Once when I was going to New Orleans from BR I could see a tire coming apart on one a good ways in front of me. I have always been leary of being behind an 18wheeler that appears to be old and not well maintained, for that reason. Two times I actually saw a whole cap come off a tire and wondered where whoever it was bought them. Once I saw a car swerve a little too sharply to avoid flying bits of rubber off a recap on a trailer and thought for a moment he would lose control, because he was all over the road. You're looking at some serious damage if one flys apart at speed...
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 11:38:47 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sparks from cars............... I used to drive trucks. The ones that follow the trucks haven't thought about the big chunks of rubber they see one the road. Most of that rubber is from truck tires. The high cost running a truck has forest trucks to use recap tires. Most of the time it works out good, but some of the tires do come apart. If you are to close to the back of the truck when this happens its not going to be bugs you are eating. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 3:36 am Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sparks from cars............... 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. 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