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Guy Martin big off
« on: 07 August, 2015, 03:34:19 pm »
Misses the Ulster Grand Prix as a result but is in hospital without serious in jury-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/33818081

Lucky to get away with this one!

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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #1 on: 07 August, 2015, 05:55:45 pm »
Ouch!

Not as spectacular as his one at the TT when the bike exploded...
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #2 on: 07 August, 2015, 06:36:08 pm »
Glad he's OK.  What would have caused the bike to do that?  Rear wheel slide?
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #3 on: 08 August, 2015, 07:08:42 pm »
He was bloody lucky that Curly, Larry and Moe were on hand to rush to his aid.

If he'd "high-sided" on the Isle of Man he'd be a lot more dead than he is.  There isn't the same access to muddy fields on the Island, Dry-stone walls tend to cushion your impact there.  Even so, he was lucky not to be seriously injured once he started to tumble.
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #4 on: 08 August, 2015, 08:17:39 pm »
I still cringe when I see the film of the Conor Cummings crash at the Verandah from a few years ago.  He must have cleared a drystone wall by no more than six inches at well over 100 mph...
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #5 on: 10 August, 2015, 08:42:58 am »
I still cringe when I see the film of the Conor Cummings crash at the Verandah from a few years ago.  He must have cleared a drystone wall by no more than six inches at well over 100 mph...

Yes, it was a terrible crash.  Hard to believe he "got lucky" when you watch this but it was a lucky bounce for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07yt87lhEA
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #6 on: 10 August, 2015, 12:42:32 pm »
Update from Guy - Sunday 9th:
"I'm on the mend, a few upgrades to me hand and back but feel right enough. All part of the job boy. Need a bit of rest but think I'll be back at work by Tuesday
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #7 on: 09 June, 2017, 12:59:13 pm »
Looks like Guy came off again...  fortunately OK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZXaUwYoog
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #8 on: 09 June, 2017, 01:10:02 pm »
Looks like Guy came off again...  fortunately OK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZXaUwYoog
Wow he was swallowing words there. Sounds like the bike is crap.
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #9 on: 09 June, 2017, 01:13:15 pm »
Yeah. "A box full of neutral" ... "It's not like I went for the gear and it wasn't there."
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #10 on: 09 June, 2017, 02:05:15 pm »
Looks like Guy came off again...  fortunately OK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZXaUwYoog

That was last Sunday's race.  He's still doing the TT Zero for Mugen, but they've pull the superbike from the Senior TT.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/40219258
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #11 on: 09 June, 2017, 03:53:36 pm »
Sounds like that bike is a bit of a beast - it already b0rked John McGuinnes at the North-West.
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #12 on: 09 June, 2017, 04:06:57 pm »
Looks like Guy came off again...  fortunately OK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZXaUwYoog

He was only doing 140mph.

(I don't know how you come away from that with just a sore wrist)
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #13 on: 11 June, 2017, 01:13:55 pm »
The commentator says he 'jumped off'.  I guess this means he knew the bike was going down & 'jumped' to get clear(?) - so fortunate not to hit anything...
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #14 on: 11 June, 2017, 03:44:21 pm »
Just got round to watching that vid. He really is shaken up, isn't he? [By Guy standards, that is.]

I hadn't appreciated the issue with the gear-change; of course if you can't change down into any lower gear, you lose all the engine braking. So it's like a mini brake-failure  :o
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #15 on: 11 June, 2017, 07:18:07 pm »
Luckier than Ian Hutchinson anyway.  Hutchy decked at a similar speed in the Senior and was lucky to escape with a broken femur.
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #16 on: 12 June, 2017, 09:18:09 am »
The commentator says he 'jumped off'.  I guess this means he knew the bike was going down & 'jumped' to get clear(?) - so fortunate not to hit anything...

He jumped off in his more spectacular "fireball" crash a few years back.  He did it to avoid hitting the kerb and wall.  As decisions go it's the very literal representation of "between a rock and a hard place".
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Re: Guy Martin big off
« Reply #17 on: 12 June, 2017, 09:21:16 am »
The commentator says he 'jumped off'.  I guess this means he knew the bike was going down & 'jumped' to get clear(?) - so fortunate not to hit anything...

He jumped off in his more spectacular "fireball" crash a few years back.  He did it to avoid hitting the kerb and wall.  As decisions go it's the very literal representation of "between a rock and a hard place".

It's also about separating your momentum from the bikes before it hits something and literally catapults you into something else.