Messages

Thanks Mike for the welcome aboard. I've been following along for sometime. Saw this post and thought I'd share my "trip" aboard my KTM. Been forever since we spoke. Still have both my Mopars.

TOM.

One of my most memorable trips over the bars was at the Trask Mountain qualifier sometime in the late 70's. The special test was so dusty you could barely see past the front fender. There was a small jump or hump that I didn't see coming so I wasn't ready for it. The rear end came straight up, me over the bars and when I was coming down my right foot went between the spokes and fork leg up past my ankle. When I hit the ground I was so tangled up I thought I was going to need help, no help came so I had to rotate the wheel backwards till I rolled my foot out. It bent the axle so bad it touched the left fork leg. I had to loosen the clamps and rotate the axle around to clear the fork. It was a miracle that I didn't break a leg, must have been the quality of the HI Point boots I was wearing.

Tom.