Wet Leaves Suck - Really

[Beamer Reamer]

Not much more to say about that...

Well maybe a little. Commuted today on my gorgeous 2008 AE in glorious charcoal metallic gray and had an uneventful ride to the office - just like one would want in a commute. Pulled up the hill to put the USS Deer Dodger in its space, and all I can see for miles and miles (a few hundred feet actually) is brown slimy needles run amok. Looks like trouble. I am proud of myself for recognizing the dangers that a one inch by 1/32 of an inch needle can do when it has most of its friends right there with it. I ease in to the space in nearly a straight line and say to myself "self, it is gonna be tricky getting this rascal out of here". And off I go to work for the day.

4:30 in the afternoon later, I board the gorgeous one and once again note the many millions of needles between me and a clean exit. I sigh, fire it up, put it in neutral, and duck paddle straight back with only one scary boot slip. Usually I go left at this point, but the turn is too tight on such slime and I opt to go the longer way out but one that leave lots of turn radius to utilize. I feather the clutch/gas (yes, can be done by us AE types), get through the gist of the turn, and apply the teeniest bit of gas to get underway. That is when I notice that my back tire is doing its damndest to pass me on the left. After doing my very best impersonation of a dirt tracker, the rear end snapped back in place and off I went.

I will say , even recognizing the issue and accounting for it almost wasn't enough. Wet needles just suck.

 

[ahchiu]

Wow, I feared you went down, good way to soil a good pair of underware, glad you were able to pull out of it, see you Sunday.

 

[madmike2]

Slimey, sneaky bastages, aren't they?

 

[dcarver]

Jeebus Reamer, don't be doing that crap to me. Your title had me thinking you'd taken another soil sample.

Glad to read it was just a dirt track experience!

Lots of different dangers out there this time of year - leaves, bambi, wet/dry patches, sunny/darkened corners, bambis again, and the list goes on..

 

[Old Michael]

Lots of different dangers out there this time of year - leaves, bambi, wet/dry patches, sunny/darkened corners, bambis again, and the list goes on..

A-men, Carver!

So anyway, I'm riding along a twisty, steep, mountain road the other day, closely following this giant Ball Bearings-R-Us truck, when its back door pops open and out pours .....

Sweet sassy mo-lassy!

Pert near ****!

 

[user 6393]

Pert near ****!

well, when you are chock full of the stuff, you pretty much don't have an option, do ya toots?

 

[user 6393]

Glad you stayed upright!!! Like Marcus, I was afraid I was opening a bad news thread.

Glad to see it is just a butt pucker thread. Oh baby....

:yahoo:

 

[Old Michael]

Pert near ****!

well, when you are chock full of the stuff, you pretty much don't have an option, do ya toots?

Any minute now, dozens of forum members will rush to my defense.

I'll just sit here.

And wait.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Pert near ****!

well, when you are chock full of the stuff, you pretty much don't have an option, do ya toots?

Any minute now, dozens of forum members will rush to my defense.

I'll just sit here.

And wait.

Um... Yer turnin' blue old man :lol:

 

[user 6393]

:assassin:

 

[wheatonFJR]

Glad there were no falls due to the slick stuff there Reamer. :clapping:

(Hey, I'm behind you all the way OM.

I 'll be back here...all the way back. Behind Barb even.)

 

[Tom Edison]

Nice story! Had me hanging on the edge of my chair right to the end. Glad you saved it or I might have fallen to. :lol:

 

[dcarver]

Glad there were no falls due to the slick stuff there Reamer. :clapping:

(Hey, I'm behind you all the way OM.

I 'll be back here...all the way back. Behind Barb even.)

Oh sure, right *behind* Barb. Some gentleman you're *not*! Ain't you supposed to be 'backin' da Reamer?

...ohhhh, never mind... LOL.

 

[SacramentoMike]

So anyway, I'm riding along a twisty, steep, mountain road the other day, closely following this giant Ball Bearings-R-Us truck, when its back door pops open and out pours .....

Was it loaded with ACME brand ball bearings?

 

[dcarver]

So anyway, I'm riding along a twisty, steep, mountain road the other day, closely following this giant Ball Bearings-R-Us truck, when its back door pops open and out pours .....

Was it loaded with ACME brand ball bearings?

Good one Mike!

 

[RaYzerman19]

Makes me hope the next Gen Feej will have traction control to keep that back tire from spinnin'.... jes sayin'

 

[escapefjrtist]

Good save there BReamer. My most favorite roads are now covered with either sand and dirt or needles and/or leaves. Time to wait it out until they're clear again...

...next frickin May!

--G

 

[sportsguy]

OK, Beamer - there's any easy fix:

You need to mount up a rifle case from an ATV and keep a hand broom in there. A few minutes of sweeping can have a custom path cleared for you and your lovely, ready to ride out like royalty.

George - being Canadian I see the same idea above being applied similar to curling. We need to construct a front fender mount to hold the broom on a pivot. From there we can source maybe a small electric motor to power the sweeper. Slap on a rheostat linked to the throttle and whalla!

A road cleaning broom mounted out front to clean the road as you ride.

Just like curling!

...though we do usually curl drunk, so maybe you can skip that step. The construction can all be done drunk, perhaps even aiding creativity, but you, the testing should be conducted in a more normalized state.

 

[Bounce]

have a friend who ended up in the hospital from a punctured lung after going down on wet leaves that were hiding in the shadow of a curve.