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Correction Joe...according to the article the lead motorcyclist wasn't trying to wave when he crashed, but was attempting to point out a coyote on a nearby hillside, and subsequently caused two other motorcyclist riding with him to crash too!
Thereby giving me the impression that Wile E has finally switched from trying to catch the ever elusive Roadrunner to much easier prey...slower moving and uncoordinated Harley riders. Smart move on Wile E's part, I'd say!
(...I just wonder what Acme product he used to sufficiently distract the lead rider???)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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like shooting fish in a barrel
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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Fe Butt
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like shooting fish in a barrel
Hopefully, that's an ACME barrel you're talkin' about here, Joe!!! 
(...beep beep!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I don't understand how these guys are loosing control of their bikes. Mine tends to go straight even when I let go of the bars. I look at criters on the road side when ever there is one, and even wave at picture takers. I ride fast too, and never any problems of the bike just throwing me off.
Saturday my brother and I passed a group of harley riders still no random acting up from ole Matilda. I just don't understand whats going wrong with these guys
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Turns out according to Mythbusters it isn't so easy to shoot fish in a barrel! 
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Fe Butt
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Turns out according to Mythbusters it isn't so easy to shoot fish in a barrel!
That's 'cause I'll bet they didn't use a SHOTgun, Ian!!!
(...them there scatterguns would fetcha a nice eatin' trout of two outta ANY ol' barrel, I'll betcha...and ya AIN'T gotta be no Sgt. York/Annie Oakley kinda sharpshooter NEITHER!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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The must have a death-grip on their bars which they don't relax when they let go with one hand and/or the severe out-of-alignment front end and/or excessively wild vibrations immediately send them into a speed wobble. The latter is probably they reason for the death-grip 
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Pointed with his RIGHT hand? Dumbass!
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I let go with both hands and coast when it suits me. Still no horriffic crash. These guys have some kind of alignment or balance issue. Maybe one day I'll crash and die in a horrific ball of twisted metal and burning gas. Who knows?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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(...I just wonder what Acme product he used to sufficiently distract the lead rider???)
From what I know about HD riders, I'd guess it was the Acme inflatable flasher.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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(...I just wonder what Acme product he used to sufficiently distract the lead rider???)
From what I know about HD riders, I'd guess it was the Acme inflatable flasher.
Could be GB, however I'm pretty sure that that only comes as an accessory to the Acme Rocket Sled!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I let go with both hands and coast when it suits me. Still no horriffic crash. These guys have some kind of alignment or balance issue. Maybe one day I'll crash and die in a horrific ball of twisted metal and burning gas. Who knows?
Letting go with both hands is better than what he did. Let go of the throttle, bike decelerates causing him to transfer weight forward and push on the left grip. Push left go left.
And he wasn't looking where he was going.
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Good description of the error here. I couldn't figure it out.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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