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    #1

    Data Wire Across the Road

    Wife and I were going home the other night, LUCKILY in the car, when something hit the windshield.

    We turned around trying to figure out what we'd hit. Very hard to see fiber optic wire had pulled loose of a pole and was hanging at about neck height.

    So I guess I may have used up some luck cuz if it had been a nice warm night we would probably have been riding.

    Between the cagers on their phones, the deer and everything else we need to watch out for now it's dang wires too. Grrr.

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    2002 bmw r1150gs 1978 gs1000E skunk les pew 1979 gs1000L dragbike
    82 gs1100L probably the next project
    1980 gs1000G the ugly 1978 gs750E need any parts?
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_m2oYJkx1A
    1978 gs1000E skunk #2 RLAP
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    ew, yah, could have been a problem
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    Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
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      #3
      Not something to lose the head over.
      ---- Dave

      Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window
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        #4
        When i was in Michigan there was a news story about a guy being killed by a buzzard. They were in a ditch full of weeds eating on a deer when the bike scared them up. One flew right into his face and snapped his head back breaking his neck.
        MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
        1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

        NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


        I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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          #5
          Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
          When i was in Michigan there was a news story about a guy being killed by a buzzard. They were in a ditch full of weeds eating on a deer when the bike scared them up. One flew right into his face and snapped his head back breaking his neck.
          Buzzard must of ate good for a week!
          Wait? What? ...
          My Motorcycles:
          22 Kawasaki Z900 RS (Candy Tone Blue)
          22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
          82 1100e Drag Bike (needs race engine)
          81 1100e Street Bike (with race engine)
          79 1000e (all original)
          82 850g (all original)
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            #6
            Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
            When i was in Michigan there was a news story about a guy being killed by a buzzard. They were in a ditch full of weeds eating on a deer when the bike scared them up. One flew right into his face and snapped his head back breaking his neck.
            I hate when that happens.
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              #7
              Buddy bought a new Maxim and a pheasant flew up on him. Took out the right turn signal and put a softball size dent it the tank cheek. Hwe didnt loose the bike but im pretty sure he changed underwear real quick. Tom Miller was his name...said he was doing around 80.
              MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
              1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

              NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


              I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
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                1982 CB900f

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                  #9
                  I went by the spot where the wire was hanging and it has been reattached BUT it was attached to the pole above the electric service wire. It crosses the electric wire.
                  This is not done. As far as I know the rule is that higher voltage is always higher on the pole.
                  I will consider this a problem area and hopefully remember to take care when traveling through there.

                  I'd like to keep my head attached.
                  2002 bmw r1150gs 1978 gs1000E skunk les pew 1979 gs1000L dragbike
                  82 gs1100L probably the next project
                  1980 gs1000G the ugly 1978 gs750E need any parts?
                  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_m2oYJkx1A
                  1978 gs1000E skunk #2 RLAP
                  https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2f1debec_t.jpg
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
                    When i was in Michigan there was a news story about a guy being killed by a buzzard. They were in a ditch full of weeds eating on a deer when the bike scared them up. One flew right into his face and snapped his head back breaking his neck.
                    I was in Florida several years ago and saw a sign that said "Watch for buzzards on bridge"

                    Bridge was about 1/4 mile long, over some marshy area. Apparently the four-legged wildlife will use the bridge to cross the marsh and get hit. (It's two lanes, virtually no shoulders and a low concrete 'fence'.) Buzzards fly in to feast, but the only way they can take off is with a very low departure angle, meaning 'in line with the roadway'. You are likely to hit a buzzard while he is trying to get enough altitude to get over the fence.
                    If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

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