Potholes Night Time
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Potholes Night Time
Pothole's are brutal in my neck of the woods. Boston is really bad especially at night.
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
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Well, I am glad you didn't go down. Have you added passing lamps yet? Or maybe look into fog lights, or those moto lights. I know when I got my rk custom (it doesn't come stock with passing lamps), I had a heck of a time seeing at night. Since the install, it is much better. Of course, you could always slow down at night. LOL
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RE: Potholes Night Time
I've hit quite a few out of know where. Usually when riding 2up. Can't help but wonder if its either bending my rim or pinching the sidewalls of the tire enough to cause a blow out! [:@]
Glad your still rolling.
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RE: Potholes Night Time
I do runallThree lights out front for the exact same reason 24 hours a day.If I didn't have passing lamps, I would adda set of Halogen lightsto my engine guard bar. Roadgators (retread rubber peel offs) are just as hard to see at night on the interstate.My running lightsthrow a tremdous amount of light off to the sidealso tome spot those other4leggedhazards too.
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RE: Potholes Night Time
ORIGINAL: nick@nite
Pothole's are brutal in my neck of the woods. Boston is really bad especially at night.
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
Let me guess...you were running on the lower section of Route 138? That is so bad I won't run it even in the day time...and its not the wifes idea.
Pothole's are brutal in my neck of the woods. Boston is really bad especially at night.
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
Let me guess...you were running on the lower section of Route 138? That is so bad I won't run it even in the day time...and its not the wifes idea.
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I came up over a slight rise one time near a shopping center only to see too late that a road crew had *removed a 10 foot section of the road*. There was a lane wide piece of the road gone, 6" deep.
No time to do anything except to rely on dirt skills...up on the pegs, into the hole, attempt to pop the front up and ride it out.
I was moderately successful...came out in the air but straight and stayed up. Destroyed both spoke rims and had to limp it home on dead wheels and flat tires.
This was in the 70's...the city never responded about why it wasn't marked as a closed lane and folks didn't file lawsuits back then like they do now.
I was young and lucky...don't ever want that to happen again.
No time to do anything except to rely on dirt skills...up on the pegs, into the hole, attempt to pop the front up and ride it out.
I was moderately successful...came out in the air but straight and stayed up. Destroyed both spoke rims and had to limp it home on dead wheels and flat tires.
This was in the 70's...the city never responded about why it wasn't marked as a closed lane and folks didn't file lawsuits back then like they do now.
I was young and lucky...don't ever want that to happen again.
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RE: Potholes Night Time
ORIGINAL: The Old Man
ORIGINAL: nick@nite
Pothole's are brutal in my neck of the woods. Boston is really bad especially at night.
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
Let me guess...you were running on the lower section of Route 138? That is so bad I won't run it even in the day time...and its not the wifes idea.
Pothole's are brutal in my neck of the woods. Boston is really bad especially at night.
Cannot see them......hit one tonight , almost knocked me out.
Maybe Im to old but its tough enough to see at night , never mind looking for potholes......[:@]
Let me guess...you were running on the lower section of Route 138? That is so bad I won't run it even in the day time...and its not the wifes idea.