Rod Speed wrote:
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Don Ocean wrote:
Gymmie Bob wrote:
It's usually the clothes, seat material combination, no the
static
buildup
of tires This doesn't happen with radials, so I''m told. It
happenned a lot
with bias ply tires.

Nope... It had to do with the seat covers and fabric.. Nylon
was
quite popular. Your car chasis is isolated from ground-Ground.
In
other
words your frame floats to any electrical level the environment
allows
it to. So grounding it to the road alleviates the problem..
Give
it
a try.. Tires really don't have any function in this other
then
insulating you from the ground. Have you ever heard of a
vehicle
being
struck by lightning?

Myth: Cars are safe from lightning because the rubber tires
insulate
them from the ground.

Truth: Rubber tires provide no protection from lightning.
Cars are safe because of their metal shell and steel
frame. Convertibles are not safe.

And hardly anyone gets struck by lightning in a convertible.

Hardly anyone follows your advice, ******.

Plenty do. And those who ride bikes and motorbikes do in spades.


There you have it folks, the "expert" has spoken.

Blindly follow his advice or research it yourself,
here's a start:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-06,GGLD:en&q=struck+by+lightning+riding+motorcycle