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[Renze]

Great times. Drinking & driving resulted in road rash, not life altering injury or death. So culture was skewed in interesting ways.

I fell off the bike 6 months ago after taking off in pouring rain, i bent over and steered with my elbows to avoid the cold rain being blown into my forehead. I thought this was not the best position to make a turn, but when handing over to my hands, the handlebars jackknifed and i ducked to the ground whilst my right hand followed the steering wheel to the left. Together with alcohol slowing down my reflexes, i had no time to react, bumped the right side of my forehead, cracked my skull, had a hemorrage. The cold rain cooled my body temperature down to 35 degrees Celsius, which most probably saved me from permanent damage by reducing the swell and brain activity.
I still work only half days.

So, life altering injury: probably not, but it cant be ruled out yet. Death: It could have, if it happened along the main road instead at the farmyard where i heard a crowd yell "oooohh" before passing out.

Off course it can happen to anyone as there is a guy in the revalidation clinic in a wheel chair with a neck brace who was an active ATB cyclist untill he fell off on a forest dirt track, but sometimes the alcohol slowing down your reflexes can make the difference between a rash and a crash...

 

[FordnMassey]

Plastic tank? Wonder what the weight on the rear axle is since it appears its all well behind the axle.

Hi,
steel tank. Didn't weight much, perhaps 60kg/ 140lb. It was behind the axle, but it drove alright, not too light in the front end.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

 

[groundcover]

Two straps and not over length, all is well !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Creek crossing

 

[Oaktree]

Two straps and not over length, all is well !

Looks photoshopped to me.

 

[SouthernSky]

Is that a Corvair with a mid engine?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Is that a Corvair with a mid engine?

Yes.

 

[George2615]

Is that a Corvair with a mid engine?

No, the Corvair had a rear engine

 

[KennyG]

No, the Corvair had a rear engine

Hence the lean to the right on the truck. There does appear to be artifacts around the tires, suggesting photoshopping. I would guess that Corvair weighs about 2500 lbs so it's possible, although I wonder if the bed sides would stand up to that kind of weight.