I'd like to see American police try similar tactics instead of going for maximum destruction. Does the net work on larger vehicles than Asian scooters?

I just knew the retiarii would be making a comeback.

ZAZ: Does the net work on larger vehicles than Asian scooters?

The police in the US could catch speeding scooters the way the Chinese police do:



Personally, I'd just go with the Barbed Wire Howdy.

/too esoteric?

They'll net nothing but squid...

Another shiatty grammar headline.

seadoo2006: [farm4.static.flickr.com image 500x370]

Not amused.

Leaving satisfied...

seadoo2006: [farm4.static.flickr.com image 500x370]

Not amused.

One of their best episodes. Between Clarkson b*tching about motorcycles the entire episode and watching Hammond try to find something edible that isn't aquatic in some form it was full of win. It was amazing to see how many people rode some form of motorbike over there, and the sheer number of people on the road there were.

wmoonfox: A front-wheel lock can tumble the bike, turning you into beef stroganoff in a jacket.

Rarely have I ever heard a worse idea.

With enough practice you can actually learn how to lock the front wheel at will without crashing. The technique is to stay heavy on the throttle keeping the majority of the weight bias rearward. And of course releasing the locked front wheel before you roll off the throttle.

OBLockedRear: I was riding with a bunch of friends on a couple-day trip. We're bombing down the freeway and the lead bike has the sleeping bag cargo-netted to the tail pop loose. So now it's hanging by it's shock cord, bouncing off the spinning rear tire. (Honda Blackbird)
One second it was there bouncing away, the next it was simply gone in a poof of white fluff and the rear wheel was locked. We were doing about 80 at the time...

I and the rider next to me backed off, but only just enough that we could enjoy the spectacle in front of us. The rider with the locked rear was quite experienced, and managed to track the bike in a straight line down from 80 to about 5mph before it finally fishtailed out from under him. He simply dismounted like an Olympic gymnast, landing on his feet. What was left of the sleeping bag was firmly wedged between the swingarm and rear wheel. A few of us grabbed the rear of the bike and wheelbarrowed it to the shoulder of the freeway to un-jam the sleeping bag so we could continue our ride.

seadoo2006: I'll give you that episode was full of win for them being themselves, but I think the Boliva Special or the Botswana Special were better for the sheer beauty of where they actually were. They were definitely the funniest though in Vietnam.

Agreed. Vietnam was hilarious for the goofy gifts, overall shenanigans, and that hideous American-ified Harley. (I cringed and laughed at the same time.) But for b*tchin' locales, Bolivia & Botswana were great. The Salt Flats were eerie; so flat that you can see the curvature of the earth. Though the North Pole race was rather interesting, as I had always imagined that it was mostly just flat and snow, with intermittent patches of ice. I was amazed to see ginormous boulders and steep drops. Scary, awe-inspiring stuff.

ZAZ: I'd like to see American police try similar tactics instead of going for maximum destruction. Does the net work on larger vehicles than Asian scooters?

I can't imagine a net big enough to catch a Harley.

MadSkillz: Another shiatty grammar headline.

Gimmie a break. Docs have me on heavy duty meds.
I saw my headline and said "aww shiat"

Anybody read the linked article on minimum chest size requirements to drive a motorcycle? Jeez.

fireclown: Like hell it is.

/open the beer.
//former ADQ subscriber.


Glad someone out there remembers this stuff.