Thread: Lessons learned
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Old 05-13-2002, 07:35 PM
dwells dwells is offline
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Congrats on the fix, William, Blaine.

Late to the party but if I may... The best safe recovery I've found is to get on the brakes and throttle at the same time. Brake very hard but modulate both to maintain speed. This seems to generate enough tension in the driveline, possibly changing angles, to effectively damp out the resonance. People behind you may gesticulate wildly & drop back but at least they're out of the way. Provides enough time to find a safe area and/or drop below the threshhold speed. This has helped me a few times. Hopefully, someone will remember & try it next time the bad dragon strikes.

Dave
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