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[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Thu May 25, 2000 6:37 pm
by Calis
Attachments : >You can also get "Bear Scare" flares,
>aka
"Screamers". Has anyone actually used them against a bear? I don't live in an area that has bears (or at least that's the official word), but it's still an interesting idea. [img]cid:001101bfc6a2$1865f580$25d91104@calis[/img]
[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Thu May 25, 2000 10:12 pm
by Tom Simpson
"D.J. Rogers" wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I don't know what your experience with Skyblazers is, so no offence
> but in my opinion they are not worth the money. I get a lot of them
> off the Coast Guard and boaters for disposal. Occasionally we will
> attempt to fire them off, sometimes as demos for boat owners to show
> how bad they are. Very few (out of literally hundreds) actually
> work. Granted, many of these are past their life span (normally 5
> years from DOM) but most are JUST past this date. And the banging
> around they suffer on a bike HAS to be worse than anything that
> happens while stored on a boat. Many people buy them because they
> are a) required or b) easy to find. I would never have them on my
> boat or bike.
>
> My advice is that you check out the outdoors stores for "pencil
> flares" or "mini-flares". The come with a small hand launcher about
> the size of a marker pen and a number of flares. They shoot a flare
> fairly high up, easily through tree tops, and are pretty durable. We
> use them in ejection seat survival kits, mainly, and have had very
> few misfires. You can also get "Bear Scare" flares,
> aka "Screamers". Fire them off and they emit a loud shriek to either
> chase Yogi away or get someone's attention. I have seen kits that
> come with both types of flare. Sorry, I have no idea as to price.
> Places like REI probably carry them, or a specialty hiking/camping
> store.
Mine are East German military surplus paraflares. Poke around enough
surplus stores and you might still find a few. Havent tested any but I have
confidence in NVA equipment.
-Tom
[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Fri May 26, 2000 10:06 am
by CrazyDave
On Thu, 25 May 2000 18:36:48 -0500, Calis wrote:
> >You can also get "Bear Scare" flares,
> >aka "Screamers".
>
>
> Has anyone actually used them against a bear? I don't live in an
area that has bears (or at least that's the official word), but it's still
an interesting idea.
>
>
>
Smith&Wesson is the mfg. I have a set of them, they come in a nice rubber
container that holds the "pin gun" and about 6 flares. Each flare has its
own compartment and is completely enclosed. If anyone is willing to pay me
way to Moab I will bring it to show all (it was woth the try).
As for bears.....might be effective if you hit them in the face with it, or
might just piss them off.
FWIW a bear can run at 30mph for short distances, the fastest human on
record has run at 27mph. Hmmmmmm
crazydave
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[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Fri May 26, 2000 10:15 am
by k650dsn@aol.com
In a message dated Fri, 26 May 2000 11:08:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, CrazyDave writes:
>>
True. But all you have to do is run faster than the guy next to you.
Gino
[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Fri May 26, 2000 10:17 am
by Robert Morgan
Doesn't this flare business strike anyone as a real good way to start a
forest fire!
Morgan
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Skyblazer Flares (nklr)
>
> On Thu, 25 May 2000 18:36:48 -0500, Calis wrote:
>
> > >You can also get "Bear Scare" flares,
> > >aka "Screamers".
> >
> >
> > Has anyone actually used them against a bear? I don't live in an
> area that has bears (or at least that's the official word), but it's still
> an interesting idea.
> >
> >
> >
> Smith&Wesson is the mfg. I have a set of them, they come in a nice rubber
> container that holds the "pin gun" and about 6 flares. Each flare has its
> own compartment and is completely enclosed. If anyone is willing to pay
me
> way to Moab I will bring it to show all (it was woth the try).
>
> As for bears.....might be effective if you hit them in the face with it,
or
> might just piss them off.
>
> FWIW a bear can run at 30mph for short distances, the fastest human on
> record has run at 27mph. Hmmmmmm
>
> crazydave
>
>
>
>
>
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[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Sat May 27, 2000 12:35 am
by Tumu Rock
On Fri, 26 May 2000 08:15:16 -0700, Robert Morgan wrote:
> Doesn't this flare business strike anyone as a real good way to start a
> forest fire!
> Morgan
Nawww, leave that to the feds!
dat brooklyn bum
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[dsn_klr650] skyblazer flares (nklr)
Posted: Sat May 27, 2000 10:13 am
by k650dsn@aol.com
In a message dated 05/26/2000 11:36:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
guymanbro@... writes:
Doesn't this flare business strike anyone as a real good way to start a
> forest fire!
> Morgan
Nawww, leave that to the feds! >>
Only after the environmentalists allow a good supply of fuel to build up.
Gino
[dsn_klr650] buy new tire from fred in moab?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2000 6:23 pm
by Alan L Henderson
>Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:02:35 -0500
>To: "e. rhoads"
>From: Alan L Henderson
>Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] buy new tire from fred in moab?
>In-Reply-To:
>References:
>
>At 03:59 PM 5/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>> I'll bring the Ruglide rubber .....
>>
>>____________
>>
>>Alan, so they still make this stuff eh? I changed tires last year and used
>>a can that had been sitting on shelf for at least 25 years....worked fine.
>>Nice to know it's still available.
>>
>>e.
>>
>Ah, well---- mine should have been sitting on the shelf from about the
same period but when I went to get it to change my rear tire I couldn't
find it. I'll have to check at the auto parts store to see if it is still
made. Some where on one of my shelves buried in all the other junk sits a
part of a gallon of Ruglide. Would have come in handy.
> Alan Henderson A13 Iowa
A final note on this subject: I found RuGlide for sale when I was at the
auto parts store picking up a new tailpipe to go along with my new muffler
which was supposed to fit the original tail pipe but didn't. Sigh! It was
priced at $12.50 a gallon at the local Napa store. When I got out of the
service, and before I went back to school, I worked in the auto section of
Wards working with tires mostly. Used an awful lot of RuGlide and it never
let me down. Good stuff made just specially for mounting tires.
Alan Henderson A13 Iowa