FOLKLORE vs. FACT

摘要

Quoting from the personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, "Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true."rnSwap "motorcycling" for "wars," and our stage is set: When I was a scrawny teenager, struggling with a Harley Big Twin three years older than me, I hung around the two-room Harley store and marveled at the stories told by the older guys.rn"Couldn't stop, had to lay 'er down," went one saga, and I wondered how metal could have a better grip on the pavement than tires did.rn"Grab the front brake and she'll pitch ya right over the bars," they said, which puzzled me, because if you hauled on my front brake, you might be able to feel the bike slow down.