She would have been a lot better off to have hit the dog. I doubt that hitting a dog would make you go down. The gyroscope effect of the wheels is very strong.

I knew a guy who was riding a bmw boxer in Alaska with his wife on back (or some scenic place). So he was looking at a beautiful scene and ran off the road on the inside of a curve. There was a 6" tall curb. He hopped it and then hopped off when he got to the other side of the inside of the curb, all at highway speeds. No harm done.

'course, he had to stop and clean out his underwear!

I have ridden with one other couple. you simply could not pay me to ride with a huge group of folks. Any dummy could cause a problem in front of you and suck you into a wreck.

Kinda like racing at talledega.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.