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RE: [ST] Just when I thought...
- Subject: RE: [ST] Just when I thought...
- From: "David J. Hughes" <bambi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:50:42 +1000
> I think when I get a bike again I'm going to go to a parking lot and
> practice braking to a complete stop in a smooth, straight line with my
> eyes closed. Hell, I think that's something the MSF should consider for
> its curriculum.
That's a pretty good idea. Many years ago I was riding home at night
down the local 100kmph highway on my good old GSX750ESD when, as I
approached a left hander, the headlight bulb blew. The highway didn't
have overhead lights in those days so it was as though someone shoved
a black visor on my helmet. Talk about panic breaking. Luckily I
pulled up before I made it deep into the corner and that there wasn't
any other traffic on the raod (but then I guess at least I could have
seen something).
If my youthful (at the time) brain had kicked in a bit earlier I could
have flicked onto high-beam. Luckily it all worked out fine anyway.
But blind emergency breaking training would have taken a lot of the
panic out of the event - probably.
Bambi
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