Last night I again called in to Glen Jones' radio show. Jonsee as he is known by the Road Dogs is a great guy. He lets me call in now and again and advertise for Run for the Wall. Last night he gave me almost twenty minutes of precious air time. Thanks Glen, I know you do not have to let me talk, but it is important to get the word out and get the trucks to like us. I mean even though we will be over a thousand strong when we leave Rancho Cucamunga, all it takes is one disgruntled trucker and every one has a bad day.
Too the bikers that are heading out to practice riding for the run, and eventually, like in about fifty days, heading to California to join the run remember give the trucks more room when you pass them. A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE TRAILER IN YOU MIRRORS BEFORE MOVING IN FRONT OF A TRUCK this gives them room and time to react in case you screw up or your bike quits... bike verses truck accidents, unless you are real lucky always have a bad end. I know that is how I got the road name bounce, I was really lucky, or God wanted me around longer for some reason. Either way if on a bike respect the trucks.
For my trucker friends, remember bikes are quicker and stop faster than you do. Air horns tend to scare us, even if you are just waving, and believe me when I say that when you are passing the pack we know you are there. All you have to do is stay in the center of your lane (as Krazy Karl says that center rumble strip is full of little missiles and even though you think you are giving the bikes more room really you are just throwing things at them to duck, and since quite a few of our riders especially Krazy have at least one purple heart they do not duck well) and keep moving past us. We for the most part are going five miles per hour under the posted speed limit so if you can do the speed limit, do it for the length of the pack and get by us. If you need a hole to get to the shoulder use your blinker, the bikes will give you room to get over. Or break for Krazy or Bounce let us know where the problem is and we will get a road guard to it to help you out as quick as we can.
Drive and ride safe....less than fifty days WOW
Thanks again Glen
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