Vince
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I hope Bambi doesn't try to pay me back for all of them I put in the freezer.Thanks, I hope I don't have to test myself anymore.
Dear bike riders
- Thread starter Pete
- Start date
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Quick! What do you do?
Pete
Repete
Not ride next to trotting cows on a narrow road with a loud bike?
Larry Gude
Strung Out
...said the man who rides a 900 pound recliner with dead animals, trucks, cars and various and sundry lunatics.
Pete
Repete
...said the man who rides a 900 pound recliner with dead animals, trucks, cars and various and sundry lunatics.
Amish buggies always make me go
I always think the horse is going to spook and leap at me.
Pete
Repete
I was going to say pretty much the same as Pete, but after the tongue-lashing he got, I'll just keep quiet.....
Doesn't your 950 pound recliner have dead animal avoidance system on it?
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I was going to say pretty much the same as Pete, but after the tongue-lashing he got, I'll just keep quiet.....
You people are a hell of a lot braver than I am. I'll take the cows!
:shrug:
Pete
Repete
It's not so bad, you just have to be really wary...........and don't get sucked into following too close even for a couple seconds.
GWguy
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Hell, I don't know..... still looking for the "wave" button....Doesn't your 950 pound recliner have dead animal avoidance system on it?
Puddleducker
Member
I ride on St. Andrews Church road pretty much every day. 2 summers ago, I caught a gace full of guts from the car in front of me when he ran through a fresh roadkill in the curves by Fairgrounds Road. Lucky to miss the carcass. Be alert for trash cans and bags flying out of trailers and pickup trucks too. Here is the link to the MSF. Great idea to check out your bike before you get it on the road.
Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Not my cup of straw fed soup. The last thing I wanna do on a bike is be wary the whole time! Jumps, bumps, mud, this snow is a BLAST and a definite care free deal. All the time. Every time. The only time I have to be wary is when I break state roadway rules and ride out to the mail box. I suddenly feel nervous and vulnerable! THAT, feeling vulnerable, I could never get used to. Or enjoy.
Pete
Repete
I normally don't follow close at all for that reason. Big no-no's are construction trucks, pickups with loads and or trailers, and Copsey's septic pumpers.
Thanks for the link but I have done every course MSF offers except the instructor course.
Pete
Repete
Not my cup of straw fed soup. The last thing I wanna do on a bike is be wary the whole time! Jumps, bumps, mud, this snow is a BLAST and a definite care free deal. All the time. Every time. The only time I have to be wary is when I break state roadway rules and ride out to the mail box. I suddenly feel nervous and vulnerable! THAT, feeling vulnerable, I could never get used to. Or enjoy.
It's not for everyone. I am always wary but rarely "afraid". I ride very defensively but I do love it.
Puddleducker
Member
I normally don't follow close at all for that reason. Big no-no's are construction trucks, pickups with loads and or trailers, and Copsey's septic pumpers.
Thanks for the link but I have done every course MSF offers except the instructor course.
The link has info that everyone can use. I have a friend of a friend that didn't check his tire pressure and had a blowout that cost him some skin. Only had 15 pounds in the other tire after a winter in the garage. I don't know how he couldn't feel it.
Following too close is definately dangerous. I had my deer incident at night and really wasn't too following too close but still got sprayed pretty good. The road to the dump is always an adventure. Ride safe.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Have steak for dinner.. and just so the other cows know I'm serious, turn his kin into veal!!
None of them will mess with me again!! They WILL fear me!!
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
Larry Gude
Strung Out
One of the really fun things about the snow has been learning to ride in it, kinda mud+ style and now, with all the melt, blasting into the leftovers. You hit 'em, find they give nice and easy and go faster and faster and start to develop confidence in how it reacts and then...it gets cold at night and the next day, that would be today, that #### freezes up some.
Gawd, it never ceases to amaze me how my 6' 2" 260# fat ass will just fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Right over the bars, over the snow bank and onto the nice, cleaned off, melted away gravel should of the turn. Very gentle and graceful like. No helmet. No boots. No pads or even gloves. Hell, I'm wearing shorts today.
And picking stones and splinters out of everywhere, hands, raked down my left leg, couple of shots to the back after a very nice, very smooth roll. In the gravel, did I mention? Big stuff, like softball size? My wrestling coach would be proud I haven't lost all my mad skills.
####, that hurt.
Gawd, it never ceases to amaze me how my 6' 2" 260# fat ass will just fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Right over the bars, over the snow bank and onto the nice, cleaned off, melted away gravel should of the turn. Very gentle and graceful like. No helmet. No boots. No pads or even gloves. Hell, I'm wearing shorts today.
And picking stones and splinters out of everywhere, hands, raked down my left leg, couple of shots to the back after a very nice, very smooth roll. In the gravel, did I mention? Big stuff, like softball size? My wrestling coach would be proud I haven't lost all my mad skills.
####, that hurt.
One of the really fun things about the snow has been learning to ride in it, kinda mud+ style and now, with all the melt, blasting into the leftovers. You hit 'em, find they give nice and easy and go faster and faster and start to develop confidence in how it reacts and then...it gets cold at night and the next day, that would be today, that #### freezes up some.
Gawd, it never ceases to amaze me how my 6' 2" 260# fat ass will just fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Right over the bars, over the snow bank and onto the nice, cleaned off, melted away gravel should of the turn. Very gentle and graceful like. No helmet. No boots. No pads or even gloves. Hell, I'm wearing shorts today.
And picking stones and splinters out of everywhere, hands, raked down my left leg, couple of shots to the back after a very nice, very smooth roll. In the gravel, did I mention? Big stuff, like softball size? My wrestling coach would be proud I haven't lost all my mad skills.
####, that hurt.
oh....oh....my sides at hurting from laughing so.....
(sorry, Larry!
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