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[jayed36]

This wasn't while I was on a bike, nor was it "flying", however it was in the road and I *did* hit it with my car... a spare tire/with rim lying in the middle of Route 15 near Williamsport, PA. It was about midnight, I was the only car on the road in that area. I was looking to my left briefly at a piece of property for sale, doing about 70 when I looked back to the road and saw this tire in my headlights. Too close to avoid it but was able to swerve enough to travel over it with my right side tires rather than catching it on something under the chasis (or so I thought). I slowed enough afterwards to determine my tires were still inflated and kept going. At the next red light, as I braked, a cloud of smoke caught up to me. Took it to the mechanic the next day, the tire had smashed both input/output transmission fluid lines. At that speed, I'm lucky it didn't just launch me into barrel roll. Had I been on a bike and not seen it, it surely would have launched me into a Superman dive over the bars. Jeff A15

[Zachariah Mully]

On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 15:39, sim_n_o wrote:

> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "skyflyer80" wrote: > > I was actually kinda glad when I saw a cased chainsaw skidding down > I- > > 94 at 70 in front of me. Not a lot of traffic so I stopped and ran > > back to pick it up. Nice $200 saw, started right up. Maybe a good > > lesson for the guy who lost it! > > > > dan >

Running up I-95 in the midst of heavy weekend traffic on my Connie (god how I hate that road), looked down to scan my instruments. Looked up and through the curve (in left hand lane) and saw something funny going on in my lane ahead. I slowed down to about 55mph (pi$$ the guy off behind me) and as I came around the bend a second later, I saw what was causing the commotion: about a half dozen unbroken cinder blocks. Ugh, they blended in almost perfectly with the road... I didn't see a pile up, but as I scooched around them, the ass who had been riding my bumper after I slowed down, hit one (or at least, he locked his brakes up pretty hard). I didn't stop, it is more dangerous on that road to be stopped than moving. Z

[s2mumford]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Zachariah Mully wrote:

> On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 15:39, sim_n_o wrote: > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "skyflyer80" wrote: > > > I was actually kinda glad when I saw a cased chainsaw skidding

down

> > I- > > > 94 at 70 in front of me. Not a lot of traffic so I stopped and

ran

> > > back to pick it up. Nice $200 saw, started right up. Maybe a

good

> > > lesson for the guy who lost it! > > > > > > dan > > > > Running up I-95 in the midst of heavy weekend traffic on my

Connie (god

> how I hate that road), looked down to scan my instruments. Looked

up and SNIP I bought an old boat and trailer in 1992 (76 Apollo 26 foot cabin cruiser) for peanuts, and on the way home from it's maiden ocean voyage I saw one of the tires of the dual axle boat trailer pass me in the fast lane. I had a flat tire on the way to the harbor, and the dipshit mechanic put WD40 on the lug bolts to loosen them, and of course after a few miles on the freeway that evening, they loosened right up again... Didn't hit anyone or anything, but ended up in the median of the 91 freeway by the 55 (back when they were building the toll lanes), and I remember the first couple of seconds thinking "What the ...? What kind of idiot would roll a tire down the freeway at 75 mph?" CA Stu

[gpokluda]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "sim_n_o" wrote:

> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "skyflyer80" wrote: > > I was actually kinda glad when I saw a cased chainsaw skidding

down

> I- > > 94 at 70 in front of me. Not a lot of traffic so I stopped and

ran

> > back to pick it up. Nice $200 saw, started right up. Maybe a

good

> > lesson for the guy who lost it! > > > > dan > > > I once encountered a port-a-potty in the middle of Highway 70....

I was cruising down I40 a few months ago and saw what I thought was a huge pig lumbering along, but it was just a BMW GS. [g] Gino

[Riley Harlton]

Riding through Ottawa one day the car in front of me swerved out of the way to reveal a wooden pallet square in my lane. 120 km/hr in traffic. The old Goldwing 1200 I was riding changed lanes like never before. Just missed it. Riley A15 Montreal

[kswndsrfr]

Back in '76, my sister and I just about met up with a black angus bull early in the morning (dark), foggy, in a V-DUB Beetle! She was driving and never saw it...I was just able to make it out before we were about to nail it, and I jerked the wheel to the left and we barely missed it. I was about to change my pants when she says, "what the hell are you doing?"....We U-turned and went back just to see Mr. Angus just leaving the two-lane! She about had a heart attack! We've been extremely close, ever since. Joe

> Riding through Ottawa one day the car in front of me swerved out of

the way

> to reveal a wooden pallet square in my lane. 120 km/hr in

traffic. The old

> Goldwing 1200 I was riding changed lanes like never before. Just

missed it.

> > Riley > A15 > Montreal

[tebklr]

The biggest thing I have seen flying down the road is an airplane..... (or a Lincoln Navigator....or a semi.....)

[Harry Thames]

I've seen two bad accidents involving motorcycles and upside-down cars. Both were on curves at night. There were no lights on the cars and no one directing traffic. One of the motorcyclist was left in a field until daylight because there was no indication that another vehicle was involved. Harry SC

[Devon Jarvis]

One of my father's favorite stories, he drove an ice cream truck one summer during high school. He was returning from his route at the end of the day, and came over a rise with the pedal on the floor. The truck had a governor, so that means he was going 60 maybe. It was one of the ice cream trucks that are built around a panel truck, with the high drivers seat (important!). He couldn't see the cow that had wandered into the road just on the other side of the rise, or wasn't looking, or was going too fast or perhaps all three. He broadsided the cow at maybe 50mph, later describing the results at similar to stomping on a ketchup packet. The insides of the cow exploded out of either end, and the truck engine ended up somewhere beneath the drivers seat. My dad was the only participant not totalled. Devon A15 kswndsrfr wrote:

> > Back in '76, my sister and I just about met up with a black angus > bull early in the morning (dark), foggy, in a V-DUB Beetle! She was > driving and never saw it...I was just able to make it out before we > were about to nail it, and I jerked the wheel to the left and we > barely missed it. I was about to change my pants when she > says, "what the hell are you doing?"....We U-turned and went back > just to see Mr. Angus just leaving the two-lane! She about had a > heart attack! We've been extremely close, ever since. > > Joe > > > Riding through Ottawa one day the car in front of me swerved out of > the way > > to reveal a wooden pallet square in my lane. 120 km/hr in > traffic. The old > > Goldwing 1200 I was riding changed lanes like never before. Just > missed it. > > > > Riley > > A15 > > Montreal > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[ron criswell]

I beg to differ with you about it probably not being off a truck or construction vehicle. I see plenty of shit flying off construction guys trucks not properly tied down. Biggest culprit is their ladders. Criswell Devon Jarvis wrote:

> Brad, > > It probably wasn't off a truck or construction vehicle at all. Likely > some jackass tied it to the roof of his car, and was taking it home when > the free twine they give away at Home Depot failed at 65mph. > I try VERY hard not to ride anywhere near dumpster transporters, > pickups loaded without a tarp, furniture tied to the rook of a honda > civic etc. I once saw a king-size box spring laying in the right lane of > I-95 one time driving south through Maryland. > The most massive thing I have ever seen actually flying was a 200-250lb > deer when it jumped over a divider directly in front of an SUV, which > was three cars ahead of me. I actually hit my brakes before the guy who > hit the thing, and so was able to easily slow down and pull between the > lanes so I didn't get rear-ended. The SUV immediately left the scene, > and as I pulled around the poor thing was still twitching, covered in > broken glass and plastic bits and anti-freeze. > > Devon > A15 > > Brad Davis wrote: > > > > Let me tell you what it was for me. It happened > > yesterday in fact. I was cruising home on the freeway > > after work. Traffic was flowing smoothly, not crowded > > ? a very comfortable pace, about 65mph. All of a > > sudden my eyes caught motion in the lane on my left, > > maybe 100 yards ahead of me. For a split second I > > could only identify it as a large rectangular ?thing? > > flying in the air. Cars began braking, I planned my > > escape route ? things were happening quickly at this > > point in time. When it hit the front end of a Lincoln > > about 75yds in front of me and exploded into a huge > > cloud of white dust, I had it identified. Someone had > > lost a 4x8 sheet of drywall. I never did see a truck > > or any construction vehicle that might have been > > carrying it. The gypsum was settling fast and was > > clear enough to ride through by the time I got there > > maybe 2 or 3 seconds later. I know the Lincoln has a > > much better drywall busting factor than me and my KLR. > > > > Geez, if the drywall had hit me instead of the > > Lincoln???I guess I wouldn?t be enjoying this list at > > the moment. So the moral is??Freeways are highly > > hazardous road types to ride on for many reasons so > > take it easy and SIPDE, SIPDE, SIPDE. And in > > particular, look at trucks and see what they are > > carrying in the bed that you may have to avoid at any > > moment. > > > > Take Care, > > Brad (alive and breathing) > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Be part of the Adventure! > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/