Snake-oil!

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Snake-oil!

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Or other crap purporting to be useful for bikers, what have you seen recently?

Inspired by this popping up in my FB feed :
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Re: Snake-oil!

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Rockburner wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 3:09 pm Or other crap purporting to be useful for bikers, what have you seen recently?

Inspired by this popping up in my FB feed :
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Surely that's a piss-take?
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Re: Snake-oil!

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LOL!

Snake oil: Doesn't work
Tiger piss: Does work
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Beancounter wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 3:38 pm Surely that's a piss-take?
Seen something similar touted in LinkedIn.
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Oh gawd not again, one of these gets 'invented' every 10 years or so...

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Ian wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 4:26 pm Oh gawd not again, one of these gets 'invented' every 10 years or so...

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I've seen a photo of Haham Grill, sorry - Graham Hill (Damon's dad) sitting in a formula car with one of them. IIRC they wouldn't stay on your helmet above about 40mph, (so I was told).
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Better not look over your shoulder it would get ripped off