A friend of mine (Seattle area) sent the following e-mail to me. Given the average person's common sense and observation skills, it's a wonder more don't become statistics....
While fueling the car tonight, a kid on a Ricky pulled up. He got off the bike and did a walk-around... for a long time. I asked him if he broke it and he said the bike was losing power, then we noticed that his passenger helmet had migrated. It happened when he was out on I-90 at 60+mph.
My friend proposed that had the helmet been fiberglass rather than polycarbonate, there probably would have been a tire failure....
Jim in Fl. 88 XII
89 XII-parts bike-scraped
01 XII-sold
07 Vulcan Nomad
Patriot Guard Rider, Florida.
Sunshine State Voyagers
Veterans Nation Riding Association
....NO DOUBT !!... ALL of the above... the loss of power, the smell, the vibration, the sound.... on and on..... I wonder if we could get the guys on the cable show..... "myth busters" to visit this MORON"S exploits on a show !! ....What will it take ........ til a guy on a bike............ realizes............. that something ..... may be wrong ? ?
My friend's slang for a rice burner-crotch rocket. He's a little less than diplomatic about his feeling on any bike that isn't styled like an old standard or a Vespa scooter.
