I suspect it was to get them on the ground ASAP... There are VERY few situations where a properly applied front brake won't stop you a hellova lot faster than sliding along in a shower of sparks.
Of course that assumes your motorcycle of choice has a half decent front brake....Or for this myth to propogate...Has had one in the past. ( potato potato)
Jon
I only decided to leave the crash bars on the bike to protect it
(engine casing etc); I didn't leave them on for my benefit.
The British Army used to use a skid pan to teach their despatch riders
to lay the bike down; whether that was to protect the riders from
enemy fire or it was thought to have other safety benefits I have no
idea.
Couple of little stories from my uncle's war days.
The first and probably his favourite was the time he was sent on
despatch. He came to a junction, the approach of which was manned by
an MP. My uncle asked directions and the MP replied that when he got
the junction my Unc' was to turn left, so of course my Unc' turned
left. However the MP was facing my Unc' when he told him, so my Unc'
turned his left, which was the Mp's right. After several miles he
started to wonder what the little plumes/spurts of dirt were that
where popping up around his bike, a few seconds later realisation hit
and he spun the bike round and hightailed out (well as fast as a WW2
Brit bike could hightail) away from the enemy machine gun fire that he
was encountering.
One for you Rauri...he spent times on secondment, he was in NI for a
bit as a batman/driver, cushy job, but most of his time was spent in
the field on active service, and one of these secondments was with the
Canadians; he loved it! Said they never called their officers by
anything except their first names and whilst they worked and fought
hard they also had a lot of laughs, he used to laugh until he cried at
the memories of one of the Canadian forage groups he went on. They
came across a big pig and decided pork should be on the menu, but one
of the Canadian wags decided to ride it rodeo style before they bopped
it on the head. Another time they came across a chteau and found a
load of big barrels in the cellar, the Canadian just smashed holes in
them and lay under them drinking the contents as it cascaded over
them; Unc' didn't partake as he was a strict Methodist but it didn't
stop him rolling about, cracking up at the memories :>)
--- In W650riders@..., "James Franklin" <jimw650@...> wrote:
When I was teaching, I heard a lot of stories about laying the bike
down...in 1000 crashes, it was deemed to be the right thing in two
of them,
and of course people would ask why the CHP was taught to lay their
bikes
down..because they get behind them for cover..like to keep from being
shot...most of us aren't faced with that scenereo.
Crash bars will reduce damage to the bike, and will make it easier
to rock
it back up on its tires, but they really aren't for you.
James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
808-225-0994 (cell)
From: "nige_1959" <nigel.denton1@...>
Reply-To: W650riders@...
To: W650riders@...
Subject: [W650riders] Re: Bored here at work...so...
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:13:43 -0000
Hmmm...I wasn't thinking about me...I was thinking more in line with
save the engine!!
My uncle was a despatch rider/ convoy outrider during the war; the
first thing he was taught to do was slid the bike and dismount, thus
saving his legs. No, I tell a lie the first thing he was taught was
how to swim when he was stationed at Cattrick, this involved being
lobbed into the deep end; I suppose this is where the term 'sink or
swim' comes from.
--- In W650riders@..., "Captain Jake" <jake@> wrote:
>
> The practical nature of crash bars is to reduce the number and
severity of lower-body injuries while increasing the number and
> severity of upper-body injuries, according to the HURT report. Good
reading.
>
> Jake
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nige_1959" <nigel.denton1@>
>
>
> Crash bars - not yet, still un-decided. I hate the look but can see
> the practicalities
>
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