mick
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nice looking bikes, RE used to be cheap and cheerful back in the UK you could pick up ex Army REs for 50 pounds, to me the Enfields back then handled very bad , cornering at any speed felt like trying to steer a plate of jello ,in the rain it was better to walk and push the bloody thing.My buddy Colin had one (my bosses son) we had just finished a morning of racing at the old disused airdrome,as we left for home ,I yelled last one home buys the beer, off we go he on his enfield me on my 250cc Rudge 4 valve single a little flying machine, just as we turned onto the main highway it started to rain,I thought I got him,sure enough by the time the rain stoped I had him by a half a mile.But to rub salt into his wounds I would try to bet him by a mile,
I came upon one of my favorite turns so I layed my trust rudge into the turn,i had to use a little bit of the oncoming lane because of a metal
manhole cover,unfortunatly a car was using it ,so I had to duck in and I couldn't miss the steel cover,sure enough down we went doing about 70 we started sliding and we hit a dry spot that made me go flying upright , and it was about that time I was launched into the air on the high side ,I remember being upside down in mid air wondering if this was my last moment on earth, it's amazing but all this sh1t take a split second and seems like it's in slo mo. I then thought Oh sh1t I'm gonna land on my buddy, but no ,I landed on my shoulders and the back of my head,my helmet was scraped flat.,my buddy came around the bend on the crawl,he almost fell off just looking at my bike and me,
but I picked her up bent the handle bars back a bit , same with foot peg and rode her home ,and I still beat the Royal Enfield.
like the old saying goes," they dont make bikes like they used to"
Thank god.
sorry it was so long.
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