The unsafety glance

[mowgli]

I like it very much. The suspension is very hard though, and on rough road it is quite a handful - certainly not the soak-up-the-road suspension like many other bikes. But it is cheap bang for the buck and mine is perfectly reliable. If you still like your GT250R then you will really like the GT650R - they are very very similar in all respects, except for the crackle crackle pop thunderclap following you, and the light front end and very rapidly building speed under full power. Ride one today.
DB

Cheers. I do like my GT250R very much hence my interest in the 650R. Your comments are much as I'd expect mine would be. Shame the shops just closed cos I just passed my full. Oh well there's a whole weekend ahead

[musicman]

na, really, think about it.. if you are moving forward in traffic constantly it is improbable that someone is in your blind spot, and if they are, it is either another biker that you can trust hot on your tail, or someone coming up really really quick.. OR someone you should have seen enter this area but didn't.

The problem arises when brain is in neutral not sweeping this area to begin with. If someone enters my blind spot, I note them in and note them out, or remove them.


DB

What about roads with 3 or more lanes? A large 4WD vehicle sits two lanes away from you, just out of your peripheral vision that doesn't appear in your mirror either. It wants to move into the same gap that you do, doesn't notice you (being a 4WD vehicle driver) and your sudden acceleration into the gap puts you under their front wheel. Which could have easily been avoided with a quick glance over your shoulder.