Posted by Chuck Rhode on October 18, 2007, 10:33 am
saddlebag wrote this on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:33:11 -0700. My reply is
below.
> Damn clutch cable snapped on the Warrior and left me kickin dirt in
> a cornfield for nearly 3 hours!
Heh! I broke the retractor throttle cable the other day. It happened
in my driveway, and I had a spare on hand. The Lord looks out for me.
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.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
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Posted by Robert Bolton on October 18, 2007, 10:13 pm
> saddlebag wrote this on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:33:11 -0700. My reply is
> below.
>> Damn clutch cable snapped on the Warrior and left me kickin dirt in
>> a cornfield for nearly 3 hours!
> Heh! I broke the retractor throttle cable the other day. It happened
> in my driveway, and I had a spare on hand. The Lord looks out for me.
Well you know what they say, God helps those who help themselves.
Robert
Posted by saddlebag on October 18, 2007, 2:45 am
On Oct 17, 2:18 pm, "Andrew"
> >> Alan Moore wrote this on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:49:07 -0700. My reply is
> >> below.
> >>> An opinion that has been verified by a number of independant
> >>> studies. Apparently we estimate speed by judging the time things
> >>> take to travel their own length, thus short things seem to be going
> >>> faster than long things at the same actual speed.
> >> Do you think this is why cagers tailgate motorcycles? My brother
> >> tries automatically to stay X vehicle lengths behind the vehicle in
> >> front, but he tailgates motorcycles because they are shorter.
> > Tell your brother he's using an outdated rule-of-thumb.
> > The recommendation these days is to stay a minimum of
> > two seconds behind the vehicle in front, and I tell people
> > (and try myself) to add a second to that if the vehicle in
> > front is a motorcycle. The "two second" rule scales
> > much better with speed, and it eliminates what are usually
> > very poor guesses at what a "vehicle length" is.
> When I'm driving behind a rider I generally try and protect that rider.
> I am well behind and constantly on the lookout for someone trying to cut in
> and out of traffic.
> I feel it's my duty to do it for some weird reason.
> I also carry a ramp and tiedowns in the truck at all times in case I see a
> biker stranded.
Where were you Monday night? Fuckin clutch cable snapped on the
Warrior and left me kickin dirt in a cornfield for about 3 hours.
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on October 17, 2007, 2:59 pm
> My brother
> tries automatically to stay X vehicle lengths behind the vehicle in
> front, but he tailgates motorcycles because they are shorter.
Now *that* is funny and sad and infuriating, all at the same time!
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on October 18, 2007, 4:08 am
> My brother
> tries automatically to stay X vehicle lengths behind the vehicle in
> front, but he tailgates motorcycles because they are shorter.
Now *that* is funny and sad and infuriating, all at the same time!
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> a cornfield for nearly 3 hours!