You guyz crack me up. You'll not ride behind a truck but will shred a pefectly good set of tires in 2000 miles by playing ricky road racer in the streets, wick it up to 150 for minutes/hours on end, ride well past the point of exhaustion, seen some of yah drink pretty good at a lunch stop on a riding day with another 200 miles to go.... and you won't ride behind a truck?
Good for you. :clapping: Me either.
Unless - I need the truck to pack the snow so I can ride in the tire track. Or, it's really really raining hard, I forgot my rain gear and don't want to get soaked. Or, I'm almost out of gas and need the draft to save mpg. Or, they have an advertisement on the back of a half dressed beautiful young woman. Or, it's one them highly polished aluminum tanker jobs and I want to see how bitchin I look riding my bike in the 'mirror'.
On the 405 near Ventura one day, riding a CB750, I saw an object, a full size truck tire, bouncing at a 90 degree angle to my direction fo travel. Realized the tire was going to make one more 'hit' then hopefully bounce OVER me. And it did. Whew. Now, if I had been *behind* the truck I would have been out of the danger zone..
So you see, it's all about what level of risk you're willing to take. And some luck too. For me, now that I'm old and wise that means doing a lot less than I used to. Hell, we used to grab onto the back of UPS/Fed Ex truck for free skateboard rides sans helmets or any other protection... :blink:
Hey Fencer, glad you started this thread yet?