<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">when we pack our bikes how many of ours test the breaking to see which way it will shift or will it come out from under us?<br>testing is one of the best things we can do every trip I now have to add everyday expect the bike to become a squeal and are you ready for that bike to jump or almost go down on us?<br>I was lucky twice in one week I have had my skills tested by the road and bike I had to go around to see what it was wrong to only see the road had cracked wide enough to get me my front tire just followed that F---- crack but I was a lucky one I managed to ride it out.<br>I guess the real qa is are you that quick to be able to save yourself and the bike? I thought I was on a horse again what a ride.<br><br><div><font color="#7f007f">FRAN DEL <span>SANTO</span> </font></div> <div><font color="#7f007f">RIDE THE WIND RIDE SAFE AND FREE</font></div>
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<div><font face="MS Reference Sans Serif" size="2">John-</font></div>
<div><font face="MS Reference Sans Serif" size="2">You left out a VERY important
fact here.</font></div>
<div><font face="MS Reference Sans Serif" size="2">Semi trucks are designed to
stop 80,000 loads and the brake systems are set up for that weight. When the
truck is empty, it is vastly overpowered concerning the braking system. You pull
out in front of the truck, the driver hits the brakes to avoid you, and the
brakes lock up resulting in an uncontrolled skid. Not a good thing. Those double
aluminum bulk trailers you all see only weigh 22,000 punds on a brake system
designed to stop 80,000 pounds. Think about it!!</font></div>
<div><font face="MS Reference Sans Serif" size="2">Mark</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> [ABATE] Fw: STOPPING
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</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“THIS BABY CAN
STOP ON A DIME” </span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Tahoma">(AND OTHER URBAN
MYTHS)</font></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><u><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">Information compiled
by John Del Santo</font></span></u><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
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</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>REACTION TIME</span></u></b><b><span>
: <u> AVERAGE</u> REACTION TIME FOR AN ADULT IS
GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE 3/4 OF A SECOND FROM THE TIME THE
HAZARD IS SPOTTED, UNTIL THE TIME THE DRIVERS FOOT TOUCHES
THE BRAKE PEDAL</span></b></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><span> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>BRAKING
DISTANCE
</span></u></b><b><span>TOTAL FEET TRAVELED FROM THE TIME THE
DRIVERS FOOT TOUCHES THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS AT A
COMPLETE STOP. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><b><span><font face="Tahoma" size="3"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><span> <u>TOTAL STOPPING
DISTANCE</u> IS A COMBINATION OF REACTION TIME
DISTANCE AND BRAKING DISTANCE. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><b><span><font face="Tahoma" size="3"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><span>MILES PER HOUR
TIMES 1 ½ EQUALS THE FEET PER SECOND THAT THE
VEHICLE IS TRAVELING.<span>
</span><span> </span>(MPH X 1.56 = FPS.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><b><span><font face="Tahoma" size="3">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><b><span><font face="Tahoma" size="3"> TIMES BELOW SHOWS <u>BRAKING</u>
DISTANCE FOR VEHICLES WITH BETTER BRAKES, OPERATED BY
EXPERIENCED
DRIVERS </font></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"><font size="3"> FROM 60 MPH – 0<span> </span>(DOES NOT
INCLUDE REACTION TIME).</font></font></span></b>
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</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><u><span><font face="Tahoma">TRUCKS</font></span></u></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">3-AXLE SEMI 210 – 249
FEET</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">3 AXLE SINGLE-UNIT
TRUCK 184 – 252 FEET</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">2- AXLE SINGLE-UNIT TRUCK
WEIGHING LESS THAN 10,000 LBS</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span><b><span><font face="Tahoma">155 – 170
FEET</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>STANDARD SIZE PASSENGER
CAR</span></u></b><b><span> 159 – 165
FEET</span></b></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">INFORMATION FROM Lawyers and
Judges publishing. com “vehicle speed and stopping distance
computer. “</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>Large SUVs’ & light
trucks </span></u></b><b><span>(weighing 8,000 – 10,000lbs) must
be able to stop within 280 feet of braking
distance.</span></b></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">Large SUVs’ and light trucks
weighing at least 7700 lbs must be able to stop within 204 – 218
feet.</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>ALL NEW vehicles weighing
less than 7700 lbs</span></u></b><b><span>, (cold brakes, dry
road, new blacktop) requires a minimum braking distance of
230 feet.</span></b></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma"><font size="3"><b><span>Info from Sam Daniel, New
Vehicle Effectiveness Dept , US Dept of Transportation
NHTSA 6/1/05 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><u><span><font face="Tahoma">MOTORCYCLES</font></span></u></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">BMW
R1200GS
125.2 FEET</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">Harley Davidson Sportser
114.1 feet</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">Honda Valkyrie 114.8
feet</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma">INFO FROM MOTORCYCLE CONSUMER
NEWS WINTER 04/05 PERFORMANCE INDEX</font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><span><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><u><span>`MOTORCYCLE-TYPE
TRIKES</span></u></b><b><span> RAY,WHO
OWNS A TRIKE DEALERSHIP IN WASHINGSTON STATE, AND WHO WORKED
WITH THE EVERGREEN SAFETY COUNCIL PREPARING THEIR TRIKE &
SIDECAR COURSE, SAID THAT A MOTORCYCLE-TYPE TRIKE( NOT A
CAR-ENGINE MADE INTO A TRIKE) SHOULD STOP IN A SLIGHTLY SHORTER
DISTANCE THAN A 2-WHEELED MOTORCYCLE OF THE SAME BRAND AND
MODEL. THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE WHEN A MOTORCYCLE IS
BRAKED HARD, IT NOSES TOWARD THE FRONT, AND THE FRONT
WHEEL HAS TO DO MOST OF THE BRAKING, AND THEY FOUND DURING
THEIR TESTING THAT WHEN A MOTORCYCLE-TRIKE WAS BRAKED HARD THE
BACK-END SEEMED TO SETTLE IN SO THAT ALL THREE TIRES WERE
BRAKING, WITH THE BACK WHEELS DOING MORE OF THE WORK.
(Ray 3/05)</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1004828174MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">DISCLAIMER AND
WARNING :This guide is to provide accurate and authoritative
information on this subject. If expert assistance is required,
the services of a competent professional person should be
sought. </span><br>
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