Danny Gray Breakout Solo Seat - Velco
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09-30-2014, 09:16 PM
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09-30-2014, 10:31 PM
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Thanks, Stone Cliff. I take safety pretty seriously because of my early career in industrial plant management, where safety was a very big deal People who broke the rules or violated the best practices got very badly hurt or killed.
In the bloodiest accident in one of my plants, a 3rd shift worker who momentarily forgot a safety rule got his entire lower right arm into a high pressure pinch point and lost his hand and arm up to his elbow in about a second. I wasn't there for the actual accident (2am), but I was told the screaming was pretty blood curdling.I picked up and drove his wife to the hospital at 3am, and all she could think about was how were they going to make a living now that her husband had lost a limb and they had an apartment full of kids. Things like that stay with you.
Jim G
In the bloodiest accident in one of my plants, a 3rd shift worker who momentarily forgot a safety rule got his entire lower right arm into a high pressure pinch point and lost his hand and arm up to his elbow in about a second. I wasn't there for the actual accident (2am), but I was told the screaming was pretty blood curdling.I picked up and drove his wife to the hospital at 3am, and all she could think about was how were they going to make a living now that her husband had lost a limb and they had an apartment full of kids. Things like that stay with you.
Jim G
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Thanks, Stone Cliff. I take safety pretty seriously because of my early career in industrial plant management, where safety was a very big deal People who broke the rules or violated the best practices got very badly hurt or killed.
In the bloodiest accident in one of my plants, a 3rd shift worker who momentarily forgot a safety rule got his entire lower right arm into a high pressure pinch point and lost his hand and arm up to his elbow in about a second. I wasn't there for the actual accident (2am), but I was told the screaming was pretty blood curdling.I picked up and drove his wife to the hospital at 3am, and all she could think about was how were they going to make a living now that her husband had lost a limb and they had an apartment full of kids. Things like that stay with you.
Jim G
In the bloodiest accident in one of my plants, a 3rd shift worker who momentarily forgot a safety rule got his entire lower right arm into a high pressure pinch point and lost his hand and arm up to his elbow in about a second. I wasn't there for the actual accident (2am), but I was told the screaming was pretty blood curdling.I picked up and drove his wife to the hospital at 3am, and all she could think about was how were they going to make a living now that her husband had lost a limb and they had an apartment full of kids. Things like that stay with you.
Jim G
Understood and appreciated, Jim. Didn't mean to make light of it, Brother.
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10-01-2014, 03:04 AM
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10-01-2014, 06:37 AM
Danny Gray uses metal and bolt for the same reason Harley does: in an accident or even a severe avoidance move, a seat that is not STRONGLY and RIGIDLY fastened to the bike will move a bit (or a lot), and that movement can be enough to cause you to "jerk" in your control of the bike, or to lose control entirely, and that can lead to disaster. That's why.
The velcro may seem like "enough", but in accident avoidance maneuvers, and even far more during actual collisions, that velcro will give way VERY quickly, as the acceleration force involved are so huge.
Harley warns you specifically about this in the owner's manual, without explaining why though.
Jim G
The velcro may seem like "enough", but in accident avoidance maneuvers, and even far more during actual collisions, that velcro will give way VERY quickly, as the acceleration force involved are so huge.
Harley warns you specifically about this in the owner's manual, without explaining why though.
Jim G
