I love to ride. Have a 1980 Honda CB900 custom. It's cool but still love my sports bikes
The subject of wrecks is one that every single person that knows I ride continually brings up. My mother in particular. And I'm 41.
If there weren't people like that, I guess we'd all be on a bike, eh?
Question: How do bike riders prepare for the new danger on the roads called 'texting drivers'. The last 4 MC accidents I have worked (with one death) have all involved texting drivers.
I don't change anything. I ALWAYS ASSUME that NOBODY else on the road sees me at all. I ride like I am completely invisible.
That's funny, my mom always wants to ride my bike whenever I'm home. She couldn't finish the MSF class, so she settles for hopping on the back while I'm driving. The look I get from all the other riders on the road while I've a 50+ y/o woman on my back decked out in pink harley gear is worth the price of admission.
Like Sawblade said, assume they all want to kill you. As to distracted drivers, we really need to start punishing people. Talk or text while driving- $200 fine plus the night in jail, minimum. Until we start locking idiots up, they will keep being idiots.Question: How do bike riders prepare for the new danger on the roads called 'texting drivers'. The last 4 MC accidents I have worked (with one death) have all involved texting drivers. One driver even tried to lie about it until I found her phone in the floor board of her SUV with the unfinished written message on it. Another, kept insisting he wasn't texting until I subpoenaed his phone records and found that he was 'reading' a text at the time. He still defended himself to the judge saying "he wasn't texting".
I've ridden motorcycles all my life (since I was 14 - a looooooong time ago!). Now I have an '06 Harley Sportster Custom 1200 - Here's my youngest taking it for a spin.
Except when people tell me I have a nice Sportser (I don't, it is a Super Glide). Here's a hint, people- my chain is on the correct (left) side of the bike, and the engine does not share a case with the transmission. Note, this is not aimed at anyone here, just the general HD owner who wears nothing but HD clothing (including underoos, I suspect) and rides 20 miles a week. You know, the ones who buy a HD so they can have some butt jewelry, and invite the neighbors over so they can look at it in the garage. The Goldwing crowd is funnerYea brotha! Sportsters RULE.
Yea brotha! Sportsters RULE.
The look I get from all the other riders on the road while I've a 50+ y/o woman on my back decked out in pink harley gear is worth the price of admission.
Question about the sportsters; I've heard a lot of guys change up their suspension a bit. Have you done any such tweaking?
Nope.
I don't mind the hard suspension and laughable 2 inches of travel, but I'm still in good shape. I would NOT want to ride my bike with any kind of back problem or neck issues.
But a lot of people do change their suspension. A great resource for questions like that is www.xlforum.com.
Except when people tell me I have a nice Sportser (I don't, it is a Super Glide). Here's a hint, people- my chain is on the correct (left) side of the bike, and the engine does not share a case with the transmission. Note, this pis not aimed at anyone here, just the general HD owner who wears nothing but HD clothing (including underoos, I suspect) and rides 20 miles a week. You know, the ones who buy a HD so they can have some butt jewelry, and invite the neighbors over so they can look at it in the garage. The Goldwing crowd is funner
Maybe on a dresser, but not on my supergide (which has extraneous things like blinkers removed). As to Ducatis, I have always liked themAnd that is part of the reason I bought a ducati, people see it and say nice ducati and they don't try to comment on what model it is, simply the fact that it's a ducati. Plus its kinda hard to lean at all on a Harley.