Watch out for Slick Looking Stuff!


I was riding through ballina Nsw a couple years ago and it was pissing down and there was deisel spilled on the road geeeez i thought i was going to drop her for sure the wind was blowing a gail into the side of me and i was riding very slowly but the bike felt like it was on skates very scary.

probably should have taken notice of the sign i passed saying caution diesal on road
 
xhdskip said:
yep,
"that", (oil or whatever)
road kill,
and harley parts,
about the only things a man has to look out for
on the road around here.
Well, that, and snakes...
Glad you made it through that
"oh crap" moment alright.
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Harley parts

Ray
 
scariest moment I had many years ago ridding home from work (bakery) at 6am in Canberra on my Yamaha XT 500 dirt bike, it was -6 and I hit Black Ice!!!! luckily I was going in a straight line but I moved about 3 feet across.. nearly lost it and went home and changed my undies
 


why do you use the rear brake? it is a question not a statement I sure would like to know.. also who teaches rider to use the rear brake alone I have so far found nobody in teaching classes that would explain to me the advantage of using the rear brake for stopping .. i was taught a good usage of rear brake was to alter your line in a turn at high speed and I can say it did work in tightening the radius and when riding 2up it has effective stopping power due to the weight on the rear wheel (the heavier the passenger the better the braking otherwise it is in my view ineffective in slowing and stopping without the front brake..

I guess my pet peeve is to rambling about it so pay no attention ..
 

Hey Kid you coming to Marble Falls ?
 

They do the same thing here in my county outside St. Louis. It scares the piss out of you when you find yourself trying to recover in a spot you used to sail through. Very dangerous.
 
xhdskip said:
yep,
"that", (oil or whatever)
road kill,
and harley parts,
about the only things a man has to look out for
on the road around here.
Well, that, and snakes...
Glad you made it through that
"oh crap" moment alright.
Click to expand...

Reminds me of a fellow who used to tour with my dad and his friends. They all had Goldwings, he had the only Harley. He always encouraged the others to look for falling parts and he would buy them back at the end of the day ! Another time someone asked him why his old shovel head didn't have a tachometer. He said it wasn't needed, just rev her till the bolts start backing out, then shift !
 
For some reason the mayflies have come out in force in the last two days
They are so bad in Hastings ( town about 8 miles away )
That the bridge across the mississippi river had to be plowed and sanded due to the amount of mayflies
Two cars lost control and crashed head on due to the mayfly slime
 

Do mayflies eat Amish horse sh*t??
 

I'm with you Patrick. I do wear my back brake pads so I must use it some but all my heavy stopping is with the front. In addition to what you say, back brake is also handy for coming to a dead stop at lights when I'm using my right hand to, say, lift the visor or "wave" at someone. I also use it when coming down my drive and need to press the gagage door opener.
 
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