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    Amazing Email that HWMBO got...

    Always wear your helmet. It might just cause you to live long enough to smarten up if you are as foolish as this guy was...

    The story, in case it didn't come out when I pasted this is...

    This kid was doing 120mph when he hit the back of the truck. The truck driver felt the impact and pulled over about a quarter mile down the road. When he came around the back of his truck, this is what he found...
    read to the end....
    http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...7/image001.jpg
    http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...7/image003.jpg
    http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...7/image004.jpg
    http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...7/image005.jpg

    Believe it or not-HE LIVED!!!
    Last edited by prometheus578; 05-12-2008, 11:44 AM.
    80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
    79 XS1100F

    "Look Ma! No hands!...."
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  • #2
    What was left of the bike...

    80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
    79 XS1100F

    "Look Ma! No hands!...."

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    • #3
      snopes says...

      Here's the link to the Snopes.com reference to the story. Snopes article
      Unfortunately the guy died, but IMO, wearing a hat is never a bad idea.
      -Do what makes you happy.

      '79 Honda CB 750 K (2)
      '78 XS 11 E - "Rhona"
      ...and a 2nd E, for the goodies on it.

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      • #4
        Thought so

        The email that comes from is going around saying that the guy lived. He looked pretty bad to me, but you believe it until someone proves it wrong.
        I'll let John know that the guy that sent that to him was misinformed, and give him the link to that story.
        Thanks.
        80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
        79 XS1100F

        "Look Ma! No hands!...."

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        • #5
          Saw that e-mail last year.

          An even more horrendous story is the girl who got blown off her friend's bike wearing only a helmet, capri jeans, tennis shoes, and a sweatshirt over a bikini. She lived, after several skin graft surgeries and physical therapy sessions.

          Full story here:

          http://www.speedfreakinc.com/safety/...learned_2.html

          Always wear your gear.
          1981 XS1100SH

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          • #6
            Hard to believe...

            I used to ride on the back of my daughter's fathers Ninja with a mini skirt, heels, and a tank top. Course, I had a helmet on...it was the law...
            I have been on the back of HD's with guys that at this point in my life I wouldn't give the time of day, doing 100+ mph.
            Sometimes, you really wonder that there is a better purpose for you and your life, because some of the stupid things we do when we're young makes you really scratch your head when you're older...IF you live that long...
            Everyone-make good decisions, and be safe. Even if it isn't as much fun as being wild and crazy.
            80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
            79 XS1100F

            "Look Ma! No hands!...."

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            • #7
              Learned my lesson... spit off a bike at 55-60, no helmet. lots of road rash. Stupidity has it's priviledges... you learn that God is, in fact, watching out for you. Now I don't ride like an idiot... but don't where a helmet all the time either.
              Yamaniac
              '79 xs11 sf - WidowMaker, 750 final drive
              '80 xs1100 sg- ENEMY#1 parts bike no title(free)
              '79 f- frame and swingarm (and title)
              '82 yz 490- needs a cylinder, head, & new piston, etc. Got one for sale?
              '88 Honda cbr600- Running, finally! Training bike for swmbo, maybe a stunt bike for me eventually.

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              • #8
                Learned my lesson... spit off a bike at 55-60
                I hope you have since learned to not follow redneck pickup trucks with tobacco stains down the sides. As added insurance, you could gain some weight and/or hang on tighter so the impact of the offending spit will not be as effective. Also, never try to spit back at them in any forward direction while traveling down the road...



                Tod
                Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                Current bikes:
                '06 Suzuki DR650
                *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                '81 XS1100 Special
                '81 YZ250
                '80 XS850 Special
                '80 XR100
                *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                • #9
                  You were on a Harley at 100+ mph? What, did somebody drop it out of a plane?

                  Patrick
                  The glorious rays of the rising sun exist only to create shadows in which doom may hide.

                  XS11F (Incubus, daily rider)
                  1969 Yamaha DT1B
                  Five other bikes whose names do not begin with "Y"

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                  • #10
                    Very funny...

                    It was an 'old' Harley....
                    80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
                    79 XS1100F

                    "Look Ma! No hands!...."

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                    • #11
                      Okay, you got me

                      YES...We were dropped out of a plane!!
                      Dang it!
                      80 XS1100G w/ Windjammer-the Witch
                      79 XS1100F

                      "Look Ma! No hands!...."

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                      • #12
                        I had one

                        Old one that is, was a '42 Springer, buddy seat, windshield, bags, tank shift, foot clutch. I remember that 60 felt like 100. Easy to follow it because it left a hardware trail with oil accents.......
                        You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

                        '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
                        Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
                        Drilled airbox
                        Tkat fork brace
                        Hardly mufflers
                        late model carbs
                        Newer style fuses
                        Oil pressure guage
                        Custom security system
                        Stainless braid brake lines

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                        • #13
                          Road rash

                          I worked almost 26 yrs in emegency rooms one day i was riding to work on my bike when a guy with his GF blew by at over 100 MPH he was wearing shorts and flip flops she was bare foot in shorts and top they went down sround a corner when i got there . i couldnt do more then try and find all teh peices it may not be cool to where all teh gear but a someone sho was hit by a car i always have mine on no matter how warm it is. just food for thought.


                          John
                          79 XS1100SF 750 FD,Galfer Brake lines,ebc brake pads,Cross Drilled Rotors,TKat fork brace,bead blasted wheels repainted and polished
                          80 XS1100 S Project gonna be a hot rod
                          06 CBR1000RR sold!!!!!
                          2000 Concours
                          84 Kawi KLR600
                          79 Yam XT500 Ouch it kicks back
                          79 XR250
                          Why is it that the smallest part can fly to the farthest part of the shop?
                          John

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                          • #14
                            Here in NY, the law says Hard Hats MUST be worn...but I'm moving to GA, where I believe there are no helmet laws. I'm still taking my full face hat and my leather gear. I thought about maybe grabbing a half-cap while I'm down there, and a set of goggles. I laid mine down last summer on a fog-wetted road and slid a GOOD 50 feet before coming to rest on the CENTERLINE of a major highway that intersected the road I was riding on. My leather took it all and allowed me to walk away with a torn jeans pocket and some sore butt muscles.

                            I was VERY lucky...but it's an experience I do not wish to repeat. Wear your gear.

                            PS-I also saw that video and pics at a biker safety website. The guy did not live. The after-photos are gross and very disturbing. The guy's hat was embedded into his head(what was left of it), his neck was broken, his face was unrecognizable, and his chest was crushed. The truck driver only stopped because pieces of the bike went whizzing past him at over 100 mph. But it still dragged the rider over a mile before stopping. Stupidity kills. Plain and simple. Gear or no gear, there's nothing to protect you from yourself.
                            "Rat Rod"
                            79 XS1100 Standard
                            87 VMAX cans
                            Cheap Japanese Tires
                            Cobalt Blue Rattle Can Paint
                            Custom Lighting on a Budget

                            Perry Center Fire Department
                            Perry Emergency Ambulance

                            "If we don't do it, who will?"


                            Some people have one of those days, I have one of those lives...

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by CarolynS View Post
                              Believe it or not-HE LIVED!!!
                              Actually, he died:

                              http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/tulsacrash.asp
                              1982 XJ1100J Maxim
                              2000 BMW R1200C

                              “We go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company.” – Mark Twain

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