re boom hubcap attack in article speedy engr latech edu speedy engr latech edu speedy mercer writes i was attacked by a rabid hubcap once i was going to work on a yamaha twin a k a the vibrating tank when i heard a wierd noise off to my left i caught a glimpse of something silver headed for my left foot and jerked it up about a nanosecond before my bike was hit hard in the left side when i went to put my foot back on the peg i found that it was not there i pulled into the nearest parking lot and discovered that i had been hit by a wire wheel type hubcap from a large cage this hubcap weighed about pounds the impact had bent the left peg flat against the frame and tweeked the shifter in the process had i not heard the approaching cap i feel certian that i would be sans a portion of my left foot anyone else had this sort of experience not with a hub cap but one of those lumber yard delivery trucks made life interesting when he hit a dip in the road and several sheets of sheetrock and a dozen gallon cans of spackle came off at mph it got real interesting for about seconds or so had to use a wood mallet to get all the dried spackle off me the helmet and the bike when i got home thanks to the bob tail kenworth between me and the lumber truck i had a path to drive through he made with his tires and threw up the corresponding monsoon from those tires as he ran over what ever cans of spackle didn t burst in impact a car in front of me in the right lane hit her brakes did a and nailed a bridge abutment half way through the second the messiest time was in san diego in was on my way back to the apartment in ocean beach on my sportster and had just picked up a shake burger n fries from jack in the box and stuffed em in my foul weather jacket when the milk shake opened up on nimitz blvd at mph nothing like the smell of vanilla milk shake cooking on the engine as it runs down your groin and legs and people waiting in back of you to make the same left turn you are there are only two types of ships in the navy submarines and targets xs lh dod next raise richard pierson e vnet internet fist iscp bellcore com uunet uunet bcr fist include std disclaimer my opinions are my own i don t shop in malls i buy my jeans jackets and ammo in the same store
