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Originally Posted by Kzinistzerg
He coudl totally do that... My friend can clap with one hand, so he sould be able to as well.
He can't drive a car with a stick-shift.
EDIT: or a motorcycle. You need two hands for that: one for gas, one for clutch.
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He COULD ride a Ridley motorcycle, which is an American-made V-twin, Harley clone that has automatic transmission. You don't have to shift gears, therefore you don't have a clutch. I got one because I broke my left foot years ago during a fall down a flight of steps, and I could no longer work the gear shift on my Harley Sportster with my left foot. The guys at Orange County Choppers build custom Ridley bikes for people who want/need a chopper with automatic transmission, so maybe they could build one for the Wilt-Man! Hey, if Jessie James can build a custom bike for Shaq, why not?
Wilt could also use a stick shift IF it was mounted on the right side of the steering column, since with his large hand, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to manipulate the shifter and hold the steering wheel at the same time. I can do that, since my old '72 Ford Maverick I drove during my college days had the gears on the column, and I could shift and drive at the same time, with my right hand(which is tiny compared to Wilt's), so I could act "cool" and let my left arm dangle out the window(yeah, I know that is so redneck). Most of the older, classic cars(which I've really been into for some time now)did have column-mounted gear shifts, AND the headlight dimmer switch is on the floor of the car, so you operate that with your left foot, as opposed to modern cars, where it's on the left side of the steering wheel. The only modification Wilt might need would be to operate the turn signal, which is on the left side of the steering wheel even in OLD-old cars, but I think he's got enough stump of that arm left to move the signal up and down, since he can hold or balance light-weight objects with it. There's a teacher at the high school in our district who has about the same amount of left arm remaining as Wilt does(he's a Vietnam vet), and I know he drives a large van with no problems, though I have not looked inside to see what, if any, modifications he's made.
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