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So after aquaplaning[^], gliding over ice and sliding over wet leaves, this weekend I had the "pleasure" of experiencing gliding over a mud puddle, complete with tank slapper[^]. It took 2 to 3 seconds to get my bike straight again (in the end my bike started to tilt)
The difference between sliding an tank slapping is that with sliding, your back wheel breaks out. Tank slapping is much more frightening, because it is your front wheel that's going (and thus much more difficult to keep the bike straight).
I am, however, pleased to report to have not fallen (yet) in any of these occurances...  . The remedy in all cases being to ease of the gas (slowly!) and trying to keep going as straight as possible until grip comes back.
I did ask my friend to stop for a few seconds so I could tell my heart to stop stopping and start beating...
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I'm not a cyclist my self, but here's something a friend of mine once said:
There's no such thing as aquaplaning on a motorcycle. Before aquaplaning sets in you'll land flat on your face.
I guess there's some truth to that, if you don't get too scientific about it.
Ride safely!
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Power Puff Boy wrote: There's no such thing as aquaplaning on a motorcycle. Before aquaplaning sets in you'll land flat on your face.
Interesting statement. 
(Luckily for me, it is not true)
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Power Puff Boy wrote: There's no such thing as aquaplaning on a motorcycle
Should have gone to Mythbusters!!!
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Who ya gonna call... Mythbusters!
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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...and various orifices to either close, or let go of the saddle.
Been there, done that, got the scars to prove it!
Worse one for me (that I didn't fall off as a result of) was going round a corner and finding some kind soul had dropped a full container of new engine oil and it had covered the road. Stayed upright - purely by luck - and didn't even have time to swear. 
With experience, it gets easier to control front wheel slides - I had one bike (a Virago 1100) that was so massively over-braked at the front that every time you needed an emergency stop the front would lock up. And I was commuting into London every day in those days, so it would happen most weeks. Cured it by swapping the OE tyres for Pirelli Route 66's which had better grip and suited the bike nicely.
And then sold the bike and started on a series of Moto Guzzi California 1100's instead!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Please don't be greedy of new motorcycle experiences... They could hurt a bit. 
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Since i didn't find any Messages about it, did you guys stop it cause i was not available.
Bad thing 
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I guess the CP search trolled me then 
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It does that sometimes!
And _Maxxx_ is an Ozzie, so he'll post late.
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Well, the way you're sinking your teeth into those wubble-u's, I should think maybe Eastern Ukraine.
Which movie?
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One Bite in Paris?
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This is not the way you brush your teeth
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Sharknado 3
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Winner.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it!
Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
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das kühlschrank experiment.
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Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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The secret diary of Adrian Mole
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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I loved those books, back in the day 
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I have an idea, too: How about 3D printers printing 3D printers.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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C-3PO: Oh my goodness! Shut me down. Machines building machines. How perverse.
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That would be a nice MQOTD which nobody would be able to answer
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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From the link: I just watched my smartphone case heal itself from scratches
Woahh!! now this is more astonishing than a robot assembling smaller robots 
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