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From: [email protected] (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: CB750 C with flames out the exhaust!!!!---->>>
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>In article <[email protected]> Dave Dal Farra writes:
>>Reminds me of a great editorial by Bruce Reeve a couple months ago
>>in Cycle Canada.
>>
>>He was so pissed off with cops pulling over speeders in dangerous
>>spots (and often blind corners) that one day he decided to get
>>revenge.
>>
>>Cruising on a factory loaner ZZR1100 test bike, he noticed a cop
>>had pulled over a motorist on an on or off ramp with almost no
>>shoulder. Being a bright lad, he hit his bike's kill switch
>>just before passing the cop, who happened to be bending towards
>>the offending motorist there-by exposing his glutes to the
>>passing world.
>>
>>With his ignition system now dead, he pumped his throtle two
>>or three times to fill his exhaust canister's with volatile raw fuel.
>>
>>All it took was a stab at the kill switch to re-light the ignition
>>and send a 10' flame in Sargeant Swell's direction.
>>
>>I wonder if any cycle cops read Cycle Canada?
>
> Although I agree with the spirit of the action, I do hope that
>the rider ponied up the $800 or so it takes to replace the exhaust system
>he just destroyed. The owner's manual explicitly warns against such
>behavior for exactly that reason: you can destroy your muflers that way.
One more good reason for straight pipes or megaphones;-)
Regards, Charles
DoD0.001
RZ350
Ps: Does anyone know if Opti oils sells direct by the case load?
My loacl dealership is charging 12.99 for a jug of injector oil,
and it's breaking me;-)
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