Lane splitting?

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by FX86

better sweat than bleed...that always shuts up the idiots that ask why are you wearing all that gear when it's so hot outside..and i give them the look like, b!tch do i look like i'm riding a bicycle..why would you ask such a moronic question?

Thats why id rather not even ride here in the summer in texas, im just waiting out till fall where i can wear my jacket and a hoodie underneath and all the gear lol if not id burn to death lol

[echo419]

Originally Posted by iamjacob

You're preaching to the choir. I have more $$$ in gear than my current bike cost me. I was just saying why some people don't.

Skin grafts are painful and expensive from what I hear.

had a skin graft from a go cart accident. it left me with 2 scars and it was not fun.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by AdrianSaldana

Thats why id rather not even ride here in the summer in texas, im just waiting out till fall where i can wear my jacket and a hoodie underneath and all the gear lol if not id burn to death lol

not even trying to ride right now. to hot. plus the forecast for everyday is 40% chance of rain but it never does. my luck I'd get stuck in a super humid hot rain.

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by echo419

not even trying to ride right now. to hot. plus the forecast for everyday is 40% chance of rain but it never does. my luck I'd get stuck in a super humid hot rain.

It sucks but id rather wait and drive my brz in the summertimes :p

[mdm]

Originally Posted by echo419

what I can say is that in Ga for example if someone saw you lane splitting(assuming it was legal) the probability of them crossing lanes just for the sake of spotting you from getting ahead of them is high if not a certainty. folks here are major jerks on the road.

Reading that, I immediately recalled the video clip at 7:00 in this compilation

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqtge929HNA"][US ONLY] US CAR CRASH/ROAD RAGE COMPILATION #40 - YouTube[/ame]




It's in Alabama, I think, but I guess it's sort of similar to Georgia (I never drove in either).


Now what is most telling is the reaction of people in the camera car. They only talk about the Taurus driver. Yes, he drives very recklessly. I don't know if he's just an impatient idiot, or on drugs, or desperate because his loved one is dying in a hospital and he's trying to get there to say good bye. Either way, a sane person (that is, me ) would just let him through. Becauses he is likely to crash, so he better does it not on my rear bumper. And because he might have a genuine reason to go fast, so why be a jerk and prevent him from doing so.

But the red SUV keeps purposefully blocking him, being a jerk and participating in the reckless behavior. Nobody in the cam car comments on that, suggesting they think it's OK.


The Taurus driver was reckless, but the SUV driver contributed to the ensuing crash, maybe not legally, but definitely morally.

[echo419]

that's pretty much how it goes here everyday on the way home. I see it tons of times.

[strat61caster]

Most of the time it's zero problem, one less body impeding me from reaching my destination, good deal.

Stupid people do stupid things regardless of the regulations.

I don't think I'd have the balls to do it, I'm a klutz on a motorbike, but I'm not so self centered as to deny the advantages of the bike. It really is no skin off the drivers back if they are as aware as they should be when piloting a 2-ton projectile of death and the motorcyclist rides responsibly.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by AdrianSaldana

Thats why id rather not even ride here in the summer in texas, im just waiting out till fall where i can wear my jacket and a hoodie underneath and all the gear lol if not id burn to death lol

There have been days in Atlanta when I was riding/commuting in the summer when I thought I was going to literally pass out when I got stuck in traffic on I-285. I eventually had to pick a "MAX TEMP FOR RIDE" because that was a better trade off than not being protected.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

There have been days in Atlanta when I was riding/commuting in the summer when I thought I was going to literally pass out when I got stuck in traffic on I-285. I eventually had to pick a "MAX TEMP FOR RIDE" because that was a better trade off than not being protected.

80.

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

There have been days in Atlanta when I was riding/commuting in the summer when I thought I was going to literally pass out when I got stuck in traffic on I-285. I eventually had to pick a "MAX TEMP FOR RIDE" because that was a better trade off than not being protected.

whats the average summer temps out there? over here its 105+ so theres no way in hell ima be riding. i stopped riding here since may when it was getting 95+ lol

[Summerwolf]

I know it is somewhat of a compromise, but I always wore a jacket with a removable liner and a mesh outer. So it had elbow, shoulder, chest and back padding, but when you remove the liner it at least provided airflow. I rode everyday when I lived in the southwest. Obviously it is a compromise, but it worked well for me.

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

I know it is somewhat of a compromise, but I always wore a jacket with a removable liner and a mesh outer. So it had elbow, shoulder, chest and back padding, but when you remove the liner it at least provided airflow. I rode everyday when I lived in the southwest. Obviously it is a compromise, but it worked well for me.

i have that same kind of riding jacket, worked awesome under 90 but as soon as it was more than 95% i would die in stoplights and be drenched in sweat when i get home. didnt work that well for me

[iamjacob]

My cutoff for riding is about 100°F. I rock an evaporative cooling vest in my jacket which keeps me cool enough for my hour commute home for anything in the upper 90s.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by AdrianSaldana

whats the average summer temps out there? over here its 105+ so theres no way in hell ima be riding. i stopped riding here since may when it was getting 95+ lol

July/August it's pretty common for us to be in the mid to upper 90s with 110% humidity. Of course the temp on the pavement is usually about 20 degrees above that.