On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 07:54:20 -0400, "RCE" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
Forgot to mention this yesterday.

I have signed up for a MC riding course at Excalibur Motorsports in
Plainfield.

I intend to put this left/right controversy to rest once and for all
not out of disrespect for your opinions but because you are wrong.

Not that there is anything wrong with that. :)

And I would point out to all you heathens who actually believe that
left/right nonsense that up until ten or so years ago, it was thought
that the curveball didn't curve - it was an optical illusion.

EXCELSIOR!! :)

I just came back from a morning walk/jog and decided to take the bicycle out
for a ride and test the steering issue on it. Thought it would be a good
idea to check the air in the tires, but it has weird valve stems that I've
never seen before and a conventional tire gauge fitting doesn't fit on it.
I inadvertently let all the air out of the front tire fooling around with
it. The bike's a Trek Hybrid. I guess I'll have to go back to the dealer
later and get whatever I need to fill it back up.

I'll submit my steering results later.

Eisboch


Here's an exercise in avoidance maneuvering (using countersteering) you can
do on the HD.

Follow behind a car, using a 2 second interval (always) between you and the
car in front. Ride in the center of the lane. As you're following the car,
you'll notice sewer covers, gas line covers, etc., as they come from
beneath the car. Use countersteering to swerve and avoid the covers, or
anything else that pops up from underneath the car. This is a good exercise
in city traffic. It will help you miss the chunk of 4 x 4 that fell off the
truck in front of you while on the highway!