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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #15 - 03/04/18 at 16:47:42 Glad you are OK. Heal up soon and have fun wrenching. Gotta try to look at the bright side of things.
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MShipley Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 681	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #16 - 03/05/18 at 10:24:36 Glad you are OK
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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #17 - 03/05/18 at 12:32:48 Serowbot wrote on 03/04/18 at 06:57:55: The tank dents aren't too bad,They'll add some vintage character to the chrome tank... Now's the time to get a small ball pein hammer and give the tank a "distressed" look
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #18 - 03/05/18 at 12:59:01 Heal fast, you don't want to sound like Captain Ahab.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #19 - 03/05/18 at 14:03:09 Aaaaargh...
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Reply #20 - 03/07/18 at 00:24:16

Horrible to hear this type of stuff. I'll be sending this thread to the gf, she scares the crap out of me the way she motors into corners. I'm always warning her of exactly this type of thing. Then there's the drivers who cross over the centreline around corners coming straight towards you. Not much you can do about that. Agree that sand is even worse than gravel.

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Reply #21 - 03/07/18 at 01:01:06

eau de sauvage wrote on 03/07/18 at 00:24:16:

Horrible to hear this type of stuff. I'll be sending this thread to the gf, she scares the crap out of me the way she motors into corners. I'm always warning her of exactly this type of thing. Then there's the drivers who cross over the centreline around corners coming straight towards you. Not much you can do about that. Agree that sand is even worse than gravel.

Or the car drivers who cross the line to go past a cyclist!!

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Steve H Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1223 Spartanburg, SC Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #22 - 03/25/18 at 08:46:59 Islandroad they have made that a law around here. All vehicles are supposed to give pedestrians and bicyclists a minimum of 4 feet on passing them. Given the state prescribed lane width and the width of most cars, that puts you into the opposing lane to make sure you give them their 4 feet.
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Steve H Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1223 Spartanburg, SC Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #23 - 03/25/18 at 08:48:24 Serow...sorry about your mishap. That tiny gravel and sand will get you every time. Glad to hear that you are pretty much ok though. I know the bike will get fixed as soon as you are able and I think I remember seeing already where you were riding again.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #24 - 03/25/18 at 10:50:33 Thanks Steve,... I'm riding again,... going out today as a matter of fact... The bike's just a bit worse for the wear, but I still love it. Worst of it now is my thumbs,... I always hurt my thumbs when I have a get off... I'm taping them up a bit for riding.... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1521219334
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Well, I finally dumped my Savage... Reply #25 - 03/25/18 at 21:17:43 The cyclist thing is one metre clearance in NZ, some Australian states may have similar things.
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Reply #26 - 03/26/18 at 01:22:33

On the cyclist thing .... surely the law includes something about passing them only when it is safe - the same as when you overtake a car, you need to make sure there isn't a vehicle coming in the other direction. Otherwise, you wait to pass the cyclist.

Of course that would mean you can't pass a cyclist if you have to cross double solid lines!

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