my endorcement instructor said durring our class "when you get on that bike and you dont feel at least a little scared... go back in and hang up your keys... its that little bit of fear that will keep you alive" i live by that and what my parrents (used to ride rebble 450s back in the day) "pretend they dont see u"... ive had a few close calls and every time i get on my bike now i look back on those to remind myself not to do something stupid like that again... like getting to close to semi trucks
On Jan 6, 9:48 pm, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >>athttp://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 > >athttp://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 > athttp://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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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