>>And... too little power can mean that you may at some stage >>find yourself in an accident situation and unable to accelerate out >>of it.. > >This is true, but "too little" is entirely relative to the accident >situation. I got hit on a 250cc Honda motorcycle (an RS250 I think?) a >decade ago because I didn't have enough power to accelerate out of the path >of a left turning car (right turning for you left-side drivers), and it was >by no means an underpowered vehicle. Good bikes, the CB250RS. I had one and put an XR500 engine into it. Couldn't keep the front wheel down taking off from a standstill :-)) >I knew guys who built >up their Camaros to the point where they'd break the bead and spin the >wheels inside the tires if they floored the accelerator Didn't I mention cars that are dangerous out-of-the-box because their handling is so bad? Hooting-up a Camaro is asking for trouble... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE |
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