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The day I nearly lost my leg
It was 1980. It was late on a Summer Saturday afternoon. I was 20 years old, full of the dumbass fearlessness that so often accompanies youth. I was riding a 1969 Harley Shovelhead. I accelerated quickly from an intersection on a busy main drag, leaving the rest of the cars behind. I wasn't racing, but I was moving along faster than the rest of traffic. I wasn't wearing a helmet—this was long before California eliminated that choice.
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Cell phone to her ear, index finger resting lightly atop the the steering wheel -- she was prepared for nearly anything -- except an emergency.
Yeah, this photo was taken before the recent "hands free" vehicle code rules took effect in California. But then, this thoroughly modern gal is pretty much driving hands-free (and brain-free) anyway.
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Duct Tape Use Case #7,624,123 - Holding Your Car Together After A Collision
A friend sent this to me a while ago, so I thought I'd get off my duff and post it. It was taken in Silicon Valley last year, and it shows just how silly some people can be.
Here we have a car that has taken a significant impact to the rear quarter, enough to tweak the entire car (this is a unibody car, after all) and someone felt it would be reasonable to 1) hold it all together with duct tape, and 2) drive the car in Bay Area traffic.
Stay alert, people. This kind of driver is capable of all sorts of carnage.
Photo provided by James Cheap
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Gearless in Montana
Spotted this pair in Montana (outside Great Falls on highway 15). I'm sure Dwight will have something to say about this picture. I love the fact that Montana hasn't criminalized helmetless riding, but I still cringe when I think about a slide while wearing shorts and sneakers.
Hey, I'm old-fashioned - I rode helmetless for years as a youth. The decision to wear a helmet is a personal one, and not that of society via government.
I'm cool with people risking their skin. Just as long as they accept the responsibility and bear the cost for the outcome.
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Street Vibrations 2006 in Reno, Nevada
We're attending Street Vibrations in Reno this year. We'll be riding up 88 the morning of Thursday, Sept. 21, and taking a bunch more photos than on our previous visit. We'll be there for the entire event, and hope to provide daily updates here (if we can find a good internet connection.)
Update: Check out the Street Vibrations photo gallery with recent photos!
Another cage-related motorcycle fatality
Another cage driver kills a biker. This was a seriously messed-up situation.
The biker, Gregory Clyde Shannon, of Placerville, California, was minding his own business, when along comes a suspected drunk driver in a pickup truck, and hits him head-on. Hit him hard enough to knock the driver's side front wheel off the truck.
The truck driver leaves the scene, still driving the truck sans front wheel. Sparks flying.
Adding insult to injury, it appears that the truck driver continued on for 7 miles - starting numerous brush fires and totally destroying three homes in the process.
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