May 19, 2006
Gene pool deletion in progress
Couldn’t help but draw more attention to this particular photo, spotted in the Wellington Flickr Photo Pool today. Says maxcherry, the photo-taker…
nothing wrong with towing a motorcycle – can be safely done. The rider has winds just one coil around the bar, and grips the rope under his hand. allows a safe release of the tow in event of trouble – the rider simply releases the rope.
these ‘darwin award nominees’ had a better idea – their tow-rope was securely knotted to the left fork leg. the bike wasn’t registered, and the rider didn’t know how to ride a tow – he let the rope go slack. big speed-wobble and legs-akimbo when the tow suddenly tightened and jerked forward around the corner…