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Rover's last ride: a eulogy
Written by bhmann78 on 8/19/2006 at 03:14 am


Hi Everyone,
Tom is correct about the BMW light. He has seen mine. I purchased
it from MAX BMW, online for about $120.00. Worth every penny! Mounts
under the GIVI rack with a little modification. Some of the CHP BMW
bikes use it. BMW has a new improved model which probably costs more.
I am looking into the license frame from Electrical Connection on a
closeout for $7.95. It has a LED Brakelight. The more light the
better, unless you annoy someone too much. Like a flashing light for
3 minutes at a stop light.... I also have the headlight modulator and
it is the best investment I have ever made. My last two bike have had
one. That is 27 years and no body has turned left in front of me. Not
yet anyway....
Bruce Mann
89 PC800
San Jose, Ca.

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Tom & Anita Humphrey" <anitom@...>
wrote:
>
> Yes indeed, it is good John did not join his motorcycle in
the "totaled"
> category?.
>
>
>
> And Dean is correct about modulated lights really helping.
>
>
>
> While I don't have modulated or flashing brake lights, I make it a
habit
> when stopping wherever a vehicle can approach me from the rear to
keep about
> 10'-12' back from the vehicle in front of me, and I move to the
side of the
> lane that allows me egress. And I point my bike toward that egress
point.
>
>
>
> Watch the mirrors! If you see traffic approaching, release and
then "flash"
> your brakes two or three times before re-applying them. Of course
you are
> in first gear, clutch in, left foot on ground, and ready to
accelerate into
> your egress point.
>
>
>
> "One of these days" I will get a third brake lamp, probably LED's,
maybe
> modulated, and install it in the ducktail or under the "Reid Rack"
but in
> the mean time, I hope my luck is better than Johns.
>
>
>
> BMW has a system you can add to your bike: It has a very bright
additional
> (3rd) brake lamp that has a built in fast-flash-four-times-then-on-
steady
> that seems ideal, but it costs almost $150 for parts alone, and of
course is
> made of rare Bavarian materials in keeping with the BMW need for
expensive,
> er, I mean quality parts?.
>
>
>
> Get well and ride again, John!
>
>
>
> "Tuppie" Tom, a.k.a. Hump-the-Grump
>
> "Lemmings Non Sumas"
>
> '94 black PC "Tuppie II", 65k rider
>
> Lelands Rides, HSTA, AMA, No. Cal. PC'ers, ipcrc, all Y2K rides
>
> President - Clayton Valley Pacific Coast Owners & Riders Club <grin>
>
> In the shadow of Mt. Diablo in Clayton Valley, CA
>
> In the End, it will be Alright.
>
> If it is not Alright, then it is not yet the end!
>
> _____
>
> From: ipcrc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ipcrc@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Dean
> Williams
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:26 PM
> To: ipcrc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: PC800: Re: Rover's last ride: a eulogy
>
>
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups. <mailto:ipcrc%40yahoogroups.com>
com, "John
> Hickman" <jhickman2@> wrote:
> <snip>
> Last night on my way home, Rover, my PC was killed. I was sitting
at
> a red light; a second later I was flat on my back with three people
> running to me asking if I was okay. A car had struck me from behind
> and kept going.
> <endsnip>
>
> Hi, John...
>
> Like many others, I'm glad you survived to tell us your tale.
>
> This is another reason I have the Signal Dynamics "Back-Off"
> brakelight modulator installed. When stopped in traffic, I sit with
> my foot on the brake, and the modulator continues to flash until I
> start to move and get off the brake.
>
> I can't help but think that the flashing of the brakelights would
> help (but not guarantee) an inattentive driver notice that the bike
> is stopped in front of them.
>
> My two cents just hit the table.
>
> Dean Williams
> Eugene, Oregon
>
> 98 PC800 "Nata Harli" ... in glorious yellow
> HSTA #9479
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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