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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:09 AM
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So who on here likes to duck walk their bikes? It was something that was taught in MSF course.
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:09 AM
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Hate it. But sometimes it is a necessary evil.
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by HarleyGoodies
Hate it. But sometimes it is a necessary evil.
same here, i have a big chunk of plastic wraped around my lower right leg al lthe time that prevents my right foot from droppin/draggin but it also prevents it from moving around. as a result the duck walk is rather awkward for me sometimes even painfull
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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Only if I'm stuck in traffic so bad I have no other choice.
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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It's my only reverse gear.
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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Only if I'm stuck in traffic so bad I have no other choice.
AND its not much fun with 2-up and Loaded up fur a Trip
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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It's my only reverse gear.
Yup
 
Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:26 AM
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Yep, duck walkin is necessary at times. If it weren't for duck walkin, I couldn't get thru some places. But hate it? like it? Never occurred to me if I had a choice in either. Legs are just more 'tools' to get the job done easier...

NSC, I feel yer pain bro. I had to run for a few years with a leg brace from an accident that's all but forgotten now. The permanent limp keeps reminding me of it, tho. The plastic made me look like the kid with polio in those old movies which the other kids made fun of. I tossed the plastic, cuz for me it was more of a nuiscance than help.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by CroK
Yep, duck walkin is necessary at times. If it weren't for duck walkin, I couldn't get thru some places. But hate it? like it? Never occurred to me if I had a choice in either. Legs are just more 'tools' to get the job done easier...

NSC, I feel yer pain bro. I had to run for a few years with a leg brace from an accident that's all but forgotten now. The permanent limp keeps reminding me of it, tho. The plastic made me look like the kid with polio in those old movies which the other kids made fun of. I tossed the plastic, cuz for me it was more of a nuiscance than help.
yeah id love to toss the brace sometimes but its an unfortunate requirent without it i end up falling down alot and kick starting my beast becoems a very dangerous situation LOL i have no muscle use /motion/feeling fro mthe knee down everything is limp below the knee. but i have been thinking about getting my next one chrome plated and engraved wit hflames and an ironcross LOL
 
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One of my other bikes is a Duc(ati). Does that count?
 



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