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Just another thing that you learn OTR

It is just something that you learn to watch while on the road. It's always better to be ahead of the pack than in it for lots of reasons...like cans, bags, road kill...the ones that are difficult to miss are the ones coming at you. I used to carry a grease pencil in my coat pocket for scribbling down plate numbers for the very reason. the best thing about a bike is that it can stop a LOT shorter than a car or truck can if you get into a scuffle (where they slam on their brakes) and you can change directions faster too. The ONLY reason that I carry golf balls in my pocket is for that very reason. Kind of like chaff if you will. In 30 years of riding I have only twice had to deal with unloading my golf balls...best part is having the police pull you over and then being released because the guys in the truck are to drunk to even get their story straight. Fortunately, I have never gone down with golf balls in my pockets and had them hurt me.

 

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Uncle Bob

Uncle boB is lucky it wasn't one of his Canadian goose Friends...I think that I'd HAVE to brake. One of those would clean you off of the seat of just about anything! We miss your inputs Uncle Bob...you must spend more time with us.

 

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MEAN

I have personally thought about removing the golf balls for the bright tennis balls. They would do less damage physically, but emotionally seeing a larger object would have a greater effect...at the same time, should I EVER go down (again) golf balls may be very unforgiving...?

 

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UNCLE Bob!

Not a SLIP on! You must party real hard up north...I don't think a Slip on would help...Then again, what do I know...??? Good thing to have you back on line. We missed your words of...wisdom, encouragement, witt...there must be some word...eh?

 

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you catch more flies with honey than vinegar

Just wave at them, and nod at them as you go by them...kill them with courtesy. What they don't understand...they may never understand...then again try to pull up on the right side of a car cruising and see if they have an LED/LCD readout and if your speedo is that far off. It could be...then again, ther e will always be those that will toss thigs out the window when you are behind them. I still believe in a grease pencil in my pocket and writing on my tank a tag number an da brief discription of the driver, and a 911 call so that they may conect you to a non-mergency number to report the incident. Ther eare quite a number of motorcycle cops that just love to give tickets for thigs like litering and unsafe lane changes and wrecklass driving...when it comes to motorcycles...

 

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DRIVERS>>>

Road Rage is out of hand her in Kansas...the Law here is that if you are on the highway or the interstate you are to continue your speed and the merging/oncoming traffic has to yield right of way...the reverse that it is in California...and I guess other states...what we need is Federal laws for federal Interstates...I've been passed on the right shoulder with speeds in excess of 90MPH my speed was 70MPH, I've lane shared more times thatn I care to even think about because there was nowhere for me to go...NOW KANSAS is offering a TL Temporary License to Illegal aliens so that our insurance companies will pay off for Uninsured Motorists...where does this end? IF ther eis an accident with say a Lawn Care company the people just bail out and run like hell in every direction...leaving the other motorist setting there...things here are just plain STUPID! people get into road rage situations and we have had multiple shootings, windshield bashings, jumping up on hoods and kicking in windshields...just keep your phone handy dn be ready to speed dial 911 and stay clear or the action and try to take mental notes of what is happening... I mean dropping tennis balls out of your pocket is one thing but literally running into people or running them off the road...nuts... MY family knows that IF someone pulls a gun and points it in our direction will get immediately run directly of of the road...NO delay at all. We've had people shot and killed here, so I'm not taking a chance with my family or my car. AZ and TX look so much better when it comes to gun laws.

 

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YEP FIAMM Horns

Yep IT's Freway Blaster Fiamm Horns for me when I'm finishing off my bike...Just keep looking forward with the helmet, usuing my peripheral vision, or get run off the road. Bikers, get a little more respect here because it hasn't been that long since wearing colors was a big thing here and VERY territorial. It wasn't uncommon for me to be told to take my jacket off when I entered or left a resturaunt even though it had Hickam (Air Force Base) Rock Riders Motorcycle Club, Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii. A 10" patch on a Levi Jacket...that or get my @$$ kicked. I even knew the club these guys were in an mentioned some names of my buddies, to no avail. SO, Bikers get pretty much left alone, except for the teenies that don't know how to drive anyway. Leather is my best friend, although Levi Cotton has beeen here for me many of times. Like on the race track we were allowed to wear our Levi jackets when we Sampled racing on Campbell Raceway in Oahu. Removing mirrors and duct-taping almost everything but a portion of the tachometer was allowed and in my case my 175Kawasaki (F7) had reversable fork positions for road or ofroad. I changed tires to street tires, and had a blast in the 250 and below class of two strokes. Anyway I'm rambling. Leather is softer and more forgiving than cotton, and getting older my body hurts longer than it used to doing stupid things...even shoveling snow...!

 

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TURTLES

TURTLES are VERY dangerous!

 

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TURTLES

Moving Speed bumps that can mess up a tire real easy!