Article: Police motorcycle branded threat to safety by inquiry into officer's death (ST1300)

 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?ide6602007  

 

yeah, yeah a day late and a dollar short. Short story is since when does some
motorcycle hating coroner with NO knowledge of motorcycle dynamics have any
claim to knowledge of motorcycles?

 

Actually, the article said it isn't the bike that's to blame, it's the
MODIFIED bike that gets screwy at high speeds.  Apparently the bike wasn't
designed to haul all the law enforcement equipment plus rider.  Even
overweight, it apparently performs OK up to about 100MPH.  That's not bad,
Honda should be proud of performance like that.  -Dave

 Dave wrote:

Sounds like the bike needs additional steering damping.
Additional equipment puts the bike at less than optimal weight
distribution and balance.

Perhaps the PD ought to invest in lighter weight equipment
instead of loading the bikes down excessively.

OTOH, Japanese right hand drive bikes designed for left hand
drive roads get confused when being ridden on non-Asian left hand
roads.

It is hard to distinguish "reft" from "right" and "mires" from
kirometers".  Also, gear shifting is thought in terms of "ichi -
ni - son - yon - roku - nana", not "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6" with
"nuturaru" between "ichi" and "ni".

Only British bikes understand the roads in GB.  :-)

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HPT

 On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:05:27 +0900, High Plains Thumper


Aw, c'mon. Don't the japanese have a word of their own for "neutral?"

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Turby the Turbosurfer