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On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:08:21 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
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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.

What's amazing to me is that Scotty's Jeep won't withstand that 5" jump!
Hell, I've flew much higher than that in old beat up cars of my youth!
Usually the end result is lost hubcaps!