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From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: insect impacts
Date: 5 Apr 1993 18:57:00 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1ppvds$92a@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
References: <1993Apr2.143435.7290@rd.hydro.on.ca>
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In article 7290@rd.hydro.on.ca, jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
>>>
>>>how _do_ the helmetless do it?
>>
>>Um, the same way people do it on
>>horseback
>
>not as fast, and they would probably enjoy eating bugs, anyway
Every bit as fast as a dirtbike, in the right terrain. And we eat
flies, thank you.
>>jeeps
>
>you're *supposed* to keep the windscreen up
then why does it go down?
>>snow skis
>
>NO BUGS, and most poeple who go fast wear goggles
So do most helmetless motorcyclists.
>The question still stands. How do cruiser riders with no or negligible helmets
>stand being on the highway at 75 mph on buggy, summer evenings?
helmetless != goggleless
---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
DoD #0111 (919)460-8302 |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
(The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...
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