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I’d guess 100mph into a bank of fog. Black visor (it’s cool!). Brakes on. And the bike had luggage on it. Left hand bend - luckily a good surface. Brakes on - hard. Stopped with the front wheel on the grass on the wrong side of the road. Seems like yesterday but it was 1991. Brown stains on the inside of the leathers.
Novelty - OH YEAH! 😁
Close calls are part of it, but luck doesn’t last - and, that day, was luck. As previously mentioned, 130 into a wall was the end of the luck but not the novelty. Family responsibilities took over and bikes were forgotten about. Today my wife is fine with me buying another one. She didn’t know me when I had the last one!
Novelty is a good word for the madness but you could substitute ‘experience’ or ‘sense’ for it. I worry that I don’t have the sense and I know I now don’t have the experience but I still want the novelty!
Hope that makes some sense.
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They say the same thing about flying planes. A lot of accidents happen when visibility changes rapidly.
Most of my experience is in London. Conditions don't vary as much.
I don't really ride for fun either!