the unnecessary usage of j-brakes, why????

I love my jakes, they serve a purpose Going down grades and that is the only time I use them. Using them any other time is senseless and annoying!!!!!!!

 

When I was a kid, I lived 5 miles from I-25 in Colorado. You couldn't see it, but at night (during the 60's and 70's) you could HEAR it. More specifically, you could hear the un-muffled trucks pouring coal between Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
It wasn't a matter THEN, as it is not a matter NOW of moving close to the highway. The GEOGRAPHY of the area magnified the sound. I grew used to the sound, but as a driver, I am irritated by drivers who think they have the right to drive their un-muffled trucks all the time with the jake-brake on, on-ramps or in the truck stop. Proper planning and defensive driving on their part would negate the necessity of jakes in these situations. Ever complain to a driver using jakes in a truckstop? I guarantee that you wont do it again.

 

I carried 44,000 lbs of Kentucky BlueGrass seed from Oregon to Kentucky across Monarch Pass (U.S. 50) in Colorado without jakes in 4th gear one year. Truck DIDNT have Jakes. Ever been across monarch??

 

Loud Pipes Save Lives (talking about motorcycles)

 

VAIL has NOHING on Berthoud, Monarch or Wolf Creek.
Never driven them?
Try them in a 4-wheeler first

 

{lain and simple Jakes have a place, that place is not driving through town shaking peoples windows with your straight pipes. Those types of guys are the ones I want to push in a ditch. They give us all that negative image the public portrays us as.

 

No I have not, but I've been down Jacumba I-8 out of San Diego. That's bad enough for me. 11 miles of 6% and plenty of curves. Oh, did I mention the strong tail wind helping your rapid decent.

It might not be as bad as Monarch, but it is enough for me. I did it every night for 6 months, enough to turn the darkest hair grey.

 

where did it go from talking about jakes to harleys?