Wow! That's a nasty story. I have dropped my helmet and now I have extra-good reason for going down and buying another one. P.S...that Star instructors stated that if you drop your helmet from about waist-high it is no longer any good, the integrity of the helmet is gone. HotrodMamma. ----- Original Message ----- From: stanley/ Randolph To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:08 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Speaking of Deer
Someone who knows what to do in the case of a deer in the road told me the best way to get them to move is to turn off the lights. It's the light that startles them and causes them to stare motionless into the lights. I haven't had a chance to try that, there being so few deer around most of the roads here, which are a good percentage elevated because of the swampy ground below, and I hope I remember it when I am on the open road where there are deer. Most of us have seen what was left of that deer in the Beemer, but that was probably at about 130 mph, or over 200kph... The facility where I work part-time is a cinder block mini warehouse storage. Just a week ago this guy gunned his 1000cc crotch rocket, accelerating to about 70 - 80 mph, obviously with no intention of stopping with the brakes. No helmet; his face hit the wall and it did not give. His nose and upper lip did, and I could only see blood and his upper teeth. I am sure there was coagulated blood in his nasal passage and he was unable to breathe eventually, before the ambulance came. He was still alive; they intubated him, rushed him to the hospital, and last I heard that afternoon was he was in surgery for over 6 hours. He was brain dead, on life support; they gave him no chance of lucidity if he were to eventually , a year or so down the road, breathe and function on his own. They pulled the plugs and he died. There were about 15 or 20 bikers from the adjacent apartment complex who went to his funeral last Sat., mostly on crotch rockets with two or three Vee twins, not neccessarily Harleys. The image of his head and face covered in blood is etched indelibly in my mind. I can handle the observation of it, but I don't recall ever witnessing something that gory, not even in war, or in any accidents I have seen. Had he worn his helmet, his brain wouldn't have been scrambled and his face wouldn't have been obliterated. Portions of his nose and lip were either on the pavement or stuck to the wall. I have always had a testimony of the virtues of wearing a helmet, despite my love for the wind passing through my hair, over my face. If I ever thought I needed a second witness, this was it. Stanley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:00:18 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Speaking of Deer I almost hit a 3 point buck a few weeks back. It was standing on the side of the road and looked like it was ready to jump into the road. I slowed down and was ready to stop for him. He jumped backwards over his own shoulder and headed into the field instead. It's hard to tell what these deer will do until they actually do it. HotrodMamma. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:20 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Speaking of Deer I was riding yesterday w/ a friend & a deer jumped out of a corn field. My bud came about 10-ft from it. I was following & stopped quickly awaiting for more to appear. Jun 26, 2009 06:50:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: As I recall the safety thing is an urban legend at best, a total non- starter at worst. After all, sound is directional; alerting the people (and deer) that you've already passed to your presence is not exactly useful. The horn's mounted on the front for a reason :) I see deer around me all the time; they aren't spooked by my un- baffled exhaust. They are only sometimes spooked by flashing high beams. The horn is only slightly more effective. Literally, the little bastards just stand in the middle of the street. Presumably the deer population survival strategy is to breed like mad and accept high road losses. "Like the sound" is entirely different. I like to hear that my engine's running smoothly, too. (After all, it's a contrast to all the H-D's around which have that "slightly out of tune" note - sharp-flat sharp-flat sharp-flat). We all make a deal with the devil with respect to how loud, how early, and how often. Anyhow, I was talking to an online retailer who found some replacement V&H megaphone baffles for me; I'm going to order two, see if they fit in my stock exhaust, and if not simply replace the single one on my V&H street megaphone. Will report back with the results. Ciao, Marco On Jun 25, 6:16 pm, Music and Nighthawk Nut <[email protected]> wrote: > I tote a gun, but have never used the whistles. I just want loud > exhaust cause I like how it sounds and also so people can hear you > before they see you, kinda a safety thing. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
