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Motorcyclists: At what temperature outside don't you ride?
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<blockquote data-quote="RSteve" data-source="post: 565443" data-attributes="member: 164"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">In the late 1970s, I was pulling a morning drive radio shift at a North Dakota radio station. The studio and transmitter were located off a gravel country road. My on-air began at 5:00 am. It was late November and there was already some snow, but I knew the gravel road had already been "dragged" not plowed. My car and bike were both garaged, but when I went out to my car, an AMC Hornet, the battery was dead. I phoned for a taxi and got no answer. The battery for my Kawasaki KZ400 was in the house. Quick thinking, I put the battery in the bike, kick started it and off I rode, very happy that I wouldn't get fired for a no-show.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">On the gravel road, after a successful ride down the totally clear highway, I took a curve much too fast and the rear wheel slid out and the bike and I hit gravel, then slid in the snow in the adjoining field. It all happened within seconds. I popped up to check the bike; no damage, just some steam coming off the muffler. I'd hit the gravel with enough force to tear the side of my jeans. I knew I'd have some rash, but the bike was fine and I'd be at work on time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">That was my first and last experience with road rash. For about a year, I was plucking pieces of gravel out of the side of my thigh and butt. Riding home, I went very slowly on that gravel road.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RSteve, post: 565443, member: 164"] [SIZE=5]In the late 1970s, I was pulling a morning drive radio shift at a North Dakota radio station. The studio and transmitter were located off a gravel country road. My on-air began at 5:00 am. It was late November and there was already some snow, but I knew the gravel road had already been "dragged" not plowed. My car and bike were both garaged, but when I went out to my car, an AMC Hornet, the battery was dead. I phoned for a taxi and got no answer. The battery for my Kawasaki KZ400 was in the house. Quick thinking, I put the battery in the bike, kick started it and off I rode, very happy that I wouldn't get fired for a no-show. On the gravel road, after a successful ride down the totally clear highway, I took a curve much too fast and the rear wheel slid out and the bike and I hit gravel, then slid in the snow in the adjoining field. It all happened within seconds. I popped up to check the bike; no damage, just some steam coming off the muffler. I'd hit the gravel with enough force to tear the side of my jeans. I knew I'd have some rash, but the bike was fine and I'd be at work on time. That was my first and last experience with road rash. For about a year, I was plucking pieces of gravel out of the side of my thigh and butt. Riding home, I went very slowly on that gravel road.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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