My first mistake was thinking that because the roads were dry they had the usual amount of grip. My second mistake was thinking that riding like Miss Daisy would get any heat in my tyres (especially as I have Dunlop D204's)
So I get to my favourite slip road, get the knee out ready and start to lean the bike. I didn't quite have enough speed and I knew the knee was a couple of inches away so I twisted the throttle... you could say a little too much .... as I felt my knee touch the ground, the back end slipped away. Now I have always been told that the worst thing to do is close the throttle .... so what do you think I did .... :wanker
The back end gripped and the next thing I knew I was looking at the front mudguard, my butt above my head and thinking toad, toad, toad! Luckily I landed back on the bike and then had a wobble from hell. I could see the gravel that had built up on the white lines between the slow lane and the slip road and I managed to get the bike stable and went into the slow lane. Luckily there was nothing coming fast up the slow lane, but I was still doing about 70 anyway.
Once I was on the dual carraigeway I waited for the next layby, pulled over and had a fag!!
Ride Safe Peeps!!
