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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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If a guy in a car waved to get your attention and pointed towards your rear wheel you wouldn't assume something was wrong with your bike?

I don't buy that from either one of you guys.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by NateDieselF4i
If a guy in a car waved to get your attention and pointed towards your rear wheel you wouldn't assume something was wrong with your bike?

I don't buy that from either one of you guys.





OR EVEN.....




IS DIFFERENT THAN.....




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Dig Bifference(your mind reads it right) between "Concerned Pointing" and "Mad Pointing." If Ike or Hillary did that to me, I would think something was wrong.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Hah - good use of pictures T-dizzle.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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Don't know how he couldn't tell. When either end of the CBR is down three pounds the bike just doesn't handle.

After two real flats on other bikes (slow leaks) it was obvious something was wrong long before things got to the level of riding on the rim.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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Guys should always check there tires before riding, If i was able to get his attention from the truck or car i would keep pointing at the tire, he would figure it out, he probably knew about it and rolled out anyways.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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Pretty hard to get the message across, most people (including car drivers) don't take any notice of you waving or signalling. Just think "Who's this weirdo". Don't know how many times I've seen ambulances & cops cars, flashing lights & blaring siren & drivers obliviously drive on or pull out in front of them.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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I was running 80ish on the highway when my rear tire decided to dump most of it's air through a faulty valve stem. I was passing two semis and didn't notice much handling difference from getting hit with their wind. I did notice I had to give my bike more and more throttle to maintain speed. Once I passed the trucks and got into clean air I knew something was up and pulled over to a completely flat tire.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pacemaker
Pretty hard to get the message across, most people (including car drivers) don't take any notice of you waving or signalling. Just think "Who's this weirdo". Don't know how many times I've seen ambulances & cops cars, flashing lights & blaring siren & drivers obliviously drive on or pull out in front of them.
Only in Australia.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 02:19 PM
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maybe he just ate a big meal & had severe constipation.

Me I'd roll down the window and point to the ground - self evident
 

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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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If you just do a reenactment of this you should get your point across:

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If he doesn't look, not much else you can do
 
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