I rode/drove/almost-died-more-than-once on motorcycles for awhile when I was much
younger and a bit more stupid than I am now.
I have an over-worked guardian angel.
Harley-Davidson. Almost big enough to damage a car if it hits one. Their wheels are big
enough to act as gyroscopes, making it difficult to turn or lean at high-speeds. Ask me how I
know this. Did you ever drive one by simply lightly pushing on the ends of the handlebars with
your index fingertips? Ever hear of precession?
In Italy, motorcycles are called "The Doctors' Friend".with good reason.
Ken W7EKB
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On 28 Feb 2025 at 8:35, wn4isx via groups.io wrote:
A friend and fellow idiot sent me this link
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ikeLights
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I am impressed and bow down to this guy. [and I'm glad I live
nowhere close to him]
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I gave up bicycles when I turned 16 for motorcycles with the
logic "Now I can outrun cars...."
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They still don't see you, even at night with your headlight on
drivers will cut you off with frightening regularity. I gave up on
motorcycles after seeing two young riders get splatted by a 'queen
mary' [any large car] while driving down the road. The bikers were in
their lane driving sanely, the cars just ran them down. ? Anyway, the
light from a Honda CA-77, CB-350, CB-360 wasn't anything to write home
about and it was easy to outdrive your headlight, outdrive refers to
driving faster than you can see ahead. [perhaps one shouldn't drive
80MPH on narrow back roads.....] ? Now this headlight would let you
see far enough ahead to be useful....but blind the poor sod coming at
you so he'd probably splat you. ? While I've kept my motorcycle
endorsement, that's more because I'm stubborn then practical. There is
no way I'd ride a motorcycle unless my life depended on it. I suspect
my artificial knees would be most displeased. ? Consider the project
as proof humans can do amazingly stupid things....I'm proud to be a
member of such an inventive species. Worry about our long term
survival chances, but what the heck, we can have fun in the mean time.
