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.

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:16:09 GMT, B A R R Y
wrote:

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.

He forgot to mention that the shift pedal broke off grin. And the
clutch went the same way as the brakes (well, if both brakes went why
not the clutch too) and the same thing that took the brakes and the
clutch put a kink in the throttle cable. And they were barefoot in
Speedos so dropping the bike wouldn't be much better than hitting
something.

The thing that puzzles me is how the helmet helped her when hitting a
building at 100 MPH.

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:00:49 -0500, J. Clarke
wrote:


The thing that puzzles me is how the helmet helped her when hitting a
building at 100 MPH.


Amen, brother!

At 100 MPH. the only difference a helmet will make is during the body
identification.

As I traverse downhill @ 50 MPH on my bicycle, I always wonder why I
bother to have a Styrofoam take out container on my head! G

On Feb 24, 7:43 pm, B A R R Y wrote:

As I traverse downhill @ 50 MPH on my bicycle, I always wonder why I
bother to have a Styrofoam take out container on my head! G

.....and the funny thing, is that it makes no difference what you're
riding at 50 MPH when you hit a wall/truck/nun. You might have a
slight advantage on a heavy bike when hitting the nun..but by and
large, you're out in the open, no seat belt, no protection...and NO
way to hang on.
I have gone over 120 MPH many, many times on my bikes and sometimes
faster, but I assure you, you're not swapping helmets with anybody at
100 MPH. The second you undo the strap, she's a goner.