Looking at the pictures, you have to learn to shift your butt to the inside
and not sit so straight.

Fweem.

--
David A. Tosi
Facilities Manager
Habitat Re-Store
3826 High Point Road
Greensboro, NC 27407

Also an antique VW nut!
"Shag" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> I sent out this email this morning while I was still in the mountains.
> I'm safe at home now.
>
>
> OUCH! Rode my motorcycle off of the side of the mountain while
> visiting Deal's Gap (tail of the dragon...
> http://tailofthedragon.com/dragon.html) I physically bounced one time
> when I hit the pavement, then rolled a few times before coming to a
> stop beside my bike on the edge of the cliff.
> YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!! Dragged it back up the side and rode
> it some more. WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Pictures:
> (my bike is the black one... the one in FRONT with the sparks flying
> off of it from cornering so hard... YEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!
> :-)
>
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906173092.jpg
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906302228.jpg
> See the skid-marks in this picture?
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906315791.jpg
> That was from me riding off the side. D'oh!!!!! Like an
> iiiiiiiiiidiot!!!!
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906323147.jpg
> The next two pictures are actually not damage from the wreck, but just
> damage from cornering so hard up here in the mountains. (Yeah, the
> hotel has an internet connection. I'm still here but leaving for home
> in about an hour.)
> Ground up the left peg feeler, and then the peg itself. THIS STUFF IS
> GREAT!!!!
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906330455.jpg
> And the pipes on the right-hand side got a tiny bit scraped up, too:
> http://x402.putfile.com/4/11906333493.jpg
>
> I haven't even left yet but can't wait to come back. Plans for the
> bike are to raise it up for more ground clearance and to put on a
> different exhaust system, also with more ground clearance. And maybe
> nitrous oxide for the few straight stretches of road up here. :-D
> My life insurance policy is current. ;-)
>