When I used to ride a motorcycle (before a drug-hazed thief ended my riding career) I used to do a few things to try to increase my odds of surviving as I rode around Tucson and Phoenix/Tempe.
One of them that comes to mind is: When approaching an intersection where cars were waiting to turn left in front of me, I would do the quick, tight "swervies" to help them recognize visually that I was there (of course I would try not to give them the impression that I was moving into the turn lane). Brian On 11/2/07, ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi Alex! > > speaking as a motorcyclist with 3 decades of road riding experience > including an 80 mile/day commute in Bay Area traffic and extensive > touring, i think most motorcyclists riding the yellow line (when solo) > are likely rookies. yes, there are a lot of new rookies out there! > i find it safest when riding solo in *most* cases to be slightly to > the right of center in a left lane; ideally far enough back from the > vehicle i'm following to be visible in all of the preceding vehicles > mirrors, and far enough to the right to be more likely to be easily > visible in the left-side mirrors of the vehicles in any lane to my > right. this gives me a small buffer on my right and a larger 'bail-out' > space on my left for when someone (inevitably) tries to come in from my > right. (i find the further i move to the left in a lane, the more likely > i am to have someone "not see me" when they more into the lane i'm in > from my right... something you'd find hard to believe if you could see > the collection of lights i typically have lit while riding, but it still > happens!) > moving too far to the left means i have no way out to the left (and > i'm loathe to ever give up a way out!), and puts me at higher risk of > meeting anything that comes at me from the other side of the road with > even less time/space to avoid it. > > in spite of what we sometimes hear about the oil patch in the center > of the road, it's rarely a factor except perhaps if it's wet; in that > case, i'll move to the right of it, not left. > as for road ruts, they're rarely a significant factor for me either, > but that may be due to a combination of the machine i'm riding these > days and the years of experience i had in the dirt (starting even before > i rode on the street). > > > cheers! > e > > '85 300D > '02 BMW R1150GS Adventure - quiet pipes, lotsa' lights. Be Seen, not > 'Herd'. (no, that's not a mis-spelling!) > > > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > > > Now wait a minute---somebody else earlier in this thread said the tire > > track is the place to be, because there's more traction there. (From > > the rubber deposits?) So which is it---is riding in the car tracks > > correct motorcycling technique or not? (I've never been on a > > motorcycle despite a strong lust for old BMW boxers, so forgive me in > > advance if this is Biker 101 curriculum.) > > > > Alex Chamberlain > > '87 300D Turbo et al. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
