Harson's Island bike ride featuring my Ducati ;)

[Merzbow]

We met up at the Coney Island before heading out in 5 groups of about 15+ or - bikes per group. It was awesome riding in a group like that blocking off traffic and stuff.Once we got to the island we cruised around it for a while and took the hairpins and stuff before meeting up with the other groups for the big ride back to Hooters. There were over 70 bikes once we arrived at the end of the island.So we broke into groups again and headed for Hooters. The group I was in had about 30 bikes in it. I was about 10th in line. At this one hairpin, were going about 70mph. As I entered the turn I noticed a ton of gravel at the apex of the corner so I tried to move to the outside of the curve at the last second but I was going too fast to take the corner on the outside of hte lane. I knew I was going down so I shifted onto the shoulder into the gravel so I wouldn't get hit when I lost it. As soon as I hit the gravel, the rider behind me in an R6 blew by me through the ditch and flew off his bike and a kawasaki also lost it and slid into the ditch all in like less than a second. By now I'm doing about 60mph in the gravel and as I see the R6 guy bail I feel my bike start to go so I brace myself and the rear slides sideways and flips oversliding across the concrete. Now I'm bracing myself to get hit by the other 20 bikes behind me but after I tucked my head in and nothing happened I decided it was safe to get up. Surprisingly we were the only three bikes that went down. There were people and bikes ALLL over the road scattered and running around to help and picking up pieces of bikes.Overall, my baby Ducati had barely a scratch on her somehow. A few tiny scratches on the new $600 carbon fiber exhaust i just got and a chip in the clutch lever and thats it. sliding on the concrete ripped a hole in my jeans and in my knee and my forearm was pretty scraped up but I was fine. The R6 practically exploded when it hit the ground, all the fairings and body panels cracked and stuff. It was chaotic but no one was hurt.Then the group leaders radioed eachother and they rushed back to us to make sure we were ok and offered to give us a ride home or to the bank (where we were all meeting to get on the ferry back to the mainland together). So we dusted off and carried on. Got on the Ferrys and anjoyed the hour ride to Hooters. Once we got there, about 40 bikes were there so we had a buffet set up with free wings and drinks and girls and stuff. A couple of the girls posed on my bike for me too Video clips of all the bikes:Pictures:This was my group on the way there:On the ferry to the island:At Hooters:

[northvibe]

where did the owls come from....hahah nice pics, lots of sweet bikes!!

[TraySeeLea]

The pictures were great until the ugly girls at the end haha

[Merzbow]

(removed)....they were outside and I've never been there so I couldn't resist I gues in some ways I'm stereotypical lol.

[joholste]

you're just wishing it was you getting to sit on that ducati traseelea ha ha ha

[ajflan]

Cool. It sounds like you had an awesome time, except for falling off your bike. Great pics!

[joatmon]

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow » sliding on the concrete ripped a hole in my jeans and in my knee and my forearm was pretty scraped up but I was fine. On the ferry to the island:Is that you in the mirror wearing only a T-shirt for protection? sounds like you were lucky when you laid it down.

[Merzbow]

Yeah that would be me. It was over 80 degrees and I wasn't about to wear my leather all the way out there. That would have ruined the trip and probably made me sick from being so hot for all that time. My body doesn't like heat. I almost took off my t-shirt and just had a tank top on underneath but I decided it would be too trashy.There were a ton of others with only a tshirt on, and some even had shorts on. I'm not THAT dumb.

[millster]

Well if it makes you feel any better Merz, I laid one down this weekend too. Granted mine was a decidedly low-speed accident. I actually stalled the bike (my Dad's KZ440) having failed to get it into neutral, figured out my mistake, successfully stopped but overbalanced on my left leg and brought the bike down onto me. It was purely a "stupid" moment and one that while I can partially blame it on an older bike with a picky transmission, it could have been avoided had I paid better attention to the indicators. Scraped my elbow and beat the hell out of my pride but I was otherwise uninjured. I was in a private parking lot just getting used to being behind the bars again before I get MY bike. I'll tell you this much, I'm going to log a few more hours reminding myself to pay attention before I hit the streets on two wheels again.

[drunkenmaxx]

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow » I almost took off my t-shirt and just had a tank top on underneath but I decided it would be too trashy.ha ha, that's how i dress all summer long! (except when in the office of course). hell, a lot of the time, i don't even wear a shirt.

[Merzbow]

Well send me pictures of your bike when you get it! Was your dad upset?Drunken, I ride with a wife beater on sometimes if it's real hot out but I figured for this ocasion I wanted to look fairly good on my baby Only reason I wear a tank top is to minimize the tan lines lol. I got some retarded looking tan lines on that bike trip lol.

[millster]

Heh, no. My Dad didn't care. The bike didn't fall hard enough to have done anything to it and it landed on me anyway so... I'm not sure when I'll be getting mine because I can't quite decide what to get.

[tangerine]

Nice rides out there, I really miss being able to ride. I wish someone could fix my back so I cna ride again...there is nothing more relaxing.Quote, originally posted by millster »Heh, no. My Dad didn't care. The bike didn't fall hard enough to have done anything to it and it landed on me anyway so... I'm not sure when I'll be getting mine because I can't quite decide what to get. way to get seriously hurt. Rule #1 if your goin down jump away from the bike.

[Merzbow]

or stay underneath it if you want to preserve some of it lol.