NBR: Leeroy goes down @ the track (PIX!)

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:34 pm

note the face shield flying thru the air.

and here is another modbud member "chadhargis" (yaller gxsr) giving me the atta-boy as he passes me.

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:38 pm

Damn, Leeroy . . . you cut your mullet?

Just kidding.
Man, is that lycra melted onto your shoulder? Ouch !

tunseeker1 · Post by **tunseeker1** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:39 pm

Wow i guess those are proof it happened!

djelliott · Post by **djelliott** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:55 pm

Shouldn't this be in the "who's crashed thread"?

. Kidding of course. Good to see you made it out with a smile. Impressive photos.

Dustin

Post by **illnoise** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:24 pm

I thought the same thing tuneseeker, ha!

Bb.

Texas Tornado · Post by **Texas Tornado** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:07 pm

Imagine without ATGATT

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:26 pm

i love that you are smiling like it was fun!

you are a crazy SOB

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:10 pm

Glad to see you are alright and nothing is too bad. I think it's actually good to show these type of photos, it shows others why we wear the gear when riding. It really does save your butt. Imagine what your wound would look like without any armor padding or abrasion resistant cloth to take most of the impact.

Any damage done to the bike since it fell?

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:18 pm

how fast were you going / what happened?

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:18 pm

And here I thought it was cool that someone got pics of me spinning out in my car last weekend. Dude, you win crash of the week! And yeah about the gear, I'm a little surprised at the road rash there even with race leathers. I want teflon coated kevlar so I'd just slide easy and no scraping and the bonus of being bullet proof!

gt1000 · Post by **gt1000** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:24 pm

Good to see you're smiling though it. What happened? Couldn't tell from the photos but it looked like you were sliding in front of your bike. High side?

This is a great example of why tracks demand full gear. It's not a choice.

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:24 pm

the bike did better than me.

Buells crash really well. DAMHIK.

me and the medics were able to put me back together and me and my pit crew (Mrs. Jenkins) worked on the bike to get it to pass tech inpection for the rest of the sessions, most importantly the sessions under the lights!

note the black duck tape holding my visor on

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:29 pm

damn, you're a trooper!

How fast were you going when you went down?

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:44 pm

speed???????

not sure. I cover up my speedo. And my perception is not that good. going fast on the street does not even compare to going fast on the track.

Thats turn 3 @ Nashville super speedway. It s is a tight switchback turn. That is the slowest turn in the course, My guess is 60. I do know my top speed that night was around 140mph (and im on one of the slowest bikes

) every time I passed the start/finish line on the front str8. Good thing I stayed on during that part.

This is a shot from the first session from the exact spot I lost control.

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:47 pm

i love how we can see that you are looking THROUGH the corner... good form!

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:49 pm

MikieTaps wrote:i love how we can see that you are looking THROUGH the corner... good form!

That is exactly what I thought. A good primer.

Post by **jmazza** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:15 pm

MikieTaps wrote:i love how we can see that you are looking THROUGH the corner... good form!

He's actually eyeing a turkey leg someone in the stands is eating.

Looking through the corner... yeah right.

Great pics, Leeroy... thanks for sharing them!!!

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:21 pm

I love the fact that even with a big chunk of shoulder skin on the track, you duct-taped yourself back together and got back on your bike for some more fun

skullmechanic · Post by **skullmechanic** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:30 pm

siobhan wrote:
MikieTaps wrote:i love how we can see that you are looking THROUGH the corner... good form!
That is exactly what I thought. A good primer.

ME TOO! I called my daughter to show her "looking through the corner." We also both thought, "If we remove the center stand, get going really fast, push right..."

Yeah right!

Leroy, you da man!

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:22 pm

I removed my center stand along time ago.

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:25 pm

have you had any issues with it not being there to "protect" the underside of your buddy?

scoots4me · Post by **scoots4me** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:03 am

Hey Leeroy - is this you?

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schlagle · Post by **schlagle** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:09 am

Oh man. Glad you're ok. Guess you're going for the sympathy vote in the avatar contest now right?

Your shoulder pic is great. I've been trying to explain to my wife that you CAN get road rash even if your gear stays intact. Is that what's going on in the shoulder pic? Your gear looked solid to me.

Davek · Post by **Davek** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:35 am

I always thought your avatar was really you! What a let down

Jessica · Post by **Jessica** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:58 pm

scoots4me wrote:Hey Leeroy - is this you?

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HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's awesome!

Twentyfourskys · Post by **Twentyfourskys** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:36 pm

Should have been on the Buddy Leeroy.

olhogrider · Post by **olhogrider** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:39 am

Those damn Harleys are dangerous! Glad you are OK.

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:15 am

"have you had any issues with it not being there to "protect" the underside of your buddy?"

i just hang off the bike more in the corners so the bud is more upright, no scrapes. like the guy on the panda

taile84 · Post by **taile84** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:24 am

Leeroy Jenkins wrote:"have you had any issues with it not being there to "protect" the underside of your buddy?"

i just hang off the bike more in the corners so the bud is more upright, no scrapes. like the guy on the panda

Oh my gosh!!

The whole time I thought your avatar was REALLY you! HAHAHA! Wow how scary! I can't even imagine 140mph on a bike, talk about actually hitting those speeds.

Leeroy Jenkins · Post by **Leeroy Jenkins** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:02 pm

140mph is where my little bike tops out.

there were guys there topping out @ 175ish.

louie · Post by **louie** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:05 pm

taile84 wrote:...
Oh my gosh!!

The whole time I thought your avatar was REALLY you! HAHAHA! ...

yeah i think we're all relieved when we find that out.

taile84 · Post by **taile84** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:50 am

louie wrote:
taile84 wrote:...
Oh my gosh!!

The whole time I thought your avatar was REALLY you! HAHAHA! ...
yeah i think we're all relieved when we find that out.

I think that that is cool that he has some funny looking guy as his avatar. Maybe that's the inner him. I had such a hard time getting my avatar the right size to fit on here i haven't gone back to change it. I def need to change it to something more creative though.