A report and question for Bjay. I had errands to run for work, so I headed west. There were a few things to pick up at the store and a run by the bank. I had to stop for the first red light and while waiting there, saw a motorcyle and it's rider coming towards me up to the intersection. This traffic light has a protected left and I knew it was about to change, giving the opposite side a red light. Well, this rider grabs brakes and his rearend almost broke out from under him, so he turns loose the brakes and rides on through the intesection on a red light, as my side had already changed. Now while he goes on through (luckily no cars turned in front of him), he reaches down and starts fiddling with something under the tank. He's bent over to the left side and it appeared he was *pretending* to adjust the petcock. I made it to all my stops and back to work without further incident, though I did see a lot of bikes on the road. Now my question is, what does the petcock have to do with not knowing how to do a quick stop and running a red light? ;-) Well, I gotta get back to work. Later. -- Sunny Williams sunny will at tx vets period org IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers Director/Webmaster for Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3 http://www.txvets.org/ "... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." ~Teddy Roosevelt
(RL) A report and question for Bjay. I had errands to run for work, so I headed west. There were a few things to pick up at the store and a run by the bank. I had to stop for the first red light and while waiting there, saw a motorcyle and it's rider coming towards me up to the intersection. This traffic light has a protected left and I knew it was about to change, giving the opposite side a red light. Well, this rider grabs brakes and his rearend almost broke out from under him, so he turns loose the brakes and rides on through the intesection on a red light, as my side had already changed. Now while he goes on through (luckily no cars turned in front of him), he reaches down and starts fiddling with something under the tank. He's bent over to the left side and it appeared he was *pretending* to adjust the petcock. I made it to all my stops and back to work without further incident, though I did see a lot of bikes on the road. Now my question is, what does the petcock have to do with not knowing how to do a quick stop and running a red light? ;-) Well, I gotta get back to work. Later. Sunny Williams- Thank you dear, and it appears you put forth a special effort, much oblidged. But, other than an interesting Ride report, it was also rather humorous. I am glad the other rider didnt let the Bike get out from under him. (Now to answer the question.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pet Cocks, sometimes are stubborn, especially when they get older.<wink> Seriously, though Sunny, he might have had to switch to reserve. Thanks for sharing, and to think you did the ride, and reported it, all on your lunch break, eh? This is what we need, to get our rating up. (redneck-a-grinning-) 'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--
I think he knew that people were watching him and he knew that they knew that he screwed up. He figured by messing with something around the engine or gas tank people would figure that he must be having engine problems and thats why he screwed up. Blame it on the engine and not me type deal. Its kinda like when you screw up, you always look to see if anyone seen you do it. LOL Redshad
) -- Sunny Williams sunny will at tx vets period org IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers Director/Webmaster for Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3 http://www.txvets.org/ "... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." ~Teddy Roosevelt
Bjay, see Redshad's reply below. I bet you be right. -- Sunny Williams sunny will at tx vets period org IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers Director/Webmaster for Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3 http://www.txvets.org/ "... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." ~Teddy Roosevelt
(RL) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BJayKana wrote: (RL) A report and question for Bjay. I had errands to run for work, so I headed west. There were a few things to pick up at the store and a run by the bank. I had to stop for the first red light and while waiting there, saw a motorcyle and it's rider coming towards me up to the intersection. This traffic light has a protected left and I knew it was about to change, giving the opposite side a red light. Well, this rider grabs brakes and his rearend almost broke out from under him, so he turns loose the brakes and rides on through the intesection on a red light, as my side had already changed. Now while he goes on through (luckily no cars turned in front of him), he reaches down and starts fiddling with something under the tank. He's bent over to the left side and it appeared he was *pretending* to adjust the petcock. I made it to all my stops and back to work without further incident, though I did see a lot of bikes on the road. Now my question is, what does the petcock have to do with not knowing how to do a quick stop and running a red light? ;-) Well, I gotta get back to work. Later. Sunny Williams- Thank you dear, and it appears you put forth a special effort, much oblidged. But, other than an interesting Ride report, it was also rather humorous. I am glad the other rider didnt let the Bike get out from under him. (Now to answer the question.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pet Cocks, sometimes are stubborn, especially when they get older.<wink> Seriously, though Sunny, he might have had to switch to reserve. Thanks for sharing, and to think you did the ride, and reported it, all on your lunch break, eh? This is what we need, to get our rating up. (redneck-a-grinning-) Bjay, see Redshad's reply below. --sunny-- Red=shad replys--I think he knew that people were watching him and he knew that they knew that he screwed up. He figured by messing with something around the engine or gas tank people would figure that he must be having engine problems and thats why he screwed up. Blame it on the engine and not me type deal. Its kinda like when you screw up, you always look to see if anyone seen you do it. LOL Redshad ‘‘I bet you be right. ’’ Sunny Williams-- Sunny????? Mine or Red-shads reply? Mine was suppose to be cute. Pet Cocks? Pet Cocks? git' it? B. Jay Kana-- NETexas 03Valk-&-98 Magna Have a Dandy Day--
SNIP Well excuse my froze in butt for answering but, that little act wasn't for you it was for the non-riding publice. As in "oh crap I ran out of gas and got distracted from my usual duties" or more simply put he was faking it to cover his screw up. Lucky you, was in the low end of the 30's all day AND 30-40mph winds out of the south all day. Not safe riding weather. Doesn't matter I had to baby-sit a Turkey on the smoker-grill. lol what indeed, better to run dry. Stop for the light. Flip the valve. Re-start and get going. -- Keith Schiffner <really annoyingly large sig>-- I ask for one thing: you who will survive this era, do not forget. forget neither the good men nor the evil. Gather together patiently the testimonies about those who have fallen. One of these days the present will be the past, and people will speak of "the great epoch" and of the nameless heroes who shaped history. I should like it to be known that there are no nameless heroes, that they were men, men who had names, faces, desires, and hopes, and that therefore the suffering of even the least among them was no smaller than the suffering of the foremost whose name endures in memory. I wish that they may remain close to you, like companions, like kinsmen LIKE YOURSELF. A Christian Czech resistance fighter executed by the nazi's
You hit the nail on the head. My temp guage hit 79F here yesterday but then _you_ know what Texas weather is like. We ate at the VFW, so I didn't have to cook, except for a very large peach cobbler and a peach/cherry cobbler. It didn't take but a few minutes and both were scarfed up. I didn't even get a taste but those that did sure were happy, so that was alright. Well, he didn't reach for the petcock until after he attempted to stop, nearly lost it, then ran the red light. He was in the middle of the intersection when he reach down. That tells me he really wasn't running out of gas. He should have paid more attention when the light was changing, otherwise he could have ended up as brick mortar. Downtown Breckenridge main drag is red brick. On the best of days, sudden stops there can be hazardous. If the street had been damp, his bike might have slid through the intersection on it's side. Hope you had a good Turkey Day. Yeah Romo! Go Cowboys! <g> -- Sunny Williams sunny will at tx vets period org IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers Director/Webmaster for Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3 http://www.txvets.org/ "... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." ~Teddy Roosevelt
odd, usually I get a thumb on the first swing... ah but I had pumpkin chesse cake, blueberry pie, mashed 'taters (with heavy cream) homemade sourdough whole wheat rolls...mmm good. yeah sure...it's been to -11 2-4" snow and I go to work at 11 this am. Never thought I'd be parked for the winter. Guess I'll have to get used to it. 8^( -- Keith Schiffner History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it. Robert Heinlein
