some grip and the bike went into the biggest tank slapper I think I've ever had in 25 years on a bike Somehow I got it back under control by doing all the things you feel you shouldn't - keep the power on and hold the bars loosely 
Now there's plenty of you out there who will pass comment on my zip fiddling whilst riding (
) especially at night in the rain, but let's face it we've all done similar things. What I wanted to point out was this:
1. The reason I feel that I was able to control what was a potential very serious situation was because I used some recently aquired skills from my well publicised off road exploits
2. What a fantastic bike the GS is, most other bikes would have just high sided me into the bushes
So get out there and become a Dakar God just like me
New underpants please 
) then he tells me to tag on the back of DD's group when we leave. Hurt and alone I ride away, a tear in my eye 100 yds down the road I realise that I've left the vents on my sleeves open and it's a tad chilly. As I reached the group I managed to zip up the right one no problem. By the time I was fiddling with the left one we were out in the sticks, pitch black and wet roads.
I dropped back from the group as I zipped up the vent due to taking my hand off the throttle. All sorted now I accelerated back towards the tail end of the group. I didn't grab a handfull due to the weather conditions, however my tyres must still have been cold or there may have been mud or deisel on the road.
The next thing I know the back end is spinning and coming round to the right, and I'm heading for the ditch
I realised that the others didn't know I was there and were rapidly dissappearing over the hill. I gently throttled off looking for some grip and the bike went into the biggest tank slapper I think I've ever had in 25 years on a bike Somehow I got it back under control by doing all the things you feel you shouldn't - keep the power on and hold the bars loosely Now there's plenty of you out there who will pass comment on my zip fiddling whilst riding (
) especially at night in the rain, but let's face it we've all done similar things. What I wanted to point out was this:1. The reason I feel that I was able to control what was a potential very serious situation was because I used some recently aquired skills from my well publicised off road exploits
2. What a fantastic bike the GS is, most other bikes would have just high sided me into the bushes
So get out there and become a Dakar God just like me
New underpants please
