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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2008 21:26:14 GMT -5
I do this every Spring only 'cuz I don't want any Dawgs getting hurt. In places where we get snot.... errrr.... I mean snow, there will be mucho sand & gravel on the roads. Many have learned the hard way. Take it easy on cornering and keep your eyes on the road. It won't take long for the Spring rains to wash most of it away and you can corner like a real racer. Meanwhile......  |
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Post by Dennis D on Apr 7, 2008 22:05:12 GMT -5
Ditto on that.... and watch out to avoid any irregularly colored or dark spots ahead on the road, at least around here where there are freeze, thaw. freeze, thaw, conditions throughout the winter. Many of them are holes, and I have already seen a number of them this year that are deeper than I would have possibly imagined.
You can drop a wheel in one and get a terrible jolt, damage a wheel or tire, or get the handlbars jerked right out of your grasp and go for an endo, if you hit one that is nearly(but not quite) parallel to your direction of travel.
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Post by xmirage2kx on Apr 8, 2008 7:06:22 GMT -5
Both good tips. Also be extra careful of cars because this early in the season they watch for bikes even less than normal.
Oh and one more thing: ENJOY THE RIDE
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Post by newc77 on Apr 8, 2008 7:12:06 GMT -5
Agreed gentlemen! Lots of chaff and wierd things going on with the pavement as the freeze works out of the ground here in snowy NE Ohio. Also see cars more intent on dodging the potholes than worrying about the traffic around them!
Tom
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Post by griff10 on Apr 8, 2008 9:15:12 GMT -5
Until we've had at least one really good rain I won't ride on the roads. The salt remaining makes a mess of the aluminum parts on any bike, not worth it.
The past couple years here we've seen more sand used because of the cost of salt and the amount of snow we've had. It is awfully slippery specially when you're slowing for a light, corner etc. It tends to collect in those places too. Generally if you stay on the car tire tracks you'll avoid most of it, the cars tend to push sand to the side of the wheels.
Bill H.
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Post by indy50 on Apr 8, 2008 16:03:34 GMT -5
I have noticed alot more sand recently,much more than last spring and the potholes are everywhere and gigantic here in Indianapolis. BE CAREFUL!
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Post by "Big Guy" on Apr 12, 2008 4:57:49 GMT -5
You think your potholes are bad? Come on down to New Orleans! We have sink holes after the flood!
Yeah, a lot of them are fixed now... sort of, but you can still loose an entire scooter in some of them!
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Post by howardr on Apr 13, 2008 9:39:33 GMT -5
I'm new to 2-wheeling. Is there a safer way to go through a pothole? When one is unavoidable, do you just hang on tight on go on through, or do you accelerate or brake as you hit it?  |
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Post by WarrenS on Apr 13, 2008 11:05:59 GMT -5
With motorcycles the usual procedure is to accelerate to lighten the front end. With a scooters smaller wheels you have to consider the size of the pot hole and do what is appropriate.
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Post by slowscootin07 on Apr 13, 2008 20:37:05 GMT -5
That's one reason why I chose a scooter with 16" wheels since it gives you a little room for error when confronting the big pot holes and questionable traction areas.
No sink holes here Big Guy but we do have portals to hell all over the place. We got hit with a lot of snow, thus a lot of plowing, thus roads beat to crap. Sure the cold patch that they've been trying to use will work for a while, but tear away soon enough and take more road with it as it has been doing recently. The construction/destruction everywhere around has detours, shoulder riding, lane shifts and everything that you can imagine to make it dangerous for any driver/rider.
Our state motto: Be prepared to stop
Our State bird: The middle finger
Our state flag: The construction horse
Our state flower: a detour sign
Our state speed limit: Whatever you can do before you get caught
;D
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Post by "Big Guy" on Apr 13, 2008 22:47:37 GMT -5
I feel your pain brother... I grew up in New York!
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Post by olderthandirt on Jan 25, 2009 17:22:23 GMT -5
Agreed gentlemen! Lots of chaff and wierd things going on with the pavement as the freeze works out of the ground here in snowy NE Ohio. Also see cars more intent on dodging the potholes than worrying about the traffic around them! Tom Noticed that when I worked for the scity of spld, Miami val.....had a couple of friends "clipped' by cars, while we were working to repair the street!.. Bummer  |
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Post by olderthandirt on Jan 25, 2009 17:26:09 GMT -5
I have noticed alot more sand recently,much more than last spring and the potholes are everywhere and gigantic here in Indianapolis. BE CAREFUL! Now when they get like moon craters like Springfield, ohio.ger get about finding yer bike, goes into a black hole....  |
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Post by olderthandirt on Jan 25, 2009 17:28:05 GMT -5
You think your potholes are bad? Come on down to New Orleans! We have sink holes after the flood! Yeah, a lot of them are fixed now... sort of, but you can still loose an entire scooter in some of them! Kinda like driven in to a poly- tics-ins head??? |
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Post by olderthandirt on Jan 25, 2009 17:30:33 GMT -5
You think your potholes are bad? Come on down to New Orleans! We have sink holes after the flood! Yeah, a lot of them are fixed now... sort of, but you can still loose an entire scooter in some of them |
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Post by olderthandirt on Jan 25, 2009 17:31:40 GMT -5
With motorcycles the usual procedure is to accelerate to lighten the front end. With a scooters smaller wheels you have to consider the size of the pot hole and do what is appropriate. Is this a sex thing? |
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