data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104293 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (John R. Daker)
Subject: Re: Boom! Hubcap attack!
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
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Reply-To: [email protected] (John R. Daker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: yfn.ysu.edu
In a previous article, [email protected] (Speedy Mercer) says:
>I was attacked by a rabid hubcap once. I was going to work on a Yamaha
>750 Twin (A.K.A. "the vibrating tank") when I heard a wierd noise off to my
>left. I caught a glimpse of something silver headed for my left foot and
>jerked it up about a nanosecond before my bike was hit HARD in the left
>side. When I went to put my foot back on the peg, I found that it was not
>there! I pulled into the nearest parking lot and discovered that I had been
>hit by a wire-wheel type hubcap from a large cage! This hubcap weighed
>about 4-5 pounds! The impact had bent the left peg flat against the frame
>and tweeked the shifter in the process. Had I not heard the approaching
>cap, I feel certian that I would be sans a portion of my left foot.
>
Hmmmm.....I wondered where that hubcap went.
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