OMG

One of the guys who was riding with me today broke his collar bone O_o

Cause I went home after the first round and they decided to go in again after lunch on a more challenging trail… and since I was a newbie I ‘zi dong’ go home, then now I received news that he got injured.

O_o

Hope he’s alright.

TM trail 24 May

Damage:

Knut:

• fuel tank fairing thing came off when I banged into a tree. Is tied on with cable ties now.
• Brake lever was twisted, now has a crack in it when helpful friend tried to bend it straight again.
• Because of brake lever, brake light is now perpetually on.
• Headlight is either high beam, or nothing,
• Signal lights couldn’t cancel, but was solved with a bit of RP7.

Me:

• some bruises and scratches
• broke my glasses beyond repair. Am now wearing nerdy spare glasses.
• helmet has some minor scratches, meaning that it has sustained some mild impact.
• Tore my jeans
• Injured my tongue. I don’t know how.
• Now will have a nervous breakdown every time you mention the word “sand” to me. IHATESANDIHATESANDIHATESAND take that sand away from me nooooooo

Memorable crashes:

• In soft sand, flew over the handlebars, tore pants, broke glasses, scratched helmet, scratches and bruises, injured tongue(?)
• Banged into a tree, forced fairing away from fuel tank, screw broke.

Memorable incidents:

• Major jam on SLE. Accident. Could see smoke and smell funny smells. Ended up riding on road shoulder.
• Friend was 1hr late… but never mind la. There were many other bikers around to talk to.
• Rode through a path that had cattails growing on both sides, was really beautiful… looked like a scene out of a movie
• Found a secret beach! Lovely clear water, no other people in sight, even has a plastic chair to sit down on… mmm. Unfortunately, that also means theres a lot of sand
• Met A LOT (line seemed to go on forever) of 4wds on the way out. The people looked comfortable in their vehicles. Unfortunately they were all stuck and not moving, cause I dunno why. I wonder how fun that is, following the bum of the car in front of you and ambling along at an extremely slow speed -_-

Would upload the pictures if it wasn’t such a pain in the ass. (My com doesn’t have bluetooth)