In response to the speed wobble that he had at Muroc and was lucky enough to not be seriously hurt, he replaced the triple clamps under the false impression the front end was the problem.
With the handling problem intact, he returned the next month to EM and was not so lucky.
That time as the problem predictably reoccurred, as he exited the bike, as he had before, his too loose pant leg caught the unyielding peg and drug him along enough to seriously injure him.
When he finally separated from it after breaking his body parts, the bike stood up and resumed without him.
That get off resulted in the wrist lanyard rule that provided some protection for the spectators, but did nothing to solve the problem for the entrant.
There is a reason proper foot pegs have a folding feature.
Can anybody tell me why it is ?
A simple truss can be a real fixer for a flexi swing arm, but sadly, the symptom is little understood.
You have all seen a bike twitch as it comes out of a water burnout onto the dry surface.
You all know the answer if you do the math.
OBTW: While his maiden name was Cook, it was suggested that the name change was as a result of his participation in the Federal Witness Protection Program, Baaker is the same way.