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06-12-2010, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by Silverback51
... I'm short and stocky. 5'8" inches tall ... Long waisted with short legs. That means I have the seat adjusted slightly forward, and I slouch in the seat.
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John, so you kind of look like this behind the wheel? 
Last edited by patrickt; 10-24-2016 at 01:27 PM..
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06-12-2010, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Waddell,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Alum bodied CSX4266, fuel injected alloy 472, 663 hp Engine built by Dralle. Suspension by Tom Barnard
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Some states won't let you wear headphones while driving, much less a helmet. But then some states require the use of a helmet when driving a motorcycle! Go figure!
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06-12-2010, 11:53 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slither
Some states won't let you wear headphones while driving, much less a helmet. But then some states require the use of a helmet when driving a motorcycle! Go figure!
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My state also has an anti-mask statute (you can't wear something that hides your face). It has its origins in anti-Klan laws, but it is still enforced to this day.... |
06-12-2010, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sacramento,Ca.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates (2001)
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SSSooo.... you have to wear open face helmets when you ride your motorcycle ???
will a full face helmet would get you arrested ???
and those poor Trick or Treaters....
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06-12-2010, 02:30 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rustyBob
SSSooo.... you have to wear open face helmets when you ride your motorcycle ???
will a full face helmet would get you arrested ???
and those poor Trick or Treaters....
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Not to mention some of the Muslim garb you see from time to time at the grocery store. I don't know how they decide what to do on that.... |
06-12-2010, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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Originally Posted by bobcowan
Don't worry, your neck will snap like a twig long before you get any direct head trauma.
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What neck?  Didn't you read my physical description?  
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06-12-2010, 08:35 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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Originally Posted by patrickt
John, so you kind of look like this behind the wheel?
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Sorry Patrick, I'm a little taller than that.
From the waist up, I'm usually as tall as a someone that is 6'3" or so if we are setting on chairs.
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06-19-2011, 10:40 PM
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Outcome?
It has been a year now, any news on the couple's injury recovery?
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06-21-2011, 02:32 PM
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Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Arps/Burroughs/Hurricane/428FE
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Riding in a cobra is just a notch up from being on a motorcycle...not much protection. Thin plastic doors, poor door latches, mimimal head protection (roll bars), no air bags or padded dash and some replicas have no sub-frame to protect the top side of the car.
Wear your seat belts , don't drink and drive, and for sure, only show off at the drag strip or track.
Be smart and safe Cobra people.
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06-21-2011, 03:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverback51
Considering that I never wore a helmet when I rode motorcycles until it was required, and even then it was a non-DOT approved helmet (kind of like a piece of tuperware)
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We called 'em "skid-lids". I put 17K miles on my HD in a state with no helmet laws, but occasionally we ventured into other states that required 'em.
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06-21-2011, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crASH
We called 'em "skid-lids". I put 17K miles on my HD in a state with no helmet laws, but occasionally we ventured into other states that required 'em.
crASH
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Way back when, when Oregon first passed the helmet law it only stated you had to wear one. It did not say on your head. I used to just strap it to my knee and rode that way.
Needless to say, the law was ammended within a year.
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06-21-2011, 04:47 PM
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My "lid" back then was a little larger than a hollowed-out half a cantaloupe. Today it might keep the sun off the bald spot on top of my head, but little else.
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06-23-2011, 05:42 AM
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As horrible as it sounds it is not going away.People are going to drink and party.When we were young there was no way anybody was going to tell us otherwize,It is what it is.Now we have to be vigilant and watch for the texters,cell phone users,people in general not paying attention to where they are or going.My job keeps on the highways and byways daily and it is incredible how much it has changed over the years.
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04-13-2016, 07:06 AM
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I realize this is an old thread, but does anyone know how the Helms' recovery went?
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04-17-2016, 06:43 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast Cobra/427
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Yikes, I hope that they are recover from their injuries!
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