The Unwritten Rules of Riding

[Ixion]

chasps. I don't see any post from Mr Zed in this thread that makes such a suggestion.

[SixPackBack]

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[Zapf]

better safe than sorry.... or did he hurt your feelings?

[SPman]

When a rider comes up quickly behind you - assume he wants to pass and carry on his way!
Let him through at the first opportunity - if he wants to stay with you, he will.
Dont assume its an entreaty to race or generally be a dork!

[FROSTY:Me]

or if you're a cager--asssume he's some raving lunatic and do your best to run him off the road. Hmmm

[SARGE]

make sure you have a glove with hard armor.... wing mirrors are not soft by any means

or your can always run your titanium armored glove along the paint....

HEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!!..

i claim intellectual property rights on that one!!!





stay on the inside of corners in the rain. trucks spill fuel on the outside and by the time you see the rainbow, its too late...

[FROSTY:Me]

Karma's a funny thing. Ya never know when its gonna bite ya in the ass.

[SARGE]

Karma's a funny thing. Ya never know when its gonna bite ya in the ass.

no worries here .. i always help old ladies at pack n save by getting the old lady food off the high shelves

[Karma]

no worries here .. i always help old ladies at pack n save by getting the old lady food off the high shelves

Same here...

I've lost count of the number of times I'll notice a couple of old ladies talking to each other and pointing at me... then one'll come over "excuse me dear, could you please pass me down that last remaining eccles cake with a sell by date of 1967".

[cowpoos]

think about how and where you park your bike....they don't have reverse gears!!!!

[inlinefour]

Allways be prepared to stop for a fallen biker or broken motorcycle. Should you decide not to, you just might have the same thing occur to yourself.

[Unit:Me]

What is the internationaly accepted signal for "cop ahead" on a motorcycle. Obviously in a cage they flash there headlights.
I have tried the extend one finger up and whirl your hand around up in the air to simulate a rotating police light. Either the other guy things I'm insane or he gets the picture. Thoughts??

I need to keep both hands on the bars, I smile alot though!!! I noticed the Japs took the guess work out of riding with the headlight on now I have the TL, which cant be turned off at all, key in, ignition on, headlight is automatically on, that I like.

[FzerozeroT]

no matter what you ride or when you ride there is always someone faster than you, and they're probably just about to carve up your inside on a 150! moral of the story, worry about where you're going not who is coming up behind you - a one second glance in the rear view mirror at 120kph is gonna take 33 metres.

[Cookie]

ereyone and everything is dead set keen to KILL you
ride with that in mind and you'll live a long time

Echoes of my old man teaching me to drive. Almost a word for word quote if my memory stretches back 20 odd years.

Yep - pretty much exactly what my old man told me. In my mind I multiply that by 10 when on a bike.

[MSTRS:Me]

no worries here .. i always help old ladies at pack n save by getting the old lady food off the high shelves

Well done....cos that frees me up to assist the younger ones in short skirts (by holding the ladder for them)