What has really frightened the shite out of you??

[brent j]

What frightens me these days is falling off and missing most of it.

In the old days a fall happened in slow motion. Bike start to go, foot goes down, fight to regain control, realise it's no good, the slow motion fall, hit the ground, roll etc.

Now days I seem to go from bike starting to go, directly to, hit the ground. I seem to miss all the steps in the middle. That scares me.

Brent

[Hoony]

I too was enjoying a Christmas drink the other evening with Husky 61 and some other gentlemen when Magoo showed up. It was indeed a very frightening experience.

sounds like you guys need a group therapy meeting to cope !

[BETRIC]

Crashing in the clay pits at Menai in 1973 when I was 13yrs old, I was side swiped by a DT360 while riding my XR75, the result was a Right leg broken in 5 places, the side of my big toe and knee cap exposed, and me laying on my back with my leg next to my head, plus having 5 operations and 9 months in Bankstown Hospital, and scaring the shit out of my friends and parents, the DT rider got away with a gash up his back and about 40 stitches, my XR75 had the right side of the motor ripped out of it, the shock bent like a banana plus bars pegs etc damaged, it was another 2 years before it was repaired.

[Nathan S]

There was a looooooonnng front wheel wheelie, while landing from a jump on my DT250A that rates as my scariest on-bike moment, but it wasn't that big a deal in the big picture (although I thought so at the time).

In the rally car at around 130~140kph in the wet when it falls off the crown of the road and is heading into the trees, rates as the most frightening for me. The car was totally unresponsive to any input as we hurtled off the road, but then a change in camber just kinda popped it back onto the road like nothing had ever been wrong. I have never been that scared while having the controls in my hands, and I made no effort to hide my fear... The navigator looked up briefly and said "What!?" before calmly giving the next instruction...

Another time, in a different rally car, putting the inside wheels over a BIG drop elicited a very un-man-like 'eeep' from me. That nav said "What!?" too.

Watching young Tom falling off the grandstand at the HEAVEN round in the ACT wasn't real good either.

[All Things 414]

Arriving at the Melbourne Cup in the same hat as Catrina Rowntree and Jennifer Keyte.........

[fatboycrash]

>Arriving at the Melbourne Cup in the same hat as Catrina Rowntree and Jennifer Kyte.........

And that frightened you? Mate, do we need to have an instructional birds and bees chat?

[yzhilly]

Every time my kids get there bikes,s on the pipe my hearts stops and i wonder if i have done the right thing . but the looks at the end of the day and the bench racing on the way home is worth it.

[crash n bern]

The other Sunday coming into a corner too hot on a 950 super enduro seeing a big drainage ditch lined with big gum trees. Managed to shave off enough speed to hit the ditch, bounce and follow it along.  Then have two roos run across the road. Then take a corner wide and nearly have a head on with a Hi ace van.  Hit a big ditch on a muddy road. Picked for a fight by a car load of imbibed indigenous brothers. And then to finish the day, chased down the highway by cops.

From now on I'm spending my Sunday's at home watching Foxtel.

[dkupf]

Back in the early 80's I was swinging on a speedway side car. I went back to get ready for a race and my rider was Blowing a Bloody Big Joint. After the argument we mounted up and went out to race.  ::)We started in the middle of the track,went straight to about a foot off the wall and stayed there flat out for the whole race. All the time he was smiling from ear to ear. Sure as hell frightened the shit out of me Darcy

[Hoony]

Yep can relate to that Darcy as during my speedway solo days a good percentage of riders were on the gunga (i never touched the stuff) a know a few that gave the sport away when MA was going to introduce Random testing in early 90's.

[lyle2212]

Back in 1995  I bought a 91 model ktm 2stroke 250cc. I pulled the tank off to work on something and found the frame to be slightly squashed in.  Upon enquiring about the previous owner I discovered that his favourite pastime was being chased by the police on the bike. One day karma caught up with him when he and his bike went sideways in top gear into a 5 inch diameter tree. He shifted the tree roots and all about 3 feet. Luckily for him he was riding with mates who went back to look for him after some time , where they found him and his smashed leg being made a meal of by bull ants. He spent the next 6 months in darwin hospital with his leg in scaffolding!!!