I'll tell ya what it has to do with motorcycles. A starter motor to the face at 60mph will leave a mark. To avoid catching one you should never ride behind vans, especially sparking ones. Thanks for the PSA.
-Kyle On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Gene Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what all this has to do with motorcycles, but............ > > I was in the lane to the left and slightly behind a van several years ago, > and a shower of sparks started to come out from under it..... > intermittently,.... but lots of them, for a mile or so. I could see > something bouncing and banging. And then............... out from under > comes the starter motor! I always wondered how he explained the missing > starter after he got where he was going and turned the engne > off............ > and then tried to start it! I wouldn't believe his story, even though I > saw it!!! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sfox618" <[email protected]> > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:51 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Ever see one of these? > > > My first car was a 1966 Chevy II - basically a 4 door Nova they just > called it a Chevy II because Nova's only had 2 doors at the time.... > > I was driving up I5 from the San Francisco Bay to Sacramento one night > and a really load scraping sound started with a huge amount of sparks > flying out the back. I pulled over and the exhaust was on the > ground. No wonder the car was so load and was hard to start….. I had > wire hanger in the back and used it to get the exhaust pipe off the > ground. I pulled off at the next exit and found a gas station with an > old guy working - it was at least 9pm. I told him my story and he > just laughed but told me to pull the car into the bay. Long story > short he used a coffee can and duct tape to “fix” the exhaust pipe. > It was still like that 2 years later when I sold the car for $300 – > which is what I paid for it. Great times and memories in that car – > perfect for a college kid. > > Sean > > On Jan 2, 2:41 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > http://york.craigslist.org/mcy/1530297210.html > > -- > > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
