My "survival" says: NEVER drive - car or motorcycle - so close behind anything that you can't see the road ahead and what is happening there, even if it means backing off and getting repeatedly passed, or speeeeeding up and passing. I got to have my visibility. I see cars "drafting" behind semi trucks oblivious to everythng. That will work 999,999 times out of a million; but that other one time........................... Real oblivion.......... I think it's interesting to see the shit other people get into, I just want to remain an observer....... ----- Original Message ----- From: Kyle Munz To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sparks from cars...............
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]. 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. -- 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. -- 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.
