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Motorcycle Safety Expert Dies in Motorcycle Accident
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| 4/12/06
| Mikey_1962
Posted on 04/12/2006 11:47:58 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
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To: Mikey_1962
Not much of an expert, was he?
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:48:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: martin_fierro
To: dfwgator
and trained celebrities including Ted KoppelPAHLEEESE!
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:50:35 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Mikey_1962
How sad and ironic. You don't have much reaction time when an animal runs out in front of you on a bike. You just hold on and hope for the best.
Prayers going out to his family.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:51:03 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car)
To: dfwgator
I've had a mule deer come out of the woods in front of me when I was on my bike. It was like it materialized. Fortunately I was going slow enough to miss, and it helped by the way it got out of the way. But it could have gone much worse, and there was little I could do about it.
To: Mikey_1962
O, Irony
Thou doth hast such
a wicked sense of humour.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:52:16 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: beowolf; Betis70; BikerNYC; Bikers4Bush; BikerTrash; Bill Rice; blackbag; blackie; Blue Jays; ...
Not much you can do when a deer has your number.
Rest in Peace.
To: dfwgator
Not much of an expert, was he? Guess you missed the part about the deer.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:52:26 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(There is a looming Tupperware shortage. Plan appropriately.)
To: Mikey_1962
Poor man. So far it doesn't appear that he was doing anything stupid, like riding without a helmet or under the influence. Not much you can do when a dear jumps out in front of you.
To: dfwgator
No need to be crude.
I know many people who have never been in collision with an other vehicle, earned a moving violation, or other wise wrecked their vehicle that have hit deer and run off the road.
Sometimes your the windshield, sometimes your the bug.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:52:56 AM PDT
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: reagan_fanatic
deer are the scourge of the roads here in MN.(well that and foot deep potholes).
I do my best Evel K impersonation everyday jumping mini canyons on my cycle.
Sooner or later either the giant woods rat is going to get me, the JA on a cell phone, or the giant pothole.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:53:28 AM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(they love you in Mexico until you pay in pesos.)
To: American Quilter
To: reagan_fanatic
I had a good friend retired from the Fire Dept and went on a 6 month motorcycle trip.
In Alaska on a blind curve a car when left of center and killed him.
Motorcycles are, by their nature, dangerous.
I sold my Harley right after his accident.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:53:41 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
To: Mikey_1962
Unfortunately, a collision between a deer and a motorcycle usually ends up this way.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:55:31 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There are good terrorists.............. DEAD ONES.)
To: Rakkasan1
ditto.
the vermin are everywhere in MN.
JA = donkey?? :)
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:55:48 AM PDT
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com/)
To: Mikey_1962
I've never made my living at it, but I consider myself somthing of a Motorcycle Safety Expert.
I tell people: "Don't get on that crazy thing! A deer could come out of the woods! Bam! You're dead! Better you should drive an SUV! Damage, sure, but you're gonna be alive."
I'm considering charging for this. Such a level of expertise is not so widely available.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:56:08 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
To: ClearCase_guy
Better you should drive an SUV! Damage, sure, but you're gonna be alive."Yep. Much more likely to survive for sure unless the beast comes through your windshield going 75 and hits you just right.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:58:10 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There are good terrorists.............. DEAD ONES.)
To: Glenn
I realize that sometimes there is nothing you can do. And I feel sad for the family, it is a tragic accident to be sure.
That having been said, it seems to me part of motorcycle safety is knowing the environment in which you ride and being aware of the possibility of animals darting out at you.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:58:23 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: Mikey_1962
The husband of an acquaintance worked on airbags. After the airbags came out, the motorcycle industry hired him to see if they could make the bikes safer.
Conclusion: NO.
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posted on
04/12/2006 11:59:05 AM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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