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Hello Wayne - 

->>>> I always did 'take care to do it right' and never have
->>>> had my brakes fail before on any automobile I have owned.
->>>> This was a new experience (twice) for me. 

WC>>> Never actually happened to me. Spongy a few times but
WC>>> never a complete or major failure. 

->> As a kid my friends and I learned to drive cars with no
->> brakes at all in order to move them to where we could work
->> on them (across town or wherever). If not for my extensive
->> experience driving without brakes I think someone would've
->> died as I was in traffic just a few miles north of Detroit
->> not on a lonely country road. 

WC> As a used motorcycle buyer and rider I'd learned to drive
WC> motorcycles without brakes to get them across town. 

Never rode a motorcycle with no brakes but I did ride with no
clutch for awhile. :-) 

WC> You leave LOTS of following distance, you rely primarily on
WC> downshifting and engine compression slowing you off
WC> throttle and finally a "Flintstones stop"  

WC> during the trip believer or not a good bit of prayer no-one
WC> else on the road didn't do anything unexpectedly on short
WC> notice was a good thing too  

WC> Oh yeah, NEVER try it with a two stroke as I guess the reed
WC> valves don't provide enough compression braking. 

WC> Never could stand or owned a two stroke however, the sound
WC> of the things drive me nuts. 

Only the rice burners. Older 2 stroke didn't
buzz/ring/ding/ding like the rice burners did/do. :-) 

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>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
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>     / >          USA, MI           < \   __\__
 

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