02-748-The famous Chobham roundabout.

If you want a good left-hand bend head to the Southern Ind. Area in Bracknell,360 bend, smooth, poss. camber and quiet at the weekend. :D :D

Damn, I was going to use that one:( (CB175 1973 I think?)


Chris:burn:

My first time was during the late 1980's while riding dad's 1941 Harley-Davidson WLC750 (3-speed hand gear change and foot operated clutch :eek:) behind me was dad and my mates in his 1943 Dodge 6x6 Personnel & Cargo Carrier, when we came to a mini-roundabout in Liphook (A3) I made a mistake, I should have rode straight through but I started to turn slowly (10mph) onto the mini-roundabout, dad tooted and indicated the correct direction so while still negotiating the roundabout I decided to go full circle and take the correct road (A3 London) at was at this stage a 17 year old decided to enter the roundabout driving a Metro. Already cranked over I tried to take avoiding action and pulled the front brake, not a good thing to normally but on an old Harley I found out to my horror it doesn't matter as the front brake (cable operated drum) doesn't work!! Apparently this is a common problem on these Harleys and bikes of this age, that is why riders wore boots with platform soles. ;) I also used the rear brake but this didn’t slow the bike enough either so the inevitable crunch happened and unintentionally I managed to get my right knee down for the time, in fact the whole of my right leg. Minimal damage to me, bike and car. Needless to say that dad wasn’t a happy chappy.

I was only copying you No1

once when quite young on an fzr 600
never managed it again for years till i got the st2 can get it down on nearly every corner at cadwell but not much on the road just some well known bends
now the 749 is just whenever you feel like it

know that one well up by the tank factory - it also had the nice 'test link road' from the other roundabout on the Sunningdale road;) with no crossing traffic etc:D
Was great to spin from one roundabout doing the half mile with a twist in the middle, to the other - untill the council 'fiddled' with the road in the middle bit:mad:

But then again, the road was never the same on the bigger bikes, as it was on the 125'5 & 250's in the old days:D

Same here. Eltham High Street, 250K4 in 1980.
Front wheel hit a wet manhole cover, knee, elbow, wrist. ouch.

Ains.

It`s a bit of a mess now, bollards on the roundabout opposite where people used to stand. :(

jfp,,,,,behave ureself !!!!!,i get told at every track day,by another certain dsc members there,that he taught you how to do it,and you didn't even,know him in 1972 !!!!,isn't that right jon ???????

Most Friday nights after the pub:D :D :lol: