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I was carefully/slowly riding up our driveway on my two week old R1200GS, as the dirt driveway had just been "re-surfaced".
It had just finished raining when I started up the drive, 2.5km long.
About 3/4 of the way, I came around a corner and section of "re-surfacing" stuck to the front wheel and locked it up.
The surface was super slippery, managed to steer the bike so it wouldn't drop, to keep it balanced I had to head towards the edge of a drain.
Due to the slipperiness, had limited control, I aimed to just miss the drain.
Long wet grass took over and the front wheel dropped in.
Took 3 of us to lift it out, slightly bent risers and a scratched hand guard.
Love these drop-able BMWs'
The road maintenance professionals "re-surface" by grading the silt and rubbish out of the drains along the sides of the roads, neatly spreading it all over the road, then run a roller on top.
All done in the dry.
As soon as it rains, the re-surfacing layer becomes very soft, very quickly and sits loosely on top of the hardened road surface beneath.
Cant be walked on without instantly becoming taller
It had just finished raining when I started up the drive, 2.5km long.
About 3/4 of the way, I came around a corner and section of "re-surfacing" stuck to the front wheel and locked it up.
The surface was super slippery, managed to steer the bike so it wouldn't drop, to keep it balanced I had to head towards the edge of a drain.
Due to the slipperiness, had limited control, I aimed to just miss the drain.
Long wet grass took over and the front wheel dropped in.
Took 3 of us to lift it out, slightly bent risers and a scratched hand guard.
Love these drop-able BMWs'
The road maintenance professionals "re-surface" by grading the silt and rubbish out of the drains along the sides of the roads, neatly spreading it all over the road, then run a roller on top.
All done in the dry.
As soon as it rains, the re-surfacing layer becomes very soft, very quickly and sits loosely on top of the hardened road surface beneath.
Cant be walked on without instantly becoming taller
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