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Originally Posted by Supermassive
Riding on the street is basically a dance between offensive and defensive riding at all times. You have to mentally train yourself to expect every driver on the road to do something stupid, which means you need to be aware of everything. I've been extremely lucky in that I have only had one accident on the street caused by another driver. I have however broken a few sideview mirrors and one driver side window trying to keep some asshole from merging me into a concrete barrier...I swear SUVs with women drivers are the biggest culprits as far as almost killing me.
I had one chick in a Tahoe almost run me into a concrete barrier while she was painting her nails...while driving. I was also unable to brake or accelerate out of that situation seeing as how I was in almost bumper to bumper traffic, so I hit her window. Surprised the crap out her she swerved out of my lane and ended up in a ditch...needless to say I couldn't have cared less about her welfare at that point. It all happened so fast I didn't even have time to really think about what i was doing...If motorcycle horns were even audible when a car has windows up that might be nice, but sportbikes have jokes for horns, hell you couldnt even hear my Aprilia's horn over the Akrapovic race exhaust I had on it...
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Yeah I have noticed how bad drivers really are on the bike >_<. Like I complained about the crap out here in Hawaii, cause you get some really bad drivers, but on the bike im like oh great they NEVER use blinkers (I ALWAYS do) Merging is my biggest fear right now. Biggest reason is because they don't actually MERGE, they just throw themselves in there to get the spot. Luckily the shoulder lanes are pretty wide on the streets I travel so I have an escape route.
Yeah the horns are quiet...really quiet...lol.
Whats the normal op temp of a bike in city driving? I got to about 180....was barely stopped at all, maybe 2 minutes of a 30 minute ride, 35-45 mph the whole time