Well, That Was Quick (Warning, Volvo Related Content)

It can be. Godammit!

Hope that helps.

Woids crafted while U wait...

 

Ok, goddam it, that's sounds reasonable to me.

 

It's properly 3 words, but they've been contracted into two or
sometimes one like "cannot" from "can not".
R, UB

 

Yes, the responsibility and the consequences are the rider's. But
giving the other users of the roadway the best chance to see you and
respond to your presence is part of the exercise of that
responsibility.


R, UB

 

actually, if you guys are riding in front, the rest of us can be sure
that you will take out every single possible hazard - be it BMWs or
Volvos

-raghu
01 F4i

 

Just for the record, Moike, did the bruised parts heal up nicely, with
no long-term after-effects? The post-accident photos looked painful,
but I assume everything is okay now.

In your honor, I have taken the pledge to refrain from attempting to
remove the steering head from a Vespa with my scrotum.


Dave S.

1996 FLHR-I Road King

BS#146, DOF#181, NEWT#4, KOTOR#1, SENS, CVNS G&W

 

Offhand?


Yuk Yuk Yuk


There *is* the kid who plays guitar with his feet.

But he was lucky. He was *born* without arms.

 

Eddie Van Halen sounded more skilled (note, not better) with one hand
than most do with two.

 

well yes. there's a pretty good video store right there.
Had you gone THERE, you'd have been 20-30 minutes later.

No. In boston area I was invisible. Driving cross country several
times, I was invisible.

In the Bay Area, you're invisible, but they know you're there SOMEWHERE
and must kill you.

This is why there is random lane changing, no signals (in boston we knew
what they were, we just chose to ignore them).

I had a CHP car almost cream me when he got onto a mostly empty highway
(I was toodling at 65 having seen him coming up the on ramp). I was in
the second lane. Again, not ONE other vehicle within a quarter mile.
Suddenly, like a cat, he was COMPELLED by a higher power that HE MUST
GET 5 LANES OVER RIGHT NOW! The compulsion certainly overroad any
need to use Mr Blinky stick there on the steering wheel.

Within 5 feet of my front tires he zipped across 4 EMPTY lanes of
highway.

Do you flip off or honk at a cop? can I counterstrike with a ticket?

Sit by the oakland courthouse where the police station is. count the
number of police cars that signal a turn. If you've lost an arm, that's
ok, you'll only need one hand counting 50 cars.

I travel often in the right two lanes. As in the UK, they are the lanes
that people don't use. As in the UK, there is a need to cruise in the
left hand lanes. Unlike the UK, these are the "passing lanes".

I want paintballs and designated painters to mark the bad drivers. that
way, if we see a car with 20 colors, we avoid him. Cops pull them over
and ticket them on general principle.


Ooh, wait! Perhaps there's a use for RFID tags after all. Your HUD
(see other thread) lights up with "25 RFIDs on car ahead for being
an idiot. Code yellow".

 

Maybe I should ride in front. I can clear the BMWs, SUVs, Hondas, Geos
and deer out of the way. (Yes, I've been hit by or hit all of the above
and stayed upright.)

Maybe I can consciously will my envelope of good luck to cover Dave and
Reed.

-B

 

I think I heard about that... What were the details?

-B

 

Nice tight right hander. He was on the BMW and I was cooking along behind
him on the hack. This is the clue folks. I was pushing it hard but I was
on a 1975 BMW R90/6 with a hack. He wasn't going too fast. I don't know
the reason but I saw his front tire tuck -- hard. I'm talking about six
inches to the left. I swore I was watching him fall. He didn't.

 

Let's get this straight: I'm NOT saying that a jacket is not a very important
piece of riding gear.

What I *am* saying is that too many riders do not realise the vital importance
of riding pants.

It is MOST unlikely that a rider will buy only pants and not a jacket ... but
not vice versa.

What I am saying is, PLEASE buy both.

 

Well, I don't know if I'd say that wasn't a crash but we all have difference levels of
risk acceptance.

No, I won't/can't tell you that you are wrong. Indeed, the only one who can tell you
whether you are wrong would be Reed. It's his risk assessment and management.

But, hey, did anyone ever tell you that you shouldn't do all those wheelies and ride
like that because THEY thought that you shouldn't be taking those risks?

If that didn't piss you off, even ever so slightly, then please feel free to continue to
try to bully Reed about the amount of risk he should be taking... <G>

 

And so eloquently...

Mag

 

Subject: Full Disclosure
http://www.google.com/groups?q=g:thl1833977140d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&s
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Mag

 

Then, you can also use a black and decker drill for your
picking hand. A variable speed model would probably work
the best.

 

Hmmmm..... you've crashed doing wheelies on a major street. You've crashed
when hit on the streets. You apparently still wheelie, and you apparently
still ride. And you apparently still post.

Do you think Reed's needs and your are all that different? Oh yes, he
doesn't ride scooters and belong to a group that calls itself the Vampires.
That would be a difference.

Too much for you to let other people enjoy the sport at whatever level they
want to participate? Seems you didn't much like it when I toasted you for
doing wheelies on public streets where your thrown away bike could have
caused others to have an accident and be injured. That was apparently o.k.
for you to do, and no one should criticize you, or suggest that you're a
public menace and should give up riding for your own safety and that of the
public.

But Reed, hey that's different. He has accidents..............

Larry W.

(apparently sarcastic prick # 2 this morning)

 

Yeah, if you're a big fan of quoting Popeye.

 

You might want to verify that with Bartlett's.