# Another reason I will not own a bike. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 24, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764 "2006-06-24T15:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/1 "2006-06-24T15:46:01Z")
[http://www.wral.com/news/9411396/detail.html](http://www.wral.com/news/9411396/detail.html) Holy insanity. So much for the rubber tire theory. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/2 "2006-06-24T15:48:43Z")
talk about bad luck… wow, sucks… ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/3 "2006-06-24T15:49:12Z")
that is horrible horrible luck… damn ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/4 "2006-06-24T16:51:50Z")
bike still looks good?? maybe cursed though. ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/5 "2006-06-24T16:53:09Z")
see? if he spent more time engaging in the hobby of jerking off, this might have been prevented ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/6 "2006-06-24T16:54:41Z")
of all the chances and other bigger metal targets ---
**Author:** ![RobY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RobY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobY)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/7 "2006-06-24T21:13:22Z")
The rubber tire theory was never physcally valid. If lightning can arc through tens of thousands of feet of air it will have no problem arcing through a few inches of rubber. The reason why you are safe in an enclosed car is because it acts as a faraday cage and will conduct electricity around the car and to the ground. Protecting the occupants inside. Lightning as with all electricity will follow the path of least resistance which is through the steel chasis rather than your body inside the car. If you are on a motorcycle you are not enclosed and you are basicly SOL. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/8 "2006-06-25T08:21:56Z")
> [@RobY](#): > > The rubber tire theory was never physcally valid. If lightning can arc through tens of thousands of feet of air it will have no problem arcing through a few inches of rubber. > > The reason why you are safe in an enclosed car is because it acts as a faraday cage and will conduct electricity around the car and to the ground. Protecting the occupants inside. > > Lightning as with all electricity will follow the path of least resistance which is through the steel chasis rather than your body inside the car. > > If you are on a motorcycle you are not enclosed and you are basicly SOL. agreed. i think there have been people killed by lightning in drop tops before. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/9 "2006-06-25T08:57:33Z")
> [@RobY](#): > > SNIP Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/10 "2006-06-25T09:04:46Z")
> [@newman](#): > > agreed. i think there have been people killed by lightning in drop tops before. :word: there is also the steel radial belts in the tire that dont help any lol. I saw a show on discovery a while ago about lightning…its intense. Sucks to be that guy though…damn. ---
**Author:** ![Sc1chik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sc1chik/32/7243_2.png) [@Sc1chik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sc1chik)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/11 "2006-06-25T09:28:37Z")
wow. that is some bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/12 "2006-06-25T18:07:23Z")
> [@RobY](#): > > The reason why you are safe in an enclosed car is because it acts as a faraday cage and will conduct electricity around the car and to the ground. Protecting the occupants inside. i am really happy im not the only one that knew this ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-i-will-not-own-a-bike/13764/13 "2006-06-25T18:26:27Z")
Just yesterday I was walking to the tractor shed carrying a can of gas listening to the thunder, thinking if I get hit by lightning there won’t be anything left and people will wonder what that booooom was.