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Aug 31, 2009 | 08:59 PM

#31

Fulmer

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From: milwaukee

Quote:

Originally Posted by leohd

been there done that it $ucks, wonder if abs would have helped at all

I bet so. The guys on the ABS video were riding on slick stuff and they were ok.

Aug 31, 2009 | 10:11 PM

#32

02flh

Cruiser

Joined: Jun 2008

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From: Brighton Mi.

Underwear OK? I am stitting here with incressed heart rate just from the picture you painted. Thanks for posting that ,Don over and out>>>>

Aug 31, 2009 | 10:34 PM

#33

Mike

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Joined: Jun 2009

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From: Centralia, Wa

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Originally Posted by rapz

My brother and I have been riding over 50 years each and we always fear the first little rain since that's the stuff that just mixes with the road grime and oil, but it's not enough water to actually wash it off the pavement.

I try to avoid riding right after the first rain following a long dry spell for that very reason. Two or three weeks without rain, and all the oil and tire dust settles down into the pavement, just waiting for the first rainfall to lift it to the surface.

Aug 31, 2009 | 10:44 PM

#34

THABULL

Road Master

Joined: Dec 2006

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From: NC foothills

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

I'll put $20 down on diesel fuel & water.

Ya beat me to it , I'll put money on the diesel fuel theory , worse than hitting a sheet of ice!

Sep 1, 2009 | 10:39 AM

#35

JHeiser

Cruiser

Joined: Mar 2007

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From: Merritt Island Florida

Well good to hear everyone is alright. In Florida, when it rains there are many spots on the road that become black ice.

I went down in a parking lot shortly after a rain. The owners of the parking lot had sealed the pavement. When it rained you could walk easier on ice than across this parking lot. I had forgot when I went to leave for home. Got on the bike, started it let it roll back and WAM the back tire went out. I wasn't moving forward just letting it roll back out of a parking slot and the pavement was so slick that when I turned the front wheel while rolling back the bike's rear tire just shot out like it was on ice. It was so slick that myself and a friend who came to help could not get the bike up - I went and bought cat litter and spread it on the pavement in order to get traction. Basically, the building owner told me if I was unhappy about the parking lot to take him to court. I didn't - I just never park in that lot again.

Last edited by JHeiser; Sep 1, 2009 at 10:41 AM.

Sep 1, 2009 | 12:24 PM

#36

DeafUltra

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Joined: Oct 2008

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From: Brockport, NY

Glad everyone was OK safe and sound. Same thing happened to me and my ol' RKC after Fresh Oil and Micropaving was previously applied then moderate rain dumped on me. I was slowing down, tapped the rear brake a bit which my bike's rear fishtailed. Had to get my foot off the brake as the bike corrected itself. Man, I was so close by leaving ugly skidmark in my underwear.

Sep 1, 2009 | 12:56 PM

#37

Pumba11

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Joined: Jan 2007

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From: Twin Cities, MN

Glad your okay. Just rode several hundred miles in a good rain with my E3's and they handled beautiful. Mine were broke in however. Could be any number of variables.

Sep 1, 2009 | 04:10 PM

#38

gunnert

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Ezrider, duh, that is what I was saying, it was my fault. I was going about 40 mph when the wreck happended in front of me. I was able to slow to about 10 mph before I locked up the front wheel and low sided. I have been complacent the past couple of years and need to spend some more time in parking lot refreshing myself on emergency braking. I've learned my lesson the hard way.