SMP Sat 4th Jan 2014 Full circuit

[BoB]

Not often im let out on a weekend but i managed to get a leave pass sorted and booked this one in green

Anyone else going?

[senator8]

I'm hoping to get there for a few sessions.
I'm starting to sound like Eddie Lee now - making all these promises and not turning up

[chubb]

Hahahahah!!!

Probably busy at work so I'm out.

[Phat3R]

I'll be there in green ... Bob, what's wrong with red for you?

Eddie was flogging used tyres on FB ... suspect his track days are over ...

[BoB]

out there with a mate on another cbr 600 (Bill) that usually rides green so i thought i would join him ..

possibly the last ride i will be getting before the st george meet.

[Saturnalian]

Fuck Saturdays. I miss them soo much

[CLIFFY]

In for the double

[Marshy]

Eddie was flogging used tyres on FB ... suspect his track days are over ...

And he just sold his enclosed trailer :(

[Mfp]

He is selling all his toys to fund his "actual" baby !!!

[Marshy]

He is selling all his toys to fund his "actual" baby !!!

Pfft. Whipped, I reckon!

Miss ya, Eddie!!

[Carl-52]

Might be there seeing as though i work there!!! We will see...

[chubb]

There's 5th of Jan too

[Nelso]

It was confirmed yesterday that I'll be working both those days. I can't wait to get back out there again and get some bike fitness up as I really struggled on the bike on the weekend.

[shippy__]

in for the 4th and 5th

[Marshy]

I'm popping out for a visit on the 4th. Can't ride for a while longer :(

[Saturnalian]

in for the 4th and 5th

How did you go mate ? Good purchase ?!!!!

[senator8]

Jamie, you going out on the 4th?

[chubb]

in for the 4th and 5th

Probs see you on the 5th

[Saturnalian]

It's a Saturday ? Merivale own my Saturdays at the moment.....

[shippy__]

How did you go mate ? Good purchase ?!!!!

Nup bad experience I was a hair away from belting the shit out of the bloke, offloaded my phone and keys to the wife but what would that achieve so I walked away... 20 min later ended up stumbling upon a 08 r6 for 5k 20mins from where I was, it all turned out great in the end

better bike cheaper to Ill throw my own ohlins in it for what I saved

[Marshy]

Nup bad experience I was a hair away from belting the shit out of the bloke, offloaded my phone and keys to the wife but what would that achieve so I walked away... 20 min later ended up stumbling upon a 08 r6 for 5k 20mins from where I was, it all turned out great in the end

better bike cheaper to Ill throw my own ohlins in it for what I saved

Pics!! You can't buy a new tracky without uploading pics....

[senator8]

^^^ what Yoda said, and the little guy in the meme

[chubb]

What do they say pics of GTFO

[Marshy]

^^^ what Yoda said, and the little guy in the meme

[senator8]

Sorry Nick, it was the walking stick that did it.

[Marshy]

Nah, fair cop Rick

I did actually laugh, but I couldn't quickly find a more accurate image....

I wanted to use the 'I see what you did there' one, but I'd used that just the other day.

[shippy__]

Yeah yeah I know its a crap photo...... I like to go rite over my bikes

[Marshy]

Mmmmmmm, I love looking at naked R6s!! Hot!

[Marty]

I'm in for the 4th!

[Tristan]

I'm in

[dan]

Bastards.

[Marshy]

Bastards.

+1,000,000

[Carl-52]

Im there on the 4th!!

[Stu23]

+5,000,000 !! but I guess ill be there helping Carl out

[Marshy]

I guess ill be there helping Carl out

ooh, pit biatch!! The tables are on the other foot now!!!

[Marshy]

Oh, and I'll be popping out for a visit on the 4th. Steve is riding.

Hang on, does that make ME a pit bitch?!?!?!?

[Carl-52]

yes marshy, yes it does

[Marshy]

look out, young whipper-snapper!! Elders and fasterers, and all that

[Carl-52]

10+ years of pit bitching, i am your elder!!!!!

[Stu23]

only 10 years !! well I guess when you could only just walk you didn't know which spanners were which hey

[Carl-52]

yep, didnt count the other few years..... i wasnt exactly helping

[Stu23]

oh I dunno, a smile and a go get em dad worked wonders then, and still does now sometimes

[shippy__]

forecast for Saturday and Sunday is awesome...... what shed number ?

29 Saturday
30 Sunday

[CLIFFY]

19 and 20 would be better

[Phat3R]

Mustn't grumble, it's better than 39 and 40.

[BoB]

Happy to do 19 / 20

see you there..

[dan]

This would have been my 1 year track anniversary :(

Might pop out and say hello.

[Phat3R]

This would have been my 1 year track anniversary :(

Might pop out and say hello.

Is it a race between you and Nick as to who gets back on 2 wheels first?

[Marshy]

Is it a race between you and Nick as to who gets back on 2 wheels first?

YES!! I'm soooooo tempted to ride NOW, dammit! Against advice, I've just started not using my crutches all the time now around the house, as the foot feels pretty good. The only risk is snapping the bone again before it's properly healed.

I found out what had happened internally, finally. I snapped the large back section of the talus clean off, and there were 5 other breaks of minor bones, hardly worth mentioning. And many bone fragments scattered around, notably in the joint which needed to be removed. A couple of screws to reattach the talus, a bit of scraping out of fragments, and I'm good to go. The moon boot came off over a week ago, and I'm supposed to be moving and rotating everything as much as possible. Just not weight-bearing, so as not to re-break the bones.

All good

Dan, how are you coming along??

[Phat3R]

Hey that's good to hear Nick. Good to get the low down on exactly what's happened in the ankle.

So silly question ... if you could resist the urge to push it on the track ... and could find a race boot to fit ... you could go out and circulate in white / yellow ... just taken it easy ... ???

But hard to resist the urge to try and go ever faster ... is that part of the reason I find riding on the road so unsatisfying these days ???