Hi all.
I was having some pain in my lower back & working it's way down my right leg, for the last week or so, I thought I'd just work through it, by the time the Marysville ride comes around, it should be ok, Marysville has a reputation for being very slippery when it's wet, so a new front tyre was the way to go, I decided to try a Pirelli Scorpion M/X Mid Soft 32 80-100-21.
I arrived at the unloading place first, no one to talk too, I was keen to try out the new tyre, so unloaded the bike, wtf, it wouldn't start, oh hell don't tell me that I've got Colin's problems now, then the old brain kicked in, I forgot to remove the exhaust plug,
yeah we have all done it, aven't we ? anyway, it fired up & took off, I haven't ridden the 300 for a while & was very surprised how much difference a 100cc makes, the new tyre felt good.
When we headed off I was preparing myself for the slippery tracks, after a few km's I thought, it's not slippers at all, or is the new tyre doing a really good job, my pain in my back & leg was giving me a real pain in the arse, I got a taste of how slippery it is there when we crossed the HWY.
Peter told us about a very slippery hill, we were all keen to give it a try, I gave the others a head start, no good arriving at the hill in a group, when I got to the hill, the first thing I saw was A bike laying on the ground & someone running down the hill
then I see about 3 bikes laying on the hill & a couple of fellas stopped on the side, that put me off so I came to a stop, with the way I was feeling, I thought it best not to do more damage to my back pain, we were told to go back down to the road & wait for a regroup if we couldn't make it up, there was a few of us that didn't make it up.
After lunch at the creek, I asked Peter if we could swing past the cars because my back pain is getting worse, thanks mate, on the way home I had to stop & walk around the car a couple of times
I've got an appointment to see a Chiropractor at 2 pm, all will be good after that, I hope
Thanks Pete for a good ride & Mark for doing the sweep, & to everybody that made it a great day.
P.S I'm very happy the Pirelli front tyre. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the ride more if i was %100 fit.