I was talking to a guy just yesterday with a few months old Monster 1100, a friend pullde up and asked him about the scratches on the pipes, which I hadn't noticed. He said he was run off the road hit and run with the bike just six hours old.
Today I got this e-mail:
From a former Naval Aviator:
This is a great illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside
the cockpit when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told
to scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and
repeat the process. I can remember being told why this was the most
effective technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized
(repeatedly) to NOT fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any
single object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with years
of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes moving and our
head on a swivel" because this was the best way to survive, not only in
combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair collision) as well. We basically had
to take the advice on faith (until we could experience it for ourselves)
because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time.
Click on the link for a demonstration: **http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
