Sam Parthemer wrote:
> ----------
> > From: Geoffrey Hausheer <ghaushe@ichips.intel.com>
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: Re: Motorcycles!?!?!
> > Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 08:21 AM
> >
> > Who are we to talk about environmentally friendly when we all drive
> Daks?
> I
> > mean all the bikes I've driven (street bikes that is) get 35-50 mpg
> whereas I
> > see, umm...maybe 13 in my Dak? :)
> > ...Waiting for spring so I can get a new bike ::sigh::
> > Have fun,
> > (anything to get off this auto stick topic) :)
> > Geoffrey Hausheer
> > Intel Corp.
> > Hillsboro OR
>
> Use to get 54 mpg on my DR350... Now with the different
> gearing,
> I get about 45-50 on average. Who knows what I'll get with the 435
> kit
> installed.
>
> Dakota -info:
>
> With my '91 Dakota, I was riding at a local riding area in
> San Diego.
> I got back to my truck before dark, and when I went to put my tailgate
>
> down,
> some idiot had stolen my wooden ramp to put the bike back in the
> truck!! I
> was
> by myself, and couldn't lift the bike into the truck (or ride it
> in!). I
> ended up
> taking off the tailgate, laying it against the bumper, and pushed the
> bike
> over the D O D G E letters to get the bike in the bed.
> Tied
> the
> bike down, the put the tailgate back on. Unfortunately on my '95 I
> have
> a
> middle taillight, and you can't easily take the tailgate off (without
> cutting the
> wires or making a 'connector) in such 'emergencies'. :P
>
> Sam '95 SLT Dakota
> http://www.users.cts.com/king/s/samp/
The next time this happens, just back the truck up to a nearby mound of
earth with the tailgate down and drive the bike right into the bed of
the truck. I used to do this all the time. Of course, if there is no
mound or area with a quick change in elevation...
Andre
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