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Well it rained heavily just before lunch not that I got to see it. Have some wonderful video from donington before the rain arrived !! Full report and video to come mateyGSXRsi wrote:Have a good one today mate hope the weather holds out for you and keep it sunnyside up.
),braking was good and the bike accelerated better than i expected for a old 600 
handling was good and i was getting confident,hell i was even passing peeps on the brakes which is unusual for me, another plus was no pain from the right knee that was operated on last year. all was going well and much fun and banter had been had. 
i nicked it up into 4th gear and chucked it into the left handed starkeys (my favourite corner at donington),maybe i chucked it into hard or too quick as all i felt was the back end slowly start to slip away,it was really slow motion in my head. i tried to push it back up on my knee but didnt have the strength as the rear was too far gone and away from my abilities to save myself from some serious damage, those of you who have ridden donington will know this corner is taken around the 125mph mark. i decided the best thing to do was let go of the bike and let nature take its course,as i rolled and rolled i thought i was a goner or at least going to be seriously injured as i think i probably did 7+ barrel rolls and ended up in the grass on the outside of the corner,all i can remember was seeing sky,tarmac,sky,tarmac,sky,tarmac,sky,grass,sky,grass etc and coming to stop thinking where the hell am i with stars in my eyes and feeling rather dizzy. its suprising how your survival instincts kick in,i remembered to get my arms in to my body which helped save any arm breaks although my shoulders and muscles are very sore now 24hrs have gone by. i got up and walked a very dodgy line to the trackside whilst trying to look for my bike which was nowhere to be seen. once my sight came back i could see it 200yds further up the track resting against the tyre wall and assumed the marshall put it there before coming to me but no thats where a riderless bike that uprighted itself after i'd come off ended up going on its own steam i was pleasantly suprised to see the condition the bike was in considering how far it had travelled on its own and more chuffed that the onboard tank camera was still recording. 
), my leathers have rips on the arms but i never broke the skin or lost a drop of blood. my left boot has had the stitching ripped away from it but my foot is fine,the right boot is still in one peice and im sure if i had cheaper boots on i would have smashed my right ankle into a fair few peices as it is im sat here now with no broken bones just bad bruising and swelling from when my foot took the impact of my landing before the rolls started. my back protector worked its magic as i have no injuries at all to my back and would highly recommend one to anyone,in fact i will always swear by the better gear as im suprised by how little injury i have. i was very pale whilst sat in the medical centre and was getting some dizzy spells and blurred vision which soon passed by. there was another guy in there who highsided a r1 a lap after me at coppice who had blood dripping from his arm,his old ogk helmet was smashed into peices and he didnt have a clue what was going on or where he was which made me feel better about my condition. 
the backend let go so quick 
no warning mate,it just went. first time ive ever torn the left side of a tyre up and only in the 3rd sessionColin wrote:Ruddy hell mate
walked away fine due to the adrenalin,once that wore off i was fookedLeroy wrote:looks a big one mate - glad you walked away ok (ish!)
just got to put your feet up for a few days now 
Keep your feet up, keep it iced, and I've got a pair of crutches if you need some 
sorry to see that m8 looked like you were having fun aswel 
get well soon we tend to take a bit longer to heal when we get older