[net.cycle] Feet on the ground

daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) (04/19/85)

> 
> Dirt Rider's tip of the week:  When stopped, remove foot from peg and
> place firmly on ground. Cycle will be unstable otherwise. :-)
> 
> Ron Miller
> (also at) HP Ft. Collins Colo
> 
> ... hpfcla!ron-m

	Geez, another dirtbiker on the net. I was beginning to feel
lonely!
	I remember that after riding dirt bikes for 7 years, I decided
to get a drivers license for motorcycles. (Just for getting up the
road to the next trail, of course.) Aside from the fact that the test
itself was a BIG joke, the clincher was that at the last stop sign on the 
"course" I stopped for about 3 seconds without putting my feet down.
Big deal - I did it all the time off road. But, I failed the test
because the cop said I didn't stop completely. He said it was
impossible to stop without putting your feet on the ground. I offered
to demonstrate that it was possible. He declined. The next week I went
back and played the game their way and passed (same a-hole cop, too).

					Doug Williams
					AT&T Bell Labs
					Reading, PA 
					rduxb!daw1