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Humm, let's see here. Revolver on the right side...looks really cool. Now, to actually use said machine one must take the right hand off the throttle, grab the pistol, shoot, and still stay on the road. I guess the shooter is counting on coasting while shooting. Basically it's a dumb idea.
Meh, I'm way more worried about those around me driving while texting/eating/generally being a dumbass. They pose a much greater threat to riders every day, and in much larger numbers.
You'd have to be a pretty good shot to hit your mark with a pistol, while riding a motorcycle, looks like a lot of show.
Can you spell cruise control?
Just having it in plain site does wonders for most folk.
Honestly, I'm more concerned about being taken out by deer, other motorists and the numerous truck re-treads scattered on the roadways. One of those giant rubber clam shell almost killed me on I-80 not too long ago.
I get flamed on this but I am going to say it again anyway, you can *greatly* reduce your risk from deer strikes by doing a little research on deer habits and psychology. They have definite patterns and preferences to where they cross roads and if you pay extra attention in the higher risk localities you can avoid or be prepared for most if not all of the encounters.I have been riding for 40+ years, almost all of that in areas with dense deer populations and have never touched a deer with a bike. I have had a couple of close calls but being alert and prepared has allowed me to avoid them.Deer are not magical or conniving creatures. They hate getting run in to almost as much as you hate running in to them.
You have a picture of the giant rubber clamshell. The ones I googled were for sale on Ebay.
So, since you were expecting to get flamed anyway, here it is.I honestly don't believe that you've been riding in "dense deer populations" all this time, and that you still believe that "being alert" will save you from a deer strike. You don't know what "dense deer populations" are.You've been rapping this B.S. for years on this list, to the degree that I was glad you went away for awhile. Now you're back, saying all this same deer smack again. People are liable to start believing it.NEITHER YOU, NOR ANYONE ELSE, CAN AVOID A CANNON SHOT FROM A DEER RUNNING 30 MPH DIRECTLY OUT OF DENSE BRUSH INTO THE SIDE OF YOUR VEHICLE. Certainly you can avoid running into a deer that is standing in the road, or that you can see running or walking toward a road.But the careful people that are killed by deer do NOT run into the deer. The deer runs into THEM, either from a quarter where they NEVER see it, or where they have a fraction of a second to see it.I've had TWO vehicles, a Ford Aerostar van and a Buick LeSabre, totalled by deer that smashed into them from the side. The Aerostar was running 10 MPH in my driveway and a deer hit it from the rear quarter. Two weeks later, ANOTHER deer hit it from the side at night. Our Buick was totalled by a buck running at top speed coming from the driver's side. I slowed, took evasive action, almost had the car stopped, and the deer changed direction and hit the car on the driver's door hinge to the degree that the door wouldn't even open.Your implication is that guys like Lawrence Grodsky, if they'd just been careful like you, could avoid deer. NOBODY can avoid some deer, and it sounds arrogant and self-righteous to imply that you can.People who really do live in deer country can compare notes and decide who's B.S.'ing. Lannis
The problem with studying up on deer psychology and habits is that it only works if the deer read the same book. Unless you can assure me that all deer have library cards and use them, I'll continue to ride as though there's one lurking in every shadow and dip.
I once read that you can't know what a deer is going to do because they don't know what they are going to do. Except of course be unpredictable.This is definitely one of the things to understand about deer. When startled they bolt in some random direction. That direction can even be directly toward what startled them.
