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Motorcycle Safety Expert Dies in Motorcycle Accident
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| 4/12/06
| Mikey_1962
Posted on 04/12/2006 11:47:58 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
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To: dfwgator; martin_fierro
Not much of an expert, was he?Get your sh*t together, jagoff!
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:18:54 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: Hammerhead
Yes, life is dangerous, but I no longer temp fate since I now have children.
I owned three Harley and 4 dirt bikes, but No more Harley's for me.
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:19:23 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
To: dfwgator; martin_fierro
That having been said, it seems to me part of motorcycle safety is knowing the environment in which you ride and being aware of the possibility of animals darting out at you.Very true.............. that is what our excellent (and NUTS) swimming coach said to us back in 1963.................... stay off the DAMN motorcycles.................. or I'LL chop off your legs for you! (he was an old marine from WWII)
43
posted on
04/12/2006 12:22:10 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: Puppage
Ted Koppel rides a motorcycle? That explains the helmet hair.
44
posted on
04/12/2006 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
hometoroost
(TSA = Thousands Standing Around)
To: martin_fierro
I saved this thread before the mods got ahold of this gem, if anyone needs it...
45
posted on
04/12/2006 12:22:45 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: afraidfortherepublic
46
posted on
04/12/2006 12:23:15 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: Mikey_1962
To: TravisBickle
48
posted on
04/12/2006 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
To: Battle Axe
Well, Honda has an airbag equipped version of the 2006 Gold Wing coming out this summer, so someone must have figured out something.
Admittedly it is designed to deploy in head-on crashes only. Sensors are in the front forks, deploy only on front and not side impact.
Of motorcycle accidents involving another vehicle, head-ons into the side of a vehicle that's turning left and across the path of a motorcycle are the most common.
49
posted on
04/12/2006 12:25:49 PM PDT
by
ReaganCowboy
(History books are written by winners.)
To: dfwgator
I just pulled back from a very ugly post to you.
50
posted on
04/12/2006 12:28:48 PM PDT
by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
To: TXBSAFH
Hi TXBSAFH- Why does your tagline say "What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!" if you don't really believe the words?
~ Blue Jays ~
51
posted on
04/12/2006 12:30:01 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: martin_fierro
He probably has one, but I'd call him a jerk.
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:31:34 PM PDT
by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
To: Battle Axe
The husband of an acquaintance worked on airbags. After the airbags came out, the motorcycle industry hired him to see if they could make the bikes safer. Conclusion: NO.
Honda is about to sell their top of the line Gold Wing (pronounced Winnebago :0) )with air bags this summer.
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
pikachu
(For every action there is an equal and opposite government program - Fig Newtons 1st Law)
To: pikachu
Are we both coveting the same model Gold Wing?
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:35:55 PM PDT
by
ReaganCowboy
(History books are written by winners.)
To: Blue Jays
I am crazy but I am not crazy enough to ride a motorcycle. To many ways to get dead.
55
posted on
04/12/2006 12:36:02 PM PDT
by
TXBSAFH
(Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
To: pikachu
GWs are really two wheeled cars..
56
posted on
04/12/2006 12:36:56 PM PDT
by
rahbert
To: dfwgator
Not much of an expert, was he?I know your post was said in jest, but you should have shown a bit more discretion before posting that.
To: pikachu
Hi pikachu- The technology is definitely around to incorporate airbags into contemporary motorcycle designs, it's just that most riders don't want to deal with the additional weight of the system or pay for the complexity. I saw remarkable video how airbags would reduce injuries in moderate-speed accidents.
They might find a market with touring bikes and full-sized cruisers...but it would be a difficult sell in the sportbike or standard market where performance holds the most influence.
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:48:33 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: Publius6961
I knew I shouldn't have posted this article...
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posted on
04/12/2006 12:49:43 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
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