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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28850 Tucson Az Gender:	Road wars, belive it or not... 05/12/15 at 18:27:02 Some putz has figured a way to attach spikes to manhole covers... Like riding in Tucson wasn't fun enough already... ... and it's mostly around my neighborhood...... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #1 - 05/12/15 at 18:41:11 Road rash graduates to road gash. So many fine people in the world.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #2 - 05/12/15 at 20:39:45 ...and we were supposed to move forward with progress in the 21st Century!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #3 - 05/12/15 at 20:45:15 Yeah, society has taken a real leap with this advance in manhole decoration.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #4 - 05/13/15 at 00:44:28 The "human????" who's doing this wants some fun out of upsetting car drivers, it doesn't give a tinkers cuss that it's actions may kill or maim a motorcyclist.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18138 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #5 - 05/13/15 at 04:03:09 Have the Police interviewed the local tire retailers? Seems like a scheme to improve sales!
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HovisPresley Serious Thumper Offline Good Vibrations! Posts: 991 Midlands, UK Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #6 - 05/13/15 at 07:02:26 This is insane! I know that in the UK there was a spate of thefts with people stealing man-hole covers and drain covers to then weigh in for scrap metal. But this is dark, very dark PS. Dave, time to invest in stocks and shares in Goodyear
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18138 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #7 - 05/13/15 at 07:15:29 The local scrap yards won't accept manhole covers or storm grates from regular folks anymore. If you want to turn those in for scrap you need to be associated with a Public Works Department, Sanitation District or one of the Contractors working for them.
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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #8 - 05/13/15 at 07:18:16 Seems it would take a certain amount of skill/work to execute, hard to believe no one sees someone tempering with manholes.
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Re: Road wars, belive it or not...
Reply #9 - 05/13/15 at 09:59:10

Now, ask yourself Why someone would do that. Is it just someone who has a bent idea of funny , someone who sells tires? What?

And, how? JB Weld? Just walking along, bend over and set it?
If someone thinks thats funny why not 6 X6 pieces of plywood with 10 or so
long drywall screws run thru, paint flat black and dob a lump of JB Weld on the back and plunk them down in the road?
A hole in the bottom of a van, parked over the manhole?

But WHY? Some total loser who would get a giggle out of causing enough trouble to make the news? Someone who is absolutely convinced cars are evil?
If you have ever run a grinder you'll know how much time it took to make that.

I don't expect many of those. Time , effort and cost are all high.

What's the diameter of the bolt? Best guess, anyone,,,
I see low spots that don't exactly make sense..

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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #10 - 05/13/15 at 14:52:46 And I was complaining about potholes in my street and the neighbor's dog wanting to chase me. Hitting one of those could / would cause some serious accidents. i.e. Getting thrown into oncoming traffic..... NOT FUNNY !!!
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #11 - 05/13/15 at 19:17:03 JOG, it's the same with computer viruses. They cause mayhem but the perpetrator is not even around to see the "destruction" (assuming this "person" isn't either). Some people are truly evil!
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #12 - 05/15/15 at 13:04:31 Looks like the just sharpened a bolt and super glued it to the manhole cover. I normally ride around them anyway.... I guess you could carry a hammer or battery powered grinder and get rid of them.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #13 - 05/15/15 at 17:26:11 Hmmm, OR, you see m to know quite a bit about it... you been in Azirona lately? If I was a cop id be visiting used tire places..
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28905 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Road wars, belive it or not... Reply #14 - 05/15/15 at 21:24:03 unless those covers have a threaded hole in them... they had to lift the cover up insert a bolt and lock it in place with a nut. a transmitter with a pop up switch and the neighborhood watch would take care of them.
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