-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

RE: Chernobyl tour

 CA> I was enthralled by the bleak and somewhat stark reality of a
 CA> real life cataclysmic event. The comparison to Pompeii seems
 CA> quite accurate.

 CA>> Either URL should work:

 CA>> http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/

 CA>> http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/benoc/mirrors/
 CA>> www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/

 WC> Phreaking nightmare. The woman IS however a speed demon!
 WC> 147 H.P.... sheesh!

 CA> Yes and being female her own body weight isn't going to help
 CA> keep those wheels on the road at speed either.

Charles the first two weeks I owned my 1100 I wondered why it cornered
so badly... well it was simply the wheel was somewhat off
the ground until I learned how to deal with such a muscle bike.

Of all the motorcycles I owned the Yamaha XS-1100 Special
had the greatest proportion of weight shifted onto the
front wheel by a wide margin yet still if you didn't
exercise care up came that wheel!

I was in the process of detuning my 1100 to get better gas mileage
and cornering clearance by reinstalling stock exhast pipes and
rejetting the carbs when someone violated my right of way ending that
project :-(
I'd have had a mere 110 H.P. instead of 120 but I might have gained
an edge on it's lousy gas mileage, 32 M.P.G., and poor right
hand cornering clearance due to losing the tuned four into one 
exhast pipe that hung low in favor of stock pipes.

You're right in making the point, as did the young ladies father,
that that machine posed a greater health risk to her than the radiation.
( at least if she she didn't make too many of these trips!)

Technology has advanced and it's a fair bet that bike, Kawasaki Minja,
at 147 H.P. weighs at least 50 LBS less than my 538 LB
dry weight 1100 at 120 H.P.

Radiation damage is culmulative which is why nuclear workers
are forced to take time off in the U.S. if they exceed certain
dosages in a certain interval.

One of the wild animals, say a wild boar, crossing those desolate roads
she traveled at say well over 100 MPH would make for a really bad day.
Nice to see she wears leathers.

I noticed her address on the last page and if I can get myself
motivated may very well write her a letter in praise of her efforts
at enlightenment.
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