yeah...keep ride save bro....

 

it's almost better that he doesn't know.

 

most importantly...rider should practice his clutch control

 

You telling us to practise our wheelies? :dunno :hammer: just kidding!

Ride safe guys!
Remember, cagers can't see you, even if they looked you in the eye two seconds before. :fact
Keep away from them.

 

I thought about the situation on the way to work in the morning. We have a big disparity in the "hurry mode" here in Florida. On the one hand, we have working people who would like to spend less time traveling from point a to b and traffic, especially slow drivers, annoys them. The other half are the retirees, who drive as such.

Now bikes are pretty much the fastest thing on the road at any given time. I tend to get through traffic, only to be caught at red lights. I'm in the first position at the red light and once it turns green, the bike accelerates harder than the car to get up to speed (yeah I check for red light runners). Now if you're on a bike and are forced to be in the number 2 spot behind a car, you're going to pick the car which accelerates the fastest so as not to get stuck in traffic again. Well, cagers do the same thing. I noticed cars will change lanes to get in behind me at a stoplight because they assume I'll leave the line faster than the car next to me. It's not always the case but generally speaking I do accelerate faster without even trying.

If you get stuck behind a series of red lights and leave hard every time the light turns green, the drivers behind you pick up on this and slot in to your rear. Stall the bike and it could be a recipe for disaster. Just some food for thought. I've had a hiccup or two leaving a light and it scares the crap out of me every time. So if you're in a car, give the bike a bit of space, just in case

 

I had a trip down to Boca Raton the other day. When we were driving up 95, an absolute maniac on an R6 (I think) flew past me. I was going 75 and there were quite a number of people on the road. He had to at least be going 130-140 weaving in and out of traffic. I looked over at my FO and said "now that's what gives us a bad name." Can't understand why people don't unerstand that there is a time and place for everthing.

I'm the first person to admit that I love opening it up to feed my need for speed. Howerver, I do it on long empty stretches of road so I'm not a threat to anyone else. My crazy antics shouldn't be someone else's burden. I've seen this a number of times, but S. FL seems to be the worst.

 

For sure. Everytime I'm on I-595 or I-95 in Broward or Dade I see it no matter what. They are complete jackasses. I see packs of sportbikes doing at least 140 wearing no gear or even shirts weaving in and out of traffic going a good steady 80mph. There are so many squids here in Florida it's not even funny.

 

Where in Fla are you located, I'm here in Daytona Beach I've seen a rider been killed over on beach side on an 04 R1, was doing 80 in a 35 with no helmet ( was attached to rider's seat) and slammed into back of car, and slid for so long, there was so much blood pouring through the sheets the cops put over him, very sad..

 

I'm on the other coast, Naples/Ft. Myers area although I'm trying to head up to Bikeweek next month by you.

 

Probably forgot which bike he was riding and stalled the bike. I've done that coming off a fatboy(v-twin torque) for 4 years. Riding gear is priorty one!

 

Ya you have to watch out around here, there was two motorcycle related death this weekend due to cagers. I actually know one of the cagers that pulled out in front of one of the one bikers. To bad he has to live with that the rest of his life and the guy on the bike left behind kids and a wife

 

I have had a bike as my only transport for the past 12 years. I did bike messenger work in LA for more than 2 ½ years pulling 12 hour shift almost every day and in my humble opinion riding a bike in the city or on public streets has little to do with ones ability to “ride” a bike period.

 

people can't drive. they let anydamnbody have a license, and outta those, way too many are doing anything but drive. eat, talk on the phone, mess with the tunes, etc. i hate squidly riders too, it's bad here in mn also. i went out riding w/ a couple guys who were bad. they weren't wearing ANY gear and making fun of me for NOT doing wheelies in town. i was the only one wearing any gear. lid, jack, gloves etc. i ditched 'em after the first almost-in-the-ditch-at-80-wheelie-with-no-armor. worthless.