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- From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
- Subject: Re: homebrew truck ramps?
- Message-ID: <C1F95H.MCL@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- References: <C1BJEz.AC7@javelin.sim.es.com> <C1F57F.458@vcd.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:10:28 GMT
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- erikn@vcd.hp.com (Erik Ness) writes:
- >Dances With Bikers (blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com) wrote:
-
- >: Now I can just putt up into the bed of the truck. I wouldn't
- >: care to try the stunt on a 2-wheeler, but it works perfectly with the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Back when America's Stupidest Home Videos was popular there was a clip where
- >someone tried this. Rode right up that ramp into the short Ranger pickup bed
- >and looked pretty terrified when he realized that he'd run out of space and
- >was still going too fast. Smashed into the front of the bed and the rear
- >window of the truck just shattered everywhere.
-
- Where'd the rider go? :-)
-
- One reason I haven't been inclined to try it, is a guy I used to work
- with did it. He had a jacked up shortbed Chevy, and had only had the
- YZ490 a couple of weeks. He made it into the bed ok, but wasn't ready
- for the sudden stop at the end, and went over the bars onto the roof.
- And the hood. And the ground in front of the truck.
- --
- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
- 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
- Dumper of Dirtbikes #46 FJ1200 Winding Road Next 77 Miles
- My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
-