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sapaul · #11 Unread post by **sapaul** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:45 pm

We had a bus run over one of our members on his LT, I mean that bike is huge but he stopped dead centre behind the bus. The bus driver had pulled left and then decided that he needed to go right, he reversed into the bike knocking the guy and his wife off the bike and then kept going riding over the bike and the guy and his wife. The bike was a write off and the guy had a shattered hip. His wife had several broken bones and something in her stomach was ruptured. Neither have returned to biking. I have made it a habit to always give myself an escape when stopped behind vehicles or more commonly I will filter to the front using my horn, lights, whatever to get noticed. I have this big fear of the Goose being on the back and then someone reversing and me not being able to get out of the way.

Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:02 am

I ordered a horn that Lionlady installed on her bike. Supposed to sound like a freight train. Seemed like a good investment since my horn and the magna's aren't really all the loud.

Reminds me of the puffer fish. When he gets scared he looks much bigger than he really is. I'm just going to sound roughly 30 tons heavier than I actually am : )

paul246 · #13 Unread post by **paul246** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:22 am

I installed these underneath my Valkyrie. They deliver a 132db blast. Way superior to the wimpy OEM unit. I swear I can feel the sound pressure hitting my legs at a stop when these things are actuated.

Aggroton · #14 Unread post by **Aggroton** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:25 am

glad you werent rubbed out by a redneck.

Bubba · #15 Unread post by **Bubba** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:49 am

Horns on the new Yamahas, at least mine, are no longer those Japanese bug sounding things. They actually sound like a big American car horn.
Very nice!

flynrider · Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:51 am

Actually, the horn on the Nighthawk is pretty loud (assuming you hit it in time). On an earlier bike, I mounted 130db truck air horns. They came with a large red button, which I mounted on the left bar. A short tap on that horn and cagers would immediately stop whatever they'd been doing, for fear of being crushed by an 18 wheeler. I loved seeing the expression on their faces when they finally looked and saw a bike.

flynrider · Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:56 am

sapaul wrote: I have made it a habit to always give myself an escape when stopped behind vehicles or more commonly I will filter to the front using my horn, lights, whatever to get noticed. I have this big fear of the Goose being on the back and then someone reversing and me not being able to get out of the way.

I always try to have an escape route, but this particular situation is a bit difficult to do, since you'd have to leave a pretty large gap between the bike and the cage ahead. Filtering would be the perfect solution. Unfortunately, it's illegal here.

sapaul · #18 Unread post by **sapaul** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:35 am

flynrider wrote:
sapaul wrote: I have made it a habit to always give myself an escape when stopped behind vehicles or more commonly I will filter to the front using my horn, lights, whatever to get noticed. I have this big fear of the Goose being on the back and then someone reversing and me not being able to get out of the way.
I always try to have an escape route, but this particular situation is a bit difficult to do, since you'd have to leave a pretty large gap between the bike and the cage ahead. Filtering would be the perfect solution. Unfortunately, it's illegal here.

Never really understood why it would be made illegal, there are so many arguments as to why it is good sense to filter not the least which is that it actually relieves congestion. Guess we are just lucky that we can.

Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:17 am

When does America ever make sense?

Bubba · #20 Unread post by **Bubba** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:19 am

storysunfolding wrote:When does America ever make sense?

You got that right. If they can't make a buck out of it, they won't do it.
You would think they would be kissing our butts. Good gas mileage. Don't wear out the roads. Can park many bikes in a small place. We're also less aggressive and tend to be the most courteous drivers on the road.