On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:45:14 -0700, Just Wondering
wrote:

Not to mention that motorcycles have completely independent front and
rear brakes. The likelihood of both of them failing at the same instant
is nil.


But he still had time to swap the helmet, which saved her. G

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight!

Even if he did lost BOTH brake systems. he could have shut the bike
off in gear. The compression braking could have slowed it down.