Gunnar Gasser

[jerry]

FIRKO!!!!!!

[Mick D]

Apologies in advance for this, but laughter is one of the best cures for most.
This reminds me of the beginning of the “On Any Sunday” movie, where the Good Samaritan is instructing his neighbour . Its all bike related and explains why some of us are riddled with more battle scars than others. CLICK HERE.   

[Davey Crocket]

ALL my bikes I ride/race/restore are fitted with NOS cables and throtles/tubes.....I have seen a few guys come to grief with snapped throtle cables....the worst was a first corner L/H turn, old mate was at the front, 3rd gear turn, sweeping corner and guess what happens when your cable snaps and you cant accelerate....and theres 20 bikes behind you on the gas?.....alot of pain and alot of damaged bikes. I also now fit brand new carbs and for the price of a new Mikuni you would be an idiot not to...funny how jetting and getting an engine to run properly is so much easier with new stuff...I look at this stuff as a safety requirement...not only for you but for the other punters riding around with you...nobody wants to take someone out by some stupid $25 part breaking and pain is something most people want to stay away from...plus the  time off work bla, bla. Firko, I can relate to your not being able to wipe your bum....busted my L/H shoulder and R/H wrist at the same time (flying like superman doesnt work...you have to land sometimes) and this is when you find out about true love from your wife...for 2 1/2 months....I was driving after 2 weeks though..sort of..didnt get pinged though ...remember...chicks dig scar's... or so I'm told...hasnt worked for me..still have the wife

[firko]

That Suzuki incident is another one I almost forgot Mick....That was the crash that started the long, ever decending condition of my right shoulder. There was another one, escaping from an out of control RT1 at Foster Park around the same time, maybe a bit earlier. I remember having a godawful drive home because my then girly couldn't drive and she "had to be home that night or else" which forced me to put the hospital visit off 'til I got back to Sydney.
The 'stresses' of that little journey ended that particular romance but ironically her and I met up again years later and we're now together. She still can't drive.

[jerry]

One of the times I "popped" my shoulder was when I looped my friends RT 1 (with a Gyt kit) whilst trying to impress my new girlfriend. Neither he or she had a licence and I had just got mine. So we drove to Box Hill hospital in my mum's Datsun. Me steering and using the pedals my mate changing gears and the girlfriend supporting my recently displaced shoulder! We have been married for nearly 30 years. Clearly I won her over with my monoing ability and resiliance to pain. Cheers Jerry