RE: Deer hit!

From: Rick Barnes (rascal@scrtc.com)
Date: Mon Jan 21 2008 - 08:58:23 EST


Slide under them? Harleys and ricers ride at the same height, headlight
heights are mandated by law.

Rascal

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Barry Oliver
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:44 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Deer hit!

Rick Barnes wrote:
> I agree Barry. That has to be one of the great works of fiction I have
ever
> read. I was riding a Harley once and hit a german Shepard that stepped
out
> in front of me and I was only doing about 50. I went right over him but
> though I kept the bike upright, I wound up planting it into the side of a
> parked car in a residential driveway and I went right over the car.
Killed
> the dog and ruined my day. Total BS that some guy cut a deer in half
doing
> 150 on a ricer.....yeah sure.
>
> Rascal

Deer are worse for harleys and standards - you tent to catch them in the
chest. On a sportbike, you have a chance to slide under them.

As far as the speed, I haven't ever seen a sportbike of any make or
model that had a 100% accurate speedo. None. Most are 10% or more
optimistic, a detail that is much more apparent at higher speeds. Alot
of guys, when referring to their tickets, will say something like "I was
going almost 100 but he only clocked me at 85" not even realizing that
it was the Cop's radar that was right not the goober's speedo...



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