




I had the 91 Turbo (and yes, it had lag as you note), and I later had an 89 supercharged (the MKI rollerskate MR2). The MKII Turbo was a fantastic highway machine, but the MKI was much lighter, and with all that torque right from idle with the engine-driven supercharger, it felt SO much faster. More fun to drive, too.thrasherg wrote:What a small world, I used to have an MR2 turbo, I modified the waste gate to double the pressure from 7PSI to 14PSI, it really flew, but there was some serious turbo lag as it tried to spin up, really needed a larger turbo to produce the higher pressures!! It was a lovely car, I put over 20,000 mile son it in 2 years before selling it to buy a 2 seater helicopter (Rotorway Exec 162F). I still regret selling it and wish i still had it, I thought it was the prettiest MR2 of all the models, mine was red like yours!!
Gary
Your a good man Charlie Brown. I stopped on the drive at a local state park and moved a rather large branch that was lying across most of the drive.littlebeaver wrote:OMG..I was out riding this weekend up in the Hill Country in Texas and I saw something in the road that I have not ever seen before, it was a wooden sign [4'x4']that blew down and was lying in the center of the road on a pretty sharp curve,
if a bikes front wheel hit that sign, someone would go down really fast and hard.
... I went up and stopped and turned the bike around and got it out of the roadway so someone wouldn't hit it.
..Now I'd like to know what dangerous weird obstacals have you seen in the roadway that could cause an accident..??
It was a sudden uphill climb in the wrong gear and trying to keep it from going down. Loose gravel on an unfamilar road with the trailer and the wife on board. It was just a bad series of events. The day before on the parkway I laid it down trying to keep it upright with my leg. NO MATCH. All I had to do was twist the grip to keep it upright.littlebeaver wrote:I often think of the crash you had on the gravel road while towing the trailer and having the wife on the back, what was it that happened again to making the bike slide over like that? Was it the weight of everything? the loose graval? I will never forget that story...
I'm suprised someone remembers that. I know I do. I'm surprised I'm riding and riding THAT bike.vtxcandyred wrote:It was a sudden uphill climb in the wrong gear and trying to keep it from going down. Loose gravel on an unfamilar road with the trailer and the wife on board. It was just a bad series of events. The day before on the parkway I laid it down trying to keep it upright with my leg. NO MATCH. All I had to do was twist the grip to keep it upright.littlebeaver wrote:I often think of the crash you had on the gravel road while towing the trailer and having the wife on the back, what was it that happened again to making the bike slide over like that? Was it the weight of everything? the loose graval? I will never forget that story...
There's lots of methods and tricks to help maintain this - it's a big issue with pilots.rooferx wrote:This is a nite time concern for me along with the fact as Im ageing the eyes are"nt what they used to be..
45 years ago, if there was debris in the road, we would Kick a leg to indicate what side of center of lane the obstacle was on. This would alert anyone following you as to which side to favor. Dead skunk 2 feet in from the edge of the road.......kick with right leg, if it was near the divider line......kick with the left leg. To warn on coming bikes we always kicked with the left leg. That would warn them of a problem, even if they didn't know which side of the lane it was on. Today, most of my friends use a hand and point down on the side of the debris. Either way at least warns other riders there is something wrong ahead of them. I still kick.......amazing how long a habit lasts86GW1200 wrote:I hope this is related enough....not trying to hi-jack.
I am familiar with some hand signs for speed traps and such....but does anyone know of any common hand signs to indicate debris in the road?
Thoughts?