Wow! I started this thread 8 years ago and now it pops up again. heh. I have to admit, it is burned in my memory though. As for "choosing" to shoot the gap, it was an easy choice because it was the only choice.
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Wow! I started this thread 8 years ago and now it pops up again. heh. I have to admit, it is burned in my memory though. As for "choosing" to shoot the gap, it was an easy choice because it was the only choice.
I think a vid would have done well on youtube. LOL Probably cause some idiots to try and duplicate it though. heh
I agree wholeheartedly with you. Maneuver first, add throttle if you need it, use brakes only as a last resort if nothing else is working.
Heh heh eh. Perhaps oddly, it didn't scare me at all. I was too focused on threading a 36" wide bike through a 37" hole at 100+ mph to have any kind of emotion. I knew going in that it was an all or nothing shot. If I had missed and splattered or gone down, the third car following would have run over anything that was left.
almost sounds like like some kinda dare devil coordinated riding/driving. I don't even like to imagine it happening to me.
I certainly don't want to do it again. LOL It was probably the most intensely focused I have even been. I think if I had opened either hand on the grips, my fingernails would have scratched paint on the cars as I passed between. heh I do remember ducking at the last moment because of a big side mirror on the right side of the truck that went past where my head would have been. Trust me on this one, you would not have liked it. LMAO
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Focus is everything in such situations. Excellent response on your part!
And,....thanks for the memories, as I read through the posts I noticed pharkmeh in there, and he has been gone for a long time.
Yeah, I miss a lot of the old timers that aren't here anymore. I'd like to see Pharkmeh return.
It was part skill and practice, part awareness and experience and part luck to escape that one. It was luck that in a split second, I made a half dozen assessments and choices and all were correct. Through the years, I have a set rule of response for any situation. A motorcycle's strong points are the ability to filter through small openings, maneuverability, and acceleration. Their weakness is they can't take a hit. My rule, instinct, is always maneuver to avoid and accelerate if needed.
Never go for brakes unless all is already lost. (normal stop and go is a different matter) Never bother with the horn, it assumes someone will hear it, figure out that it is them you're blowing it at, then figure out why, then do the right thing, and even if they get everything right, they're going to burn up time I don't have.
The only use for a horn on a motorcycle is honking at girls. LOL
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earlfor;2115633 Wow! I started this thread 8 years ago and now it pops up again. heh. I have to admit said:
It was on the Bandit.
