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Post by BadCattitude on Apr 2, 2015 21:32:09 GMT -5
What? No kick in the fender with a steel-toed boot?
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 3, 2015 10:36:02 GMT -5
What? No kick in the fender with a steel-toed boot? No... I was wearing my favorite lizard boots... no steel toe, and a tad fragile. But I guess I didn't stop QUITE as short as I thought I had.
Yesterday when checking the oil before a trip to the store, I found the right lower plastic scuffed up, and broken away at the mounting point. There was some silver paint rubbed onto the part, and when I checked, sure enough some silver paint was rubbed onto my right boot.
Nothing a little epoxy and boot-polish won't fix... LOL!
It's AMAZING how my mind told me I stopped a foot short of the Lexus, but my scooter and my boot tell me differently. "The mouse" and I must have "bounced back" that foot and I never felt it! This is the phenomenon that makes "eye-witness identifications" so problematical, sometimes sending some poor soul to jail for something he didn't do.
Things just are NOT always what you thought they were...
Ride safe... and watch out fer them squirrels... They're dangerous when wounded!
Leo
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Post by scooter on Apr 3, 2015 15:42:55 GMT -5
What? No kick in the fender with a steel-toed boot? No... I was wearing my favorite lizard boots... no steel toe, and a tad fragile. But I guess I didn't stop QUITE as short as I thought I had.
Yesterday when checking the oil before a trip to the store, I found the right lower plastic scuffed up, and broken away at the mounting point. There was some silver paint rubbed onto the part, and when I checked, sure enough some silver paint was rubbed onto my right boot.
Nothing a little epoxy and boot-polish won't fix... LOL!
It's AMAZING how my mind told me I stopped a foot short of the Lexus, but my scooter and my boot tell me differently. "The mouse" and I must have "bounced back" that foot and I never felt it! This is the phenomenon that makes "eye-witness identifications" so problematical, sometimes sending some poor soul to jail for something he didn't do.
Things just are NOT always what you thought they were...
Ride safe... and watch out fer them squirrels... They're dangerous when wounded!
Leo
HAHAHA! Nice! |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Apr 11, 2015 20:39:13 GMT -5
That is GREAT! Back in the day, brakes weren't much of a consideration because they ALL sucked... We just accepted it. I'm glad these new bikes have REAL brakes! I find it ironic that some of the more popular cruiser bikes don't seem to do as well. I use to ride with a chap on a 2011 Boulevard 850 and that thing would miss stops that the scooter would handle with ease. That is one of the bikes that I have mentioned in the past as constantly sliding off the road or overshooting during slow panic stops. I was amazed that my mother's Suzuki LS650 still has a MECHANICAL drum in back. Honestly...one reason I opted for a Burgman over a Silverwing iss the dual front rotors with ABS. |
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Post by chucky on Apr 11, 2015 23:20:48 GMT -5
The 500 royal enfield also has a rear drum crazy. Even my sym 300i gts EVO has hydraulic breaks and a synced front and back break.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Apr 12, 2015 12:00:25 GMT -5
Didn't the Enfield Bullet have a FRONT drum until maybe ten years ago?
Then again, the Honda Nighthawk had a front drum to at least 1997.
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