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Off-topic Climbers who ride version 2; MOTORcycles 25-Mar-2014 At 12:33:00 PM simo_tele

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As I'm sure you all are...just a little reminder to be careful on the road.

Got taken out two Fridays back down here in tassie. Hire car with 3 tourists came around mid-hairpin 2/3rds in my lane. Didn't have much chance of avoiding a hit completely (especially as I'm relatively unskilled as a rider) but did manage to avoid the front of the car and just get taken down by the side/mirror.

No real injuries but I would have been missing a knuckle or two judging by the state of the armor on a glove. So, as a mate once said to me: "Always wear your gloves, always, if you ever think not to just ask yourself; 'if I come off, who will wipe my ass?'"

Damn shame too, being only two corners from home on Huon road, one of the best pieces of riding real estate around.