Gyrobob
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Posers ain't motorcyclists
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Get on any normal motorcycle, maybe even a Savage, and do a test on a deserted road.
Pick out a couple of easily definable points along the side of the road,... a large rock, a sign, bott's dot, a hydrant, whatever. Point A should be a few hundred yards from point B.
Start at point A and take it up to 40 mph. At point B, do a panic stop using both brakes.
Note where you stop. We'll call that point C.
Put a long 4x4 (or several 4x4s) 50 feet further down the road from point C, all the way across the road, perpendicular to the road,.. we'll call it point D.
Now go back to Point A. Take it up to 40 mph again, and like before, do a panic stop at point B,.. but this time using only the rear brake.
The end result of this second trial will be that point C is now beyond point D, and you have just dinged up your bike, and maybe your knees, elbows, etc.
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