I don't know how many of you guys ride motorcycles on here, but I've ridden my whole life and I thought this video pretty much hit the nail on the head.
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- Thread starter insanebikerboy
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when i rode, i could count on having at least one near death experience per day (usually a soccer mom in her minivan or ford excursion)...four wheelers have got to learn how to start looking for motorcycles, that they have equal right to the road as well (we all pay the same taxes)...and realize that when they tailgate us on the highway, the only rear crumple zone a motorcycle has is the a$$ of the rider!
red92gt
NFO? no. SNA? not yet. FNG? yep.
People don't see you, they don't bother trying. I used to ride, and to be honest I miss it a ton. However, after a totaled bike and three broken bones courtesy of some idiot in a minivan, it's not worth the risk. I missed OCS (hit 5 days before shipping), and still can't run unless I absolutely have to. Four months later.
The day I found out I was PRO-REC'd was the last day I had rode (late Sept) until Saturday night. Too many close calls... it just wasn't worth it. I went out late on a ride down Pacific Coast Highway... Such a nice ride at night with no one else on the road 
Went riding today without issue, but I do remember riding all summer with daily occurances of near death experiences. Good video, I wish they aired it on the TV around here... it's too bad that I doubt many people would even understand what they are getting at. For anyone riding, stay safe...
Also for anyone riding... I have pretty much stopped due to the risk of injury with my dream job on the line. Seem like decent logic???
Went riding today without issue, but I do remember riding all summer with daily occurances of near death experiences. Good video, I wish they aired it on the TV around here... it's too bad that I doubt many people would even understand what they are getting at. For anyone riding, stay safe...
Also for anyone riding... I have pretty much stopped due to the risk of injury with my dream job on the line. Seem like decent logic???
The day I found out I was PRO-REC'd was the last day I had rode (late Sept) until Saturday night. Too many close calls... it just wasn't worth it. I went out late on a ride down Pacific Coast Highway... Such a nice ride at night with no one else on the road
Went riding today without issue, but I do remember riding all summer with daily occurances of near death experiences. Good video, I wish they aired it on the TV around here... it's too bad that I doubt many people would even understand what they are getting at. For anyone riding, stay safe...
Also for anyone riding... I have pretty much stopped due to the risk of injury with my dream job on the line. Seem like decent logic???
I find it interesting that some of you guys are having all these near death close call incidents, while I've been riding >15 years and have really only had a couple with zero accidents, and that's with almost daily riding on SOCAL freeways and city streets. Maybe you should reexamine your riding styles.
Edit: Maybe you guys should get louder pipes.
Brett
A LOT of mine have been from this one road where the lane 1 is left turn only, lane 2 is left or straight, 3 is straight only, and for SOME reason everyone turns left from lane 3 (so if you go straight in lane #2 you nearly get hit all the time). Its a driver not looking issue. The rest have all been around campus, which if you are familiar with UCI should make sense.
Sounds to me as though your deliberately and repeatedly riding through known hazardous areas.
Brett
ya I rode all the way from palm springs to malibu (friend's house) on the 10 and , let's just say when traffic wasn't at a complete standstill, I was being cut-off non-stop. I guess a vulcan 750's pipes are no match for DVD-player and LCD screen laden headrests and 500W audio systems... Since I got my pre-commissioning loan and car, I never ride my bike anymore. I want a crotch-rocket anyway.:icon_wink
I find it interesting that some of you guys are having all these near death close call incidents, while I've been riding >15 years and have really only had a couple with zero accidents, and that's with almost daily riding on SOCAL freeways and city streets. Maybe you should reexamine your riding styles.
Edit: Maybe you guys should get louder pipes.
Brett
Yeah, ditto on that. While stupid drivers exist everywhere, I've yet to have a situation where I've locked up the rear or anything more drastic, and I've ridden for about as long as Brett. I think it's a big part of riding style and also looking for cars where cars might not normally be, and reacting to then before they actually do something.
Loud pipes are the coolest :icon_smil