Re: [ST] RE: Dead trumpet / sidestand safety switch disabling

[Paul Fox <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > Disabling a _functional_ safety device on a motor vehicle is friggin stupid.

somehow i thought that's what i've been saying all along.

 > >the last sidestand-related accident i read about was a woman that went
 > >off an embankment on one of the popular twisty mountain roads near LA or
 > 
 > That story was probably from the guys that made up alligators in the Florida
 > sewer system crap, but believe whatever cockamamey bullshit you want.

i'm sure her relatives and fellow riders will be happy to know that she
was just an urban legend after all.

 > Now I don my flameproof asbestos Kevlar suit.
 > I think the best place for a woman on a bike is on the pillion.

i see.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 54.0 degrees)

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