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[Herkmech]

Originally Posted by HammerMacGreed

few more things:

don't follow behind or beside big rigs, those tires blow and you're done

I have probably seen truck tires blow maybe twice in all my years of riding and driving..... until this past week. On the bike riding SE on Hwy 78 to check out the King's birthplace in Tupelo I had not one but two 18 wheeler rt rear trailer tires blow and disintegrate as I was about to pass them. This happened within a 5 min span time. Luckily my buddy and I managed to dodge the flying debris but WTH. We were fortunate that they were on the right side of the truck as we approached in the left lane. Certainly put us on high alert for the rest of the ride.

[gmk999]

Originally Posted by CBAT

I'm also betting that it's a six pack of his favorite adult beverage.

Three pack

[RDTCU]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

Think of her arm length, and the limitations that entails, on the size of the bike she is on with the reach to the clip-ons she must make.

That may be about as much as she can do.

That's what I was gonna say. Not all of us are 6'4" like me...

[GSequoia]

Originally Posted by Herkmech

I have probably seen truck tires blow maybe twice in all my years of riding and driving..... until this past week. On the bike riding SE on Hwy 78 to check out the King's birthplace in Tupelo I had not one but two 18 wheeler rt rear trailer tires blow and disintegrate as I was about to pass them. This happened within a 5 min span time. Luckily my buddy and I managed to dodge the flying debris but WTH. We were fortunate that they were on the right side of the truck as we approached in the left lane. Certainly put us on high alert for the rest of the ride.

A friend of mine took a chunk of truck tire to the head through the window of his Jeep hard enough to knock him over into his passenger's lap and daze him, the passenger had to take the wheel and start steering it to the side until he recovered well enough.

Scary shit.

[ttpete]

Originally Posted by GSequoia

A friend of mine took a chunk of truck tire to the head through the window of his Jeep hard enough to knock him over into his passenger's lap and daze him, the passenger had to take the wheel and start steering it to the side until he recovered well enough.

Scary shit.

Over the years, we've had a couple of incidents where a truck has shed a tire and wheel and it bounced over the center barrier, landed on a car, and killed the driver.

If you ever smell burning rubber on the road, watch for a tire tread that just came off a truck.

[Jim Moore]

Originally Posted by LowInSlo

Yeah! Man, that's engaged riding. I'll assume there's armor under those pants.

And a shitload of crazy under that red hair.

[RidingDonkeys]

Originally Posted by cliffy109

Fail! What is the point of hanging your butt off the bike if you're going to crawl your torso back to the center of the bike? If you want to hang off, hang off!

Redheads can't fail. It is simply impossible.

Sent from the voices in my head, and transcribed by their drinking buddy.

[Bill Harris]

Originally Posted by HammerMacGreed

few more things:

don't follow behind or beside big rigs, those tires blow and you're done

don't follow behind mow & blow crews; shit falls off their trucks

avoid that guy with the boat/PWC trailer heading home at 6pm; most of them let their trailers wag and there's a good chance he's had a few

avoid the do it yourself rental moving vans, most people can't keep them in the lines

don't follow trucks carrying gravel or rocks

Originally Posted by Herkmech

I have probably seen truck tires blow maybe twice in all my years of riding and driving..... until this past week. On the bike riding SE on Hwy 78 to check out the King's birthplace in Tupelo I had not one but two 18 wheeler rt rear trailer tires blow and disintegrate as I was about to pass them. This happened within a 5 min span time. Luckily my buddy and I managed to dodge the flying debris but WTH. We were fortunate that they were on the right side of the truck as we approached in the left lane. Certainly put us on high alert for the rest of the ride.

Turning this into a safety lecture, but WTH:

Good advice on those types of vehicles. I've got them hard-wired into my Riders BIOS. You see those and instinctively the Spidey Sense bells start sounding.

And keeping clear of tractor-trailers makes sense for other reasons: if you are following, you are in their "wake" and get a lot of wind buffeting and that can wear you down. Besides them, the wind buffeting is at it's worst and you're also in their Blind Quarter, so it's a double Whammy. And I don't like to follow big, tall vehicles because they block the view of road and traffic conditions ahead, which interferes withthe ole Spidey Sense. I generally pass tractor-trailers as quickly as I can because of the wake buffet and potential tire explosions. If a cager is just easing by s l o w l y, I'll drop back till I can pass quickly.

--Bill

[Grreatdog]

A big chunk of steel that fell off a truck on I-97 bounced once and shattered the windshield on my truck right in front of my face at 75 mph comes to mind. That might have been fatal on the bike.

I also saw a load fall over on the trailer so it was hanging ten feet off the side. It went right over the heads of my kneeling survey crew on I-895. That would have been fatal except for pure dumb luck.

Then there were the sheets of 3/4" plywood that blew off a truck and sent me over the side of a causeway on the bike to avoid flying guillotines. I stay away from big trucks on the bike.

[MotoSailorDC]

Originally Posted by Grreatdog

A big chunk of steel that fell off a truck on I-97 bounced once and shattered the windshield on my truck right in front of my face at 75 mph comes to mind. That might have been fatal on the bike.

I also saw a load fall over on the trailer so it was hanging ten feet off the side. It went right over the heads of my kneeling survey crew on I-895. That would have been fatal except for pure dumb luck.

Then there were the sheets of 3/4" plywood that blew off a truck and sent me over the side of a causeway on the bike to avoid flying guillotines. I stay away from big trucks on the bike.

Never going to Annapolis again......

[DAKEZ]

[RidingDonkeys]

Last month I was taking a short stretch of highway up to Raleigh, NC. I saw a Toyota with a kayak on the roof a good click ahead. I'm prejudiced. If you own a Toyota, I automatically assume you can't drive worth a crap.

I slowly made my way up to it, but couldn't find a path to pass it quickly, so I fell back and let the cagers do their thing. Smart move. A quarter mile later, that kayak flew off the roof. The twit literally had it secured with bungee cords, and the wind finally overpowered them. I just shot right onto the shoulder and watched the madness unfold as the cagers went nuts trying to avoid it. Lucky me.

OK, back to pictures.

Proper strapping technique...


Let's start a car tire debate!

[DC2wheels]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

Think of her arm length, and the limitations that entails, on the size of the bike she is on with the reach to the clip-ons she must make.

That may be about as much as she can do.

Was thinking the same thing.

[DrLewall]

Originally Posted by RidingDonkeys

Let's start a car tire debate!

ok..you first! I DOUBLE DAWG DARE YA!

[turingmachine]

Originally Posted by DAKEZ

Pay attention
Don't ride impaired. (tired, drunk,drugs, anger....)

During flight training, I learned the mantra I'M SAFE, to be repeated before every engine start:
I Illness
M Medication
S Stress
A Alcohol
F Fatigue
E Emotion
Any yes answers? Scrub the flight.