About a dozen lessons learned in one day

[Guest Lumpy]

Back in 1991 I bought a new, candy ruby red, 1200 sporty from Minnig Cycle Center in Greeley, CO. The sporty was my first brand new bike. It was February and although the weather was cold and looked like snow, I decided to ride the sporty home some 50 miles. All was well until I found myself behind a ratty old travel trailer on a 2 lane road in a no passing zone. I was travelling about 50mph. Leaves, debris and snow floated off the roof of the trailer which I managed to avoid. Moving along I made the mistake of looking at the passing scenery. Just as I focused back on the road, a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood blasted right at me. It had blown off the roof of the travel trailer. I somehow avoided colliding with the plywood, but found myself shooting down the snow covered shoulder nearly out of control. I was ticked. I regained control and sped up to the trailer to alert the moron driver pulling the travel trailer, only to meet a 2nd and a 3rd sheet of plywood! This scared the bejeebies out of me as I wasn't expecting more plywood and I was travelling much faster this time. I hit the shoulder again, only this time it was pea gravel covered in snow. I laid the bike over and this put a softball sized dent in the tank. I was glad to be alive though. I think there are a dozen lessons or more here. To this day I stay back from travel trailers.

[Grandpagak]

i stay back from all vehicles hauling any thing from furnature to garbage and anything in between... dont want a suprise:)

[wizard]

Don't follow a cattle truck any closer than 1 mile!!!

[Tnventurer]

Or A chicken truck:rotf: ....Fred:no-no-no:

[Guest Brianwgn]

people toss out cig butts at you, at night it is like the 4th when it plows into your windshield.

[Guest driscollms]

Don't follow a cattle truck any closer than 1 mile!!!

 

Don't ride along side of one for long either. I was barely able to avoid some "overspray" one time. It wouldn't have been a very pleasent experience getting sprayed at 65 mph.

 

Mark

[SilvrT]

I generally pass everything in front of me coz I hate being behind someone. Having said that, there always seems to be someone in front of me..?????

 

:rotf:

[dray]

Don't follow a cattle truck any closer than 1 mile!!!

 

cattle aint anything for a real treat and you will know it before you see it wait till you come up behind a pig pen wow a real sinus opener

[SilvrT]

cattle aint anything for a real treat and you will know it before you see it wait till you come up behind a pig pen wow a real sinus opener

 

For sure! ... no need for Otrivin for a while after that eh?

[Durok76]

Everyone knows that dogs love to stick their heads out of a moving car window. It was a sunny day, clear skies but something wet was hitting my windscreen. I then noticed that the SUV in front of me had a boxer with his head out of the window. Pulled along side and could swear that the dog was smiling at me.

[Zfrebird4]

... I came up on light, powdery brown on the road. Caught up with the Cattle on the road head east as I was going toward the beautiful Black Gunnison in that area, east of Crawford. Was waived past. Nasel passages were open all the way to the BG and back. Washed the bike and ME off at the spray car wash before going home.

 

Later, heading west to Delta, west of Marengo. Same on road. Caught up with huge heards of sheep, cowboys on horses with rifels in holders. One was a fellow Mason friend, and they were his sheep! Eventually he waived me forward ... in the passing land.

 

I DID come to understand almost immediately why he had that big grin on him. I was in a white shirt, tie on, with jacket in back luggage rack going on a hospital call. Again, washed bike and myself, drove to Montrose to dry off, back to Delta to make the Hospital call.

 

Thank the Lord. Here on the Easter Slope of the Rockies where I live, no sheep seen yet on the road.

 

JackZ

Ft. COllins, CO ...

[painterman67]

I hear you,

 

I avoid peaple pulling trailers like the plague. last year I had a 20 foot trailer come of the truck pulling it in front of me at 70 mph. Not fun as the thing crossed the four lane highway twice and then slammed into the concrete barrier in front of me. Luckily I got slowed down enough to stop . As I was getting off the bike there is where the luck ran out. Another car approching after the trailer wreck wasnt paying attention and plowed thruogh. HE can so close to me and the bike that I had to hold the bike up from the wind coming off his car. he hit the old man in the truck that lost the trailer.Turned out all could have been avoided as the trailer was being pulled on a 2 inch ball when it was supposed to used a 2 1/2 ball.

 

 

 

David

[Karl C.]

by nature I am very impatient. When I am in my truck I drive kind of undesirable, not real bad but I would rather be moving consistently than stop and go.. Well when the bike bug bit me again I really feel it was a good thing. I know drive my truck like I drive my bike, with patience and I let everything or everyone go before me. I do not tailgate and I try everything to stay away from everybody....

 

there is a by pass around evansville though that is usually not very crowded and when I feel the need for speed I go there. I have been trying my V65 Sabre out there and it is nice to run it up to 115 and not have to worry about cars pulling out in front of you...

 

One thing is for sure though I would never do 115 in an even slightly congested area and really dont do it except this time I just really wanted to see what it was like on this bike..