I would take that advice even further. I don't pretend I'm invisible, instead I pretend the cars can see me but are actively trying to run me over. Always always ride defensive, analyze all the traffic, and try to predict just how that car is going to try kill you. Remember, they all want to kill you! Apart from that motorcycling is great fun ;)
-Kyle On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Noah, > Welcome aboard! > Congrats on your new ride and welcome to the world of > motorcycling. > I find my luggage rack to be extremely useful, has enabled > me to carry a lot of things, even if I'm actually placing them on the > second seat. > Once you have it built, find yourself a nice cargo net, they > sell them at bike and ATV shops, a good one should last years. > Regarding a novice rider - I have ridden by a simple piece > of advice my Father gave me - Assume You Won't Be Seen. Remember that > most drivers are looking for a vehicle that is much larger than you > are - so you have to look for them. > Particularly in the rain and at night, remember that > although black leather might look cool - a reflective vest over your > regular riding gear (think something like your local law enforcement > folks wear) is much safer. > As someone with almost 10,000 miles ridden on my 1982 450 > Nighthawk, I can say that my bike has taught me a lot about > motorcycling - sometimes the hard way. > One thing you want to do and I'm sure others will back me up > on this - be sure you have a spare set of spark plugs with you and a > spark plug wrench at all times. My NH has never left me stranded, but > there have been a couple of times when she fouled a plug and believe > me, a two cylinder bike does not run well on one cylinder! (Not sure > if there is a difference between the 1982s and the 1985s, but I use > NGK DR8ES-L plugs) > Welcome aboard and please keep us all posted on how you and > your NH are doing! > -Joey > 82 CB450SC, Brewer, ME > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Noah Goodall <noah.good...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi everyone! I just purchased a 1985 CB450SC Nighthawk a couple weeks > ago, > > and got my license last week. Thanks to all the rain recently, I've only > > been out four times, but I love it! I don't have a car, so this is my > main > > ride if I have to go out of town. > > I'm really enjoying reading through all your old emails, and I'm hoping > to > > build a DIY luggage rack / sissy bar for some planned camping and touring > > later this summer. I'd love to hear any advice you have on that, or any > > advice for a new rider. Thanks, and take care! > > -Noah > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
