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From: The Real Bev on 24 Jan 2008 20:58 sturd.virtec(a)gmail.com wrote: > The Real Bev admits: > >> First time I got thrown off my Ducati at ~50 mph trying to diagnose a >> speed wobble by tweaking the bars to make it wobble more. > > There is something fundamentally stupid about that. Not > meaning to insult you or anything but damn that was dumb. That's kind of what I thought too after the fact. I was really sorry about the shocks, though, they felt way better than the Ducati shocks. The softness of the shocks was important due to the seat construction: Imagine a curved box with coil springs stretched across the top. Cover the box with naugahyde. Mount it on a motorcycle where a seat would be. > I like it. Sadist. -- Cheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All bleeding eventually stops.
From: HardWorkingDog on 24 Jan 2008 21:03 In article <bA7mj.9$_k7.0(a)newsfe06.lga>, The Real Bev <bashley101+usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The fourth doesn't really count: I fell off the hood of my truck > getting down from washing the windshield. That cost over $1K and a lot > of PT, and the hip still isn't right. HA! Jeff Kent tried that excuse when he was with the Giants. Turns out he'd broken his wrist while wheelie-ing a dirt bike, but didn't have the stones to tell the truth. -- Charles '99 YZ250
From: Wudsracer on 25 Jan 2008 03:34 ********************************* >On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:00:44 -0800 (PST), sturd.virtec(a)gmail.com wrote: >The Real Bev admits: > >> First time I got thrown off my Ducati at ~50 mph trying to diagnose a >> speed wobble by tweaking the bars to make it wobble more. > >There is something fundamentally stupid about that. Not >meaning to insult you or anything but damn that was dumb. > >I like it. > > >Go fast. Take chances. >Mike S. ********************************* Anyone who has ridden with me knows I love the front brake. On my '81 XV920, after I replaced the stock front brake hoses, I would often raise the rear wheel off the ground at speed (70+) with the front brake. (Not those nose wheelies for show, but to test the limits of my braking.) Speaking of "learning experiences" (stupid).... At the age of 13, when I got my first motorcycle with front brakes (second bike, a Harley M65 Sport), one of the first things I did with it was lock up the front brake at 45 mph, just to see what it would do. There weren't many scratches on the bike, but I tore the knee out of a brand new pair of jeans when I low sided on that pea gravel parking lot. I healed very quickly back then. Wudsracer/Jim Cook Smackover Racing '06 Gas Gas DE300 '82 Husqvarna XC250 Team LAGNAF
From: JayC on 25 Jan 2008 12:11 > I believe the ER bill was about $65 and > a salvaged wheel cost me around 20 bucks or so. Oh yeah, and a new $10 > tube. So I was *close* to crashing. ;-p So close, in fact, that I'd have to defer that one to the "did anyone see me" rule. JayC
From: CrashTestDummy on 25 Jan 2008 14:47
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:11:24 -0800 (PST), JayC <jwc(a)sysmatrix.net> wrote: >> I believe the ER bill was about $65 and >> a salvaged wheel cost me around 20 bucks or so. Oh yeah, and a new $10 >> tube. So I was *close* to crashing. ;-p > >So close, in fact, that I'd have to defer that one to the "did anyone >see me" rule. > >JayC Oh, then I'm busted. My nephew was there. Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy fjbradfordREMOVE(a)tx.rr.com |