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Say what you want for safety switches, but I watched a guy a coule of years ago almost launch himself off the front of a ferry boat as it was just closing in on the dock. Scared me half to death, as I thought he was going over, and in turn into the props. He stopped just short of the end of the deck. He looked at me afterword, and the look on his face was, shall we say priceless.
Yeah the look on his face of just ****'n himself...
Saw something just about as good in Fla this year. We were sitting at the bar, overlooking the parking lot, and noticed a bike (a Honda I think) sitting there on the side stand with nobody on it, headlight shining, and the left blinker blinking......
I watched a lady in Myrtle Beach try to put her helmet on backwards for 5 minutes. She kept trying to fasten it but it wouldn't quite reach - she would take it off and spin it back to the same position she had it before. Once she got it on she jumped on a brand new Heritage and took off. I always wondered if she ever made it to where she was going...
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