hey, sorry i wasn't there to help out. i turned around at the bottom of 536 with bambam when the cbr1000rr didn't show up, but i got stuck behind a couple cars, so by the time i was halfway through 536, a couple people had already passed me on the other side telling me to turn around and go back, so i did. i was the one in front of him down 536, so i hope it wasn't anything i did. the first mile or so, i kept my eye out for him since i wasn't sure if he had ridden the road before, and it seemed like he was keeping up just fine, so i went back to paying attention to the road in front of me (536 scares the crap out of me, so it was hard for me to look at my mirrors). it sounded like the damage was minimal and better yet, he was unhurt, so i'm glad. minus that, the ride was pretty awesome. got to meet some new people, meet up with people i haven't seen in a while, and ride some new (terrifying) roads. man, 255 was in great shape... too bad it's so damn scary. all in all a great ride.