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JustWaitAFrekinMinute

On 9/4/2013 3:59 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:08:21 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

On 9/4/2013 12:31 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:16:05 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

I have seen it on the beltway. In fact a guy I know wiped out on one
of these "buckles" on a Sportster and I ended up fixing the bike for
him.

Not trying to indict John... just wondering about 5", seems even outside
Boston that would be addressed somehow...

They closed the beltway a lane at a time and addressed it after
several serious accidents and stories on TV about it.

Surprised more people didn't die.. I know if I hit a 5 inch edge with my
Jeep, at anything over say, 30 miles an hour, there is no way I would
maintain control... Knowing what I know about cars, I can say with
almost certainty that that five inch "curb" at speed would collapse the
front end of my jeep... I imagine the bike you fixed must have busted in
half up near the neck...

Fortunately it wasn't on the leading edge side. It was a ski ramp. 11
guys made it, one guy, a fairly new rider, didn't. He squirreled out
on the landing and went into the swale.
Broken leg and a beat up bike.

Yeah, nuts... I happened to be in Hartford today from 84 West to 91
South, to Route 9 South... Through Hartford I encountered only one
entrance ramp where there were 2-3 inch wide and deep groove between the
lanes where the merge was... Other than that, most of the roads around
here are passable, at least at the posted speed limit if you keep your
eyes open.... The worst stretch I have encountered in the North East
consistantly is a stretch of 91 n/s through Springfield Mass. It's a
bout a two mile stretch of elevated highway that is always just a
****pile.. I usually have to slow down to 45 or so with the trailer on
to not bust something. The thing is I don't know why it's so patched and
rutted... There is no infrastructure running under it or anything, seems
they could just lay down one smooth layer once and be done with it...
But it's like it's under construction with no signs or workers, for the
last 20 years that I remember....