With a sidecar there is a little maneuver that really works well and that's what's called FLYING THE CHAIR, the phenomena of the sidecar raising when turning to quickly to the right. This is a maneuver sidecarist should learn to control early in their riding development. I do what I call the FLY SWATTER when the creeps get to close. This is a slight chair lift of maybe 6-8 inches and then quickly slap it down. This has proved to be very effective, I had one guy back off like a quarter mile backing up traffic behind himself on Hwy 83(two lanes only) just south of I-94 for some considerable distance. But I think I'll get some rocks for the Nighthawk, maybe pea gravel would work. :-)
--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Josh Bowlin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Josh Bowlin <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Tailgating ... To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 8:45 AM personally when im on the bike and have a tailgater i have a med to large rock in my pocket, if i give them a warning and they don't back off i toss the rock over my shoulder...backs em off in big hurry...and once i have been pulled over for it, cop said the person said you threw a rock at her car, i said why would i do that? then asked the cop if she mentioned that she was about a foot off my ass when the rock hit her he said no and i said well no i didnt throw a rock but did go by a gravel road when she suddenly backed off quickly..cop smiled and sent me on my way :D On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 4:26 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: Speaking of tailgaters - I was going down the "I-49 Corridor" as they call it now (really, it's US 90, to a funeral. This woman kept tailing me - at 65 to 75 MPH - and I slowed down, sped up, even went onto the shoulder to spray gravel and grit: nothing worked. Finally, after about 12 miles of this nonsense, I had enough and hit the brakes and went down to 40 mph, I kept this up and after about a mile of that, she passed me. She must have missed the sign that said the speed limit had been reduced to 55, because she was still going about 65 or 70 and passing everyone...but, before she was completely out of my eyesight, here comes a cop and pulled her over. No more trouble from her the rest of the trip... That gun rack would go really well with one of those Yosemene Sam mud flaps; you know - the one that shows him with two pistols and says, "BACK OFF! " Stanley From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:47:22 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Tailgating ... I've been thinking about a dispenser for small gravel, electrically operated, for cars and cycles. You swerve suddenly and dispense gravel onto the tailgaiter. After a couple, they would probably back off........... Guncase would be a great place to store your lunch and other stuff and still be just as effective. ;~) ----- Original Message ----- From: Kyle Munz To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:51 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fw: 2nd Amendment. Why?? No hard feelings. I also like the idea of chicks with guns ;) Guns are still acceptable accessories in the great state of Texas. I've just gotta figure out how to attach this rifle mount to my nighthawk. I'm thinking it might keep cars from tailgating me. -Kyle -Back in Texas last night, put 50 miles on the bike this morning... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
