Productive day here, neighbor friend brought his mega hot 30 year old wife down for a visit. He and I been drinking while my eyes targeted her assets like a laser beam.
Lawyer called me and offered me some nice whiskey money to go look at a crash scene for him next week.
You're a retired man now. Be careful not to strain yourself.
Don’t you worry😀
You and been can help me, it is a damn motorcycle wreck. Harley traveling about 55-60 and at a bridge there is a 1-1.5” uneven vertical joint where the bridge joins the pavement. Road is lower than the bridge. Would that bump be a significant enough obstacle to cause the bike to lose control? There are other issues but that is the big one.
Definitely could be. Which model Harley?
Don’t know that yet but it is a big one
Okay, here's the deal. For the past thirty years or so, Harley has had essentially four lines of bikes, each of which had a different frame and suspension. For the 2018 model year, they've reduced to three. The four were, in order of overall size and weight: Sportster, Dyna, Softail, and Electra-Glide (sometimes called the touring bikes). The Dyna line has now been eliminated.
I wouldn't expect a Sportster, Dyna, or Softail to mind a 1"-1.5" bump, assuming the rider is semi-competent. But the big Touring bikes - the Electra-Glide line which includes the Road King, Street Glide, Road Glide, and Ultras - have a unique design feature: the forks are mounted behind the head tube of the frame rather than in front. This improves the mechanical advantage to the rider, especially at high speed on open road, but it can make steering a little squirelly at low speeds or when decelerating, especially if it the bike hasn't been maintained well, tires are worn or aren't properly inflated, roads are rough, wet, or oily, or if the rider isn't terribly experienced with these bikes.
So if he was going onto the bridge, riding a Harley touring bike, not thoroughly experienced on the type, and hit a 1-1.5" bump, he could find himself in a situation that spooked him, overcompensate, and lose control of the bike. If the road was wet or there was some gravel on it, multiply by two. It would definitely be something I'd investigate.
That help?