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dan filipi
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Posted: Mon Mar 24th, 2008 01:59 am | 141st Post |
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And one of the most important.......do the speed limit.......never get in a hurry to be anywhere on a bike.....a bike is for fun and enjoyment....so use it that way. Get to speeding....in a hurry..not paying attention.......it will catch up with you.
Here Here!
Every morning the traffic report tells of at least 1 motorcycle down.
Stupid lane splitters in traffic going 40-50 mph, aint worth it.
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Redwing
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Posted: Mon Mar 24th, 2008 09:07 pm | 142nd Post |
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Kit Carson wrote: I read all this and agree with all of it. I think the most important thing is to train yourself to be observant........try to take in the whole area....as far up the road as you can see. Do not become complacent......just make yourself do this until it becomes a habit. I have always made the statement if a car turns in front of me and I crash into the car......it is my own fault.....I should have been paying more attention...saw what was setting up before it happened and avoided it. So I think training yourself to be observant is the best thing you can do.
I also use a headlight and brake modulator.........to be seen.
I now have ABS brakes.......will never ride a bike again without them
When moving through a busy town or city I move to the far right lane at the intersections and keep the bike in gear at the stops and pick out an escape route..another thing you have to train yourself to do.
If there is enough traffic I let a vehicle get just ahead of me on my left as I pass through the intersection.....just in case....they will absorb the impact first.....if someone does run the light......
Always without fail wear a full face helmet........or I do use a modular......and run around half the time in town with it up.......gets hot around here.......but if weather permits.....and it is not 105 degrees......it is locked down.
And one of the most important.......do the speed limit.......never get in a hurry to be anywhere on a bike.....a bike is for fun and enjoyment....so use it that way. Get to speeding....in a hurry..not paying attention.......it will catch up with you. Kit
Well said Kit Carson 
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 09:18 am | 143rd Post |
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Many years ago I was taught to ride by a police motorcycle rider of all of the things he told me I think the following has saved my life more times than anything else.
He said " every time you ride you must always believe that every other road user, pedestrians included, are out to kill you!! So ride as defensively as possible as plan for the worst situation always"
I know it sounds a bit paranoid but if you believe that you are the most vunerable thing on the road you start to take full responsibility for your every action, it has saved me a number of incidents that could have been painful at least and fatal at worst.
If this tip saves one rider it will have been worth it!
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Posted: Thu Jun 12th, 2008 09:28 am | 144th Post |
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While keeping an out and riding like you are invisible are very very good things to do i find it suprising how many people have left out the #1 and #2 rules.
1. ALWAYS WEAR A BRAIN BUCKET!!!!!
2. Never wear sandals/flip flops or other flimsy footwear.
I'm not one who will suit up in full leathers and chaps and armor myself head to foot but if anything rule #1 comes in handy when the fecal matter hits the ocilating rotary device.
P.S .. Sorry to be the thread necro.
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Jluvs2dive
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Posted: Thu Jun 12th, 2008 03:13 pm | 145th Post |
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Fagan420 wrote: 1. ALWAYS WEAR A BRAIN BUCKET!!!!!
2. Never wear sandals/flip flops or other flimsy footwear.
Good points, but I think the reason it wasn't brought up here was because it has been many times before, and there is quite a bit of controversy about it. I'm pretty much an ATGATT myself, but I also believe it should be a persons choice, as long as their decision doesn't cost me $ if they get banged up. Unfortunately it does though, in increased insurance premiums and in taxes.
BTW, threads really don't usually die here, they just go dormant for awhile.  Welcome to the forum too!
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98Wing-487
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Posted: Sat Jun 14th, 2008 10:49 am | 146th Post |
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Like one of Rudy's posts said:
ALWAYS assume someone is going to run a red light that you are stopped at. Saved my neck in a cage twice.
Also, after a big rain or "gulley washer", watch for gravel or debris in corners.
Gravel in corners can increase the "pucker factor" exponentially
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dan filipi
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Posted: Sat Jun 14th, 2008 01:50 pm | 147th Post |
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I just heard recently there's a rise of manhole and storm drain thefts.
I know this has been going on for years but from the rise in metal salvage value it's getting worse.
A manhole cover missing got me thinking, while following a car am I far enough behind to swerve to miss a missing manhole cover, will I see it in time.
Being far enough back would apply to anything in the road.
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Posted: Sat Jun 14th, 2008 02:11 pm | 148th Post |
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Something that is encouraged over here is the "2 second rule" as in, you should be able to count 2 seconds from when the vehicle in front of you passes a certain point, say a lamp post and when you pass it as the following vehicle. It is a good rule to follow and allows time to react to such things as sudden braking or an obstacle in the road. 
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Ruaidh
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Posted: Sun Jun 15th, 2008 01:51 pm | 149th Post |
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I also use manhole covers as a means to exercise my agility. While riding I will swerve to miss them as if they were either missing or some other obstacle that would endanger me. Obviously I don't swerve into oncoming traffic or other lanes, but my motion swerving around these supposedly "missing" covers also get the cage drivers to be more aware of the silly fat man on the great big motorcycle weaving around in traffic.
One thing I am seeing more of is that people are taking the smaller access covers (6-8 inches across) that extend down into the hole about 6 inches and just turning them over. Now, you have a cast-iron cover still in place, but instead of nesting into the hole the "tube" of the cover is pointing straight up and held in place by the retaining lip of the port it is supposed to sit inside.
Nasty enough in a cage as this can cause tire failure, it really wreaks havoc with a bike.
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dan filipi
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Posted: Sun Jun 15th, 2008 02:57 pm | 150th Post |
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| Man, just the thought of a missing manhole cover gives me chills!
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 03:19 am | 151st Post |
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I nave been giving this thread a going over and axing those posts that have nothing to do with safety...Lets just say that if this is to be over riding safety tips then so be it......If you go back to read your post and its not there or any reference to lets say some ones aversion to a certain item, they are gone or edited.....
I spoke with Steve on this matter after I reread some of the posts that were made ....He agreed with me that these kind of posts should be taken out.....
Have axe will travel........
Claude.....
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Jluvs2dive
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 03:53 am | 152nd Post |
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redbaron wrote: I nave been giving this thread a going over and axing those posts that have nothing to do with safety...Lets just say that if this is to be over riding safety tips then so be it......If you go back to read your post and its not there or any reference to lets say some ones aversion to a certain item, they are gone or edited.....
I spoke with Steve on this matter after I reread some of the posts that were made ....He agreed with me that these kind of posts should be taken out.....
Have axe will travel........
Claude.....
Oh man! You're gonna kill my post count!
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 02:46 pm | 153rd Post |
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Reading through this thread, I notice the one thing I do the most is missing.
Watch people's heads. Cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles, doesn't matter...watch the head.
People are like horses in the fact that they tend to lead with, and follow their head.
If you're coming to an intersection, and the person's head isn't pointed your direction, there's no guessing here, s/he doesn't see you at all.
Even if that person at the intersection's head is pointed at you, don't assume they see you. I've made solid eye-contact with a cager coming up to an intersection, and they STILL pull out in front of me.
If you're behind someone and in a different lane, and their head points toward your lane, get ready, because they'll be in that lane before you know it...whether you're there or not.
If that head is locked straight ahead, they're not observing anything but where their car/bike/motorcycle is going...They're not watching for you, and odds are, haven't noticed you.
If that head is bouncing around like a bobble-head doll...they're paying more attention to their radio than anything else.
If that head is tilted to one side with a hand coming up to it, they're on the phone...avoid them like the plague.
Observing another person's head on the road will give you a second or two of lead time in what that person may do...And that could be the reaction time you need to save your life.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 03:31 pm | 154th Post |
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redbaron wrote: I nave been giving this thread a going over and axing those posts that have nothing to do with safety...
Have axe will travel........
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 04:07 pm | 155th Post |
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Redwing wrote: redbaron wrote: I nave been giving this thread a going over and axing those posts that have nothing to do with safety...
Have axe will travel........
That's great. With all the new moderators and such.....those who have access, I'm sure I've pissed off one of you somewhere along the line......
My count should start going backwards anytime now.....
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 04:30 pm | 156th Post |
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mikef wrote:
I'm sure I've pissed off one of you somewhere along the line......
Well i'm delighted that you have finally come clean and told the truth
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 04:45 pm | 157th Post |
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mikef wrote: My count should start going backwards anytime now.....
It will if I have anything to say about it. I can't keep up with you the legitimate way, so it's time to work on the unscrupulous methods. 
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Posted: Wed Aug 6th, 2008 06:37 pm | 158th Post |
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| A lot of the cities around here have started using a type of fabric for the crosswalks, RR warnings and lane directors (arrows, etc.) rather than paint. The paint was slick enough when it got wet but this fabric is even worse! I was stopping at one intersection and was putting my foot on one of the left-turn arrows when it was dry and couldn't keep traction at all. If it had been wet I am sure I'd have gone down with the bike. Gave me quite a start.
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Posted: Fri Aug 8th, 2008 04:45 am | 159th Post |
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| Too many car drivers think you are smaller and slower than them so they tend to cut you off . Keep a good eye on the left hand mirrior when approaching inter-sections if you are in the right lane especially when starting off! Last edited on Fri Aug 8th, 2008 04:47 am by rider 76
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Posted: Sat Sep 27th, 2008 09:30 pm | 160th Post |
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Here's one that almost cost me big-time on my KLR a couple of weeks ago.
I was riding in an unfamiliar down-town area, using a GPS with voice-guidance to locate my destination.
The street I was riding on dead-ended at a cross street onto which I was to turn right. The street I was turning from had both left and right turn lanes with which to enter the cross-street.
I turned right, then signalled to make an immediate left turn into the parking lot of my destination with no opposing traffic approaching, and was almost crushed by a van that had turned behind me into the left lane of the two-lane street that I had just entered.
Turns out the street I turned onto was a one-way street to the right of the street I had come from, and was two-way traffic to the left of that street. There were no signs posted "begin one-way", so I did not know that the left lane was not an opposing traffic lane at that point.
So, the lesson I learned, and hope to share, is that we need to be aware that many down-town areas have one-way streets, and they are not uniformly posted as such.
Multi-tasking (riding a motorcycle, listening to voice-guidance, riding in unfamiliar territory while trying to find an unfamiliar location) might be slightly less risky if you adopt a policy of doing a drive-by of your destination first, rather than trying to go straight to the destination. It might be wiser to go around the block and get the "lay of the land" first.
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