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--- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cecil: > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! > I don't mind being taken for a ride. > 1) Like Gabe I can imbibe more at social functions > 2) Leaves my hands free ---> Cecil, You may speak for Gabe Menezes, but you got to realize that he was thrown out of the Menezes clan a long time ago. It is clear that neither of you represent all Men. You also mention above that you dont mind being taken for a ride. I believe you dont mind being spanked either - after all you did ask the women to bring along their brick bats. However, I believe this is not a topic to be discussed on goanet. > Cecil: > Untruth. Blatant untruth. > Most women don't know how to clean the airfilter, or > top up the brake oil, > or adjust the wipers, or when to charge the battery, > or change the engine > oil. Most women don't even know how to use gears to > slow down and instead > excessively use the brakes and 'zhoroi' them > unnecessarily. ---> In my experience more men smoke than women. While many men may be conscious about changing their filters regulary, the fact remains that many men simply do not use filters at all. This is particularily true with the lower end smokes like bidies etc. Now with regards to slowing down with gears, it is generally well accepted that emergency slowing down with brakes alone is far better than using the engine, ie., we are not talking about using engine braking to maintain a steady safe speed when down down a slope. When gears are used to achieve sudden braking, it results in exceptional wear on the clutch. In the long term, this can be a more expensive item to fix than one's brake pads. Ok, so you are thinking, that the combination of engine braking and wheel braking will ensure the shortest stopping distance, which in the case of emergencies is all that really matters. Unfortunately, this is not necessarily true either. First of all, a properly designed braking system should provide the ability to lock the wheels rapidly, without the assistance of engine braking. Furthermore, the attempt by the driver to simulatneously change the gears and press on the brakes will probably impede the latter action by a few (milli) seconds which may delay the onset of maximum braking. There is an additional caveat to the above in that the onset of wheel locking is generally not the best condition to achieve the shortest stopping distance. First of all, wheel locking ensures loss of steering control of the vehicle and skidding. Secondly a locked wheel actually results in a decrease in the effective coefficient of friction between the contacting static wheel surface and the ground, which actually increases the stopping distance. The solution to both of the above is have the wheel intentionally rotate a little bit. Hence the invention of ABS. My suggestion to you is do the right thing and spend the additional 40,000Rs on your 20,000Rs bike and get ABS installed on it. >Melinda: >Women are sensible,they follow rules quite >rigidly ,in fact. >Hats off to the tight skirted variety who can manage >their bikes quite adroitly. Melinda, err, a "hat" will not protect you from injury. I suggest you wear a helment. Cecils is the defacto expert on helmet safety - your statement unwittingly only adds weight to his arguments regarding the alleged unsafe driving habits of women. > Cecil: > In fact I have suggested to the RTO that all women > wearing tight skirts, > and riding, have to be mini-skirted or at least have > a high enough side > slit, for maneuverability, and other reasons. My > suggestion that I be put > in charge of enforcing measurements was rejected, > but that's another story. --> I think you may be on to something here. Engine braking and wheel braking focus on utilizing the friction between the tyre and the road surface. When aircrafts land at high speeds, they need a variety of other means (besides wheel braking) to slow down rapidly. This method focus on increasing resistance between itself and the other stationary object it is in contact with - the static air around it, via the use of flaps and reverse air thrusters. I think the implementation of some sort of a device that losens a woman's skirt, sari or blouse to increase wind resistance could serve as an auxilary braking device in the case of an extreme emergency. Marlon