kawasakirider
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I'm trying to keep my mind off certain things, and took this idea from another forum I visit. I thought it might be interesting.
Here are a few of mine. I'll update later with a few moto stories.
1
A mate was helping me do an engine conversion on my falcon, he left to go home in his mums Rav 4. Decided to do a slide on a dirt road visible from my house, he was 90 degrees for ages, no idea how he held onto it. He came back to brag and I got in the front passenger seat of the car, stupidly egging him on to do it again. My GF jumped in the back seat for some reason.
The run up to the corner in question is bitumen, but the corner/road is dirt, we hit the dirt and it didn't kick out, so he clutch kicked it at 80 and reefed on the wheel. We were fishtailing uncontrollably and I knew we were going to crash. I just grabbed the HTFO bar and yelled "BANK" before it was too late. We hit an embankment and did a full roll in the air, plus another half roll before the drivers side hit the ground. We then rolled another couple of times hitting a tree. When the first airborne roll happened, we were less than a meter from a power pole, and where the car came to rest was on the edge of a 15ft drop into a creek. We were lucky the tree had a ridiculous amount of small branches everywhere that sort of caught the car.
As I said, we were doing an engine conversion, and all of his tools were in the back. A breaker bar that was a few ft long flew past my GF's head somehow, I have no idea how it didn't hit her, as she was in the middle of the backseat and didn't have a head rest to stop stuff hitting her. The rest of the tools were catapulted throughout the cabin, too. It was crazy. As the car rolled though, I wasn't scared. Everything happened in slow-mo and I anticipated every single roll.
^^^ That was the worst one.
2
Another time, I was in the front passenger seat of an EA wagon, a mate of mine was behind me in the back and the driver was sliding it through the forestry at between 60-80 without a drama for about an hour. On our way back he upped the anti, and took it to close to 100 and we were sliding all over the place. At one stage we went off the road and toward a herd of cattle. We would have just missed it by less than a foot, as the car only just responded to the drivers countersteering. Anyway we went around this wide bend on the wrong side of the road at about 100, the edge of the road was really soft and we went head on into a tree. We hit it at about 80-90 as we'd slowed down a bit, but it was pretty scary.
The owner of the car was freaking out about what his dad would say, so we came up with this plan to smear road kill all over the bonnet and say he'd hit a kangaroo, and stage a fake crash site as he wasn't supposed to be in the forestry. The car had no coolant and kept dieseling when it was turned off. We nursed that puppy for about 40 minutes worth of driving to stage a crash site elsewhere, and we threw car parts in the bush where the car supposedly went off the road. All was good until the owner caved a few weeks later.
I'll never forget that one.
3
One other time was with two mates of mine. I was in the front passenger seat, and the mate that was in the back of the EA wagon that hit the tree was in the back seat of this car, too (I guess we were jinxed). My mate that was driving is probably the only driver I'd trust with anything stupid. His skill on a bike and in a car is ridiculous, but sometimes everyone has moments where they reach into their pocket and run out of skill. We had been drifting in his EF falcon all day, I have no idea how he did it, but he could link corners in this thing at 80-100 and it was an auto.
Anyway, we went around one corner and the *** end clipped a road sign, ripping it out of the ground. We stopped and looked, but everyone started to come out of nearby houses to investigate the commotion. We took off, dragging the bumper down the road with us, leaving the street sign (still attached to it's concrete foundation) lying on the side of the road. I had a bit of a giggle about that one.
Disclaimer, haha
Please note - I was not driving any of these 3 vehicles, and I don't condone doing stupid stuff on the street. Looking back now, I realise I am lucky to be typing this. Hindsight is 20/20. Also note, where this stupid stuff was performed there were no bystanders and the street where we hit the road sign was deserted, it was checked out beforehand.
Here are a few of mine. I'll update later with a few moto stories.
1
A mate was helping me do an engine conversion on my falcon, he left to go home in his mums Rav 4. Decided to do a slide on a dirt road visible from my house, he was 90 degrees for ages, no idea how he held onto it. He came back to brag and I got in the front passenger seat of the car, stupidly egging him on to do it again. My GF jumped in the back seat for some reason.
The run up to the corner in question is bitumen, but the corner/road is dirt, we hit the dirt and it didn't kick out, so he clutch kicked it at 80 and reefed on the wheel. We were fishtailing uncontrollably and I knew we were going to crash. I just grabbed the HTFO bar and yelled "BANK" before it was too late. We hit an embankment and did a full roll in the air, plus another half roll before the drivers side hit the ground. We then rolled another couple of times hitting a tree. When the first airborne roll happened, we were less than a meter from a power pole, and where the car came to rest was on the edge of a 15ft drop into a creek. We were lucky the tree had a ridiculous amount of small branches everywhere that sort of caught the car.
As I said, we were doing an engine conversion, and all of his tools were in the back. A breaker bar that was a few ft long flew past my GF's head somehow, I have no idea how it didn't hit her, as she was in the middle of the backseat and didn't have a head rest to stop stuff hitting her. The rest of the tools were catapulted throughout the cabin, too. It was crazy. As the car rolled though, I wasn't scared. Everything happened in slow-mo and I anticipated every single roll.
^^^ That was the worst one.
2
Another time, I was in the front passenger seat of an EA wagon, a mate of mine was behind me in the back and the driver was sliding it through the forestry at between 60-80 without a drama for about an hour. On our way back he upped the anti, and took it to close to 100 and we were sliding all over the place. At one stage we went off the road and toward a herd of cattle. We would have just missed it by less than a foot, as the car only just responded to the drivers countersteering. Anyway we went around this wide bend on the wrong side of the road at about 100, the edge of the road was really soft and we went head on into a tree. We hit it at about 80-90 as we'd slowed down a bit, but it was pretty scary.
The owner of the car was freaking out about what his dad would say, so we came up with this plan to smear road kill all over the bonnet and say he'd hit a kangaroo, and stage a fake crash site as he wasn't supposed to be in the forestry. The car had no coolant and kept dieseling when it was turned off. We nursed that puppy for about 40 minutes worth of driving to stage a crash site elsewhere, and we threw car parts in the bush where the car supposedly went off the road. All was good until the owner caved a few weeks later.
I'll never forget that one.
3
One other time was with two mates of mine. I was in the front passenger seat, and the mate that was in the back of the EA wagon that hit the tree was in the back seat of this car, too (I guess we were jinxed). My mate that was driving is probably the only driver I'd trust with anything stupid. His skill on a bike and in a car is ridiculous, but sometimes everyone has moments where they reach into their pocket and run out of skill. We had been drifting in his EF falcon all day, I have no idea how he did it, but he could link corners in this thing at 80-100 and it was an auto.
Anyway, we went around one corner and the *** end clipped a road sign, ripping it out of the ground. We stopped and looked, but everyone started to come out of nearby houses to investigate the commotion. We took off, dragging the bumper down the road with us, leaving the street sign (still attached to it's concrete foundation) lying on the side of the road. I had a bit of a giggle about that one.
Disclaimer, haha
Please note - I was not driving any of these 3 vehicles, and I don't condone doing stupid stuff on the street. Looking back now, I realise I am lucky to be typing this. Hindsight is 20/20. Also note, where this stupid stuff was performed there were no bystanders and the street where we hit the road sign was deserted, it was checked out beforehand.
