On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:58:07 GMT, "Joe" 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.

I don't know that much about bikes, but don't both front and back use the
same fluid resevoir?

I take back what I said earlier--front brake is on the handgrip, rear
brake is foot actuated, the _clutch_ is on the other handgrip. Been
too damned long since I was on a bike.

In any case, the two brakes are not only independent but the entire
systems for the two are separated by some distance and have the rider
between them.

That being said, it's still a bs story. I'd like to say it's a bit of
creative writing, but it doesn't even deserve that much credit.

jc