irc tire mounting backwards

[David Marzullo]

Why I wear the gear

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[Alan L Henderson]

Anybody know if he is alright? He built a pretty amazing bike. One has to question why somebody would think it was safe to do a burn out on bike that can do 0 to 60 in under one second. Just a helmet would have helped. I imagine he had probably gotten away with this in the past. Hope he is alright. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa David Marzullo wrote:

> Why I wear the gear > > > > http://webdogpro.com/category/videos/ > http://webdogpro.com/category/videos/> > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMBZDwf9dok> > > >

[Alan L Henderson]

After a little more investigation I found this site: http://www.killacycle.com/ Apparently he is alright and a little wiser. Al A13 Ia Alan L Henderson wrote:

> Anybody know if he is alright? He built a pretty amazing bike. One has > to question why somebody would think it was safe to do a burn out on > bike that can do 0 to 60 in under one second. Just a helmet would have > helped. I imagine he had probably gotten away with this in the past. > Hope he is alright. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa > > > > > > > David Marzullo wrote: >> Why I wear the gear >> > >> > http://webdogpro.com/category/videos/ >> http://webdogpro.com/category/videos/> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMBZDwf9dok> >> >> >> > >

[Zachariah Mully]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 09:12 -0500, Alan L Henderson wrote:

> Anybody know if he is alright? He built a pretty amazing bike. One has > to question why somebody would think it was safe to do a burn out on > bike that can do 0 to 60 in under one second. Just a helmet would have > helped. I imagine he had probably gotten away with this in the past. > Hope he is alright. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa

Part of the problem was that he is the engineer of the bike, not the regular rider, so most likely had no idea just how fast that thing could accelerate or even how to handle it. More so then all the mommies on the list screaming "wear your gear!", don't get yourself in over your head, either with a motorcycle that's too big and powerful for you, or a situation in which you have no experience. Z -> slow bikes fast

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

I think your right. He had little idea of how to handle the bike. And one little bottle of soapy water is not enough for a drag tire you need a gallon of water minimum. and a constant flow would help. What happened was the water dried up and the tire did what it was supposed to.... it hooked up and off he went. Kerry

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Zachariah Mully wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 09:12 -0500, Alan L Henderson wrote: > > Anybody know if he is alright? He built a pretty amazing bike. One has > > to question why somebody would think it was safe to do a burn out on > > bike that can do 0 to 60 in under one second. Just a helmet would have > > helped. I imagine he had probably gotten away with this in the past. > > Hope he is alright. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa > > Part of the problem was that he is the engineer of the bike, not the > regular rider, so most likely had no idea just how fast that thing could > accelerate or even how to handle it. More so then all the mommies on the > list screaming "wear your gear!", don't get yourself in over your head, > either with a motorcycle that's too big and powerful for you, or a > situation in which you have no experience. > > Z -> slow bikes fast >

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Oct 3, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Kerry Stottlemyer wrote:

> What happened was the water dried up and the tire did what it was > supposed to.... it hooked up and off he went.

If you listen carefully to the part where the guy is lying on the ground, talking with a bystander, he claims that the throttle stuck open and that that's why he wasn't able to stop. At least, that's what it sounded like to me... Glad he's OK! -- Blake Sobiloff http://www.sobiloff.com/> San Jose, CA (USA) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[yeah, right]

I'm having my IRC 110 put on front tire of my 94 KLR650 this weekend. I'm going with all the advise I've read about mounting it backwards. I guess I'm fishing for anyone who would advise not to mount this tire backwards. Any advice would be appreciated. I've had this cycle for 18 months now and all I can say is I love this bike. Thanks, Purskil.

[Charlie Yahrmarkt]

I often wondered why the standard rotation of a MC throttle grip is toward the rider, not towards the front. All the best crash videos on youtube feature an in experienced rider hanging on to the throttle as the bike accelerates under them. Hanging on = Full throttle.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Sobiloff" > ground, talking with a bystander, he claims that the throttle stuck > open and that that's why he wasn't able to stop. At least, that's > what it sounded like to me... >