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Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:14 AM
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Not knowing the back story involved In what got us to this point....


http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/06...-bpb-vstan.cnn


From just what you see here, who was to blame for this horrific incident?


Car -vs- Bike, no contest. You may be right, but you may be the rightest man in the whole damn cemetery. Stay alive and get away from these situations!
 
Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:32 AM
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you need the whole story- one of the statements on the tv news froma witness is that the car had run the bike out of the lane and that this jockeying had been going on for a while...long enough to start filming

so incomplete.

coincidently or not, a few days previous a video of a car swerving at bikes lane splitting on an LA freeway and later trying to chase bikes was shown on the tv news.


I've been cut off and i use the air horn ( which interrupts their phone conversation)- I had a Pal who had NO problem tossing used batteries at the window glass.

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Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:33 AM
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The rider is being sought for felony hit & run as it stands now. Clearly, two vehicle operator's had completely lost their "cool".

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Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:48 AM
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Old news. Been several threads started on this. Go to the general Harley chat section. This is the touring section ya know?
 
Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:52 AM
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Agreed, complete information is not there. Usually the guy who throws the second punch gets caught. Biker got lucky to be able to go home. 99% of these don't end well for two wheeler.


We've all had issues with cagers on the road. Gotta know when to back off and let the cage "win".
 
Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Buelligan666
Old news. Been several threads started on this. Go to the general Harley chat section. This is the touring section ya know?


Seemed to me the rider was on a bagger. That's a touring bike....right? Was the last time I checked.
 
Old Jun 26, 2017 | 10:57 AM
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Seemed to me the rider was on a bagger. That's a touring bike....right? Was the last time I checked.
We'll see....

IBTL
 
Old Jun 26, 2017 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Buelligan666
We'll see....

IBTL

GEE, you must spend a lot of time on forums. I had to google IBTL. Still don't get it, oh well, Screw it I'm going riding.


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Originally Posted by gipper


Seemed to me the rider was on a bagger. That's a touring bike....right? Was the last time I checked.
Well, this is at least the second one in touring.

No need for deep thought or debate. Forest Gump said it all. Stupid is as stupid does. Applies to this in many, many ways.
 
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Originally Posted by mkguitar

I had a Pal who had NO problem tossing used batteries at the window glass.
Wow... DejaVu... knew a guy in the '70s who had a leather pouch on his riser with 3/4" ball bearings in it.... when I asked, he said they were for "a$$hole drivers"...!
 



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