of snakes and gravel roads... - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

HellBent · 10-17-2006, 09:50 AM

I took a 200 plus mile ride yesterday on roads I was unfamiliar with. I learned a few things I would like to share with others.

Lettered hiways, ie: Hwy M, generally have curve warning signs although no advisory speed.

Double letter hiways, ie Hwy KK, have no warning signs.

Hwy KK also has really really really big rattlesnakes crossing it from time to time.

Running over a rattlesnake at the apex of a curve causes loose bowel syndrome. To continue riding after such an encounter aggravates "monkey butt".

note to self: carry clean underwear.

I have discovered that while I am physically capable of making a U-turn I am psychologically resistant to such a manuever. This can lead to some interesting events such as sliding a 550 pound motorcycle down a 15% plus grade covered in wet clay, causing loose bowel syndrome.

Note to self: carry 2 pair of clean underwear.

I have also discovered that Missouri lettered hiways often go nowhere and end at county lines to continue as a gravel road. Gravel roads which are often covered with washboards.

I learned that if you go fast enough to smooth out the washboards that you are most likely going too fast to make the next curve which can result in loose bowel syndrome.

note to self: carry 3 pair of underwear.

The final thing that I learned is that it is much less painful to change underwear immediately following a loose bowel syndrome incident than it is to pry dried dingleberries from said underwear at a later time.

Curt