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To: pt17
Raced dirt bikes (motocross, hare scrambles) in H.S., worked in the local motorcycle shop as the junior grease monkey. I was the guy who went out in the shop truck and, after the ambulance had left, picked up the bent, broken street bike and shoveled it into the back of the truck. 9/10 times, car had turned left in front of the the motorcycle, or something similar.

Other than test drives on bikes I was repairing (quiet roads, pretty much no traffic), I stuck with dirt bikes. The trees don't up and jump in front of you.

12 posted on 06/09/2002 6:28:24 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: FreedomPoster
The trees don't up and jump in front of you

They sure don't, which is why street survival demands you assume nobody can see you. That's been one of the reasons why I have 45 plus years of accident-free riding.
14 posted on 06/09/2002 6:35:59 AM PDT by pt17
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To: FreedomPoster;sneakypete
The trees don't up and jump in front of you.

You must live in a area with nicey-nice forests, I have known trees, bushes and rocks that traveled miles to get in front of me.

28 posted on 06/09/2002 7:49:31 AM PDT by razorback-bert
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