danger stock on road

Woof Woof this machine is a total monster.
I was running out of space on a passing lane just south of Oamaru the other day when I had cause to jam her throttle wide at 130kmph in 5th gear.
The bike launched and at the same time lifted the front wheel about 3-400mm off the road
The machine was still under control so I just held it open as the front had stopped coming up and leveled out, she started to track left a little because of the camber of the road but I had overtaken the car by then and she settled the front back down with a wee shimmy, I clicked 6th @ 170 and took it out to 190 then let her wind back down to cruising speed
Thrilling stuff to say the least, I was quite surprised when it popped the front wheel off the road but know that the best thing you can do is not fight it or “chop” off the gas, so it was like “yikes shes on the back wheel, o.k. don’t panic you can do this” and then just went along for the ride [sic]
I’m sure it looked impressive from the point of view of the car that was being overtaken and I hope that “nappy san” will get the stains out of my undies [haha]
“Only I and the man who washes my laundry will truly know how scared I was at that moment”
I wouldn’t set out to do it again but should it happen I know how she handles and to just go with the flow
I put another pucker this morning when a woman and kid stepped out in front of me while I was going into town past the Oval sports grounds
She was too busy talking to her kid and just stepped into my lane I was only going 45-55 as it was busy with people all over the place dropping off sports teams etc
Even so I would estimate I left 15mtrs of skid mark on the road and when I screech to a halt and say “fuck lady watch it” she just looks up and says “oops” like all she’d done was spill a little salt or something
What gets me the most is that she had the kid on the side that the traffic was coming from so I had visions of running over a little kid, very sobering I can tell you
I like to go fast and I take some risk but its always when its appropriate, out on the motorway or highway, up the secondary roads out kin the countryside etc, I don’t go fast around town or near schools etc, but it just shows that you can be as careful as possible and someone else isn’t paying attention
I also would like to say “much ‘preciated” to the nice policeman who clocked me @ 124 today and wagged his finger to say “slow down when I’m here”
A fine example of thoughtful policing, he could see I was just having a little fun on a sunny afternoon and not riding at 230-240 like the machine is more than capable of, that came later when there was far less traffic and I was on the back road between Matarua and Clinton 44kms in 45 minutes [nice]
There was a bit of grit around and some road works but the top end speeds on the straights and the sweeping corners kept the average of 1 km per minute up with cruising being between 160 and 200 with bursts as high as 230-240, but also some gritty corners etc @ only 70-80
I can’t wait until the roads are clear and we’re back into summer so theres no more worry of grit on the road and black ice in the shadows
Danger Stock on Road