7 More Things Only Bikers Understand
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Bikers are a unique group of people that have certain things they do and want others to do when on the road. Today we'll cover why these things are so important and why we do the things we do.
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After 38 years ridding motorcycles, I’ve come to two absolute truths: Loud pipes annoy the neighbors. Helmets save lives.
@RGJohnforever respect goes both ways.
@@jackwoods535so dont wear one. I think its a dumb law too. Only thing I say is if you dont you shouldn't expect the rest of us to pay your medical bill
No medical bill, he'll be dead. @@holmes1956O
YES
i have a t120 with stock pipes. sounds very nice but fairly quiet to folks i ride by. a riding buddy said i should get some aftermarket pipe to not change the sound but to make it louder. but who for? not me cause I hear my bike's nice sound the whole time riding. no need to force others to hear loud engines.
In addition to the painted lines …we need to aware of the tar strips where cracks are sealed…especially during hot temps and rain…thanks for posting!
tar snakes . not only are there tar patches here and there but there's many a corner where there's a hole shit load across the lane , ride safe
In the uk we call these tar snakes
In Ohio, the tar strips are horrible. They will put you down if your not careful
Something to think about motorcycle lighting, When I started riding the only vehicles that had lights on in the daytime were motorcycles. Now 95% of new cars have DRL (daytime running lights.) While the lights on a bike helps to be seen, now days motorists are becoming numb to seeing light in the daytime, so we blend in more than we used to and have to be aware of that.
Excellent point
I’m so paranoid about lights. I have a road kind and a road glide. I swear people think I’m a faraway car when I’m on the road glide because of that double headlight. The roadking is superior for night riding with five round lights
Conside adding a Pulsating headlight and stop light accessary. I only use the headlight pulsating when approaching busy intersections with cages waiting to turn across my lane or into the lane. I also use them on rural roads when oncoming vehilles are in my lone passing cars.
@@wflentge the blink tail light mod is a must. Can’t believe I haven’t installed one yet
I've always run high beams during the day, try it!
Always expect that a vehicle pulling out from an intersection does NOT see you….Not to panic on the break…. but be aware and maintain the basics of “ride like you’re invisible “!…Be safe out there.
1 THING ONLY A THERAPIST KNOWS FOR SURE. . NONE of their patients ride a motorcycle .
You'll never see my Harley outside the therapist's, it's not reliable enough to get there..
Ahahahahaha, funny how some of them even provide Motorcycle only parking spaces though, just like disabled parking spaces, putting in those Bike spaces outside the therapists offices must be a complete & utter waist of time because they'd be empty spaces all the time.
loud pipes just alert drivers of a motorcycle in the area, not the location or direction of travel. they're more of a distraction and a safety hazard than they are a driver awareness enhancement. the horn is way better for alerting cagers. to follow the logic of loud pipes being a safety enhancement, why not ride while beeping the horn the entire time? it's much more effective and equally as annoying to everybody around you.
Avoid drinking alcohol when riding.
Do stay hydrated when riding.
Avoid loose fitting clothing.
Always bring 2 helmets, wear a full face on hwy rides.
Always bring 2 sets of gloves...
And, be patient, do not hurry anywhere, enjoy the ride.
Why if there are 2 cars at a red light we will pull up between them its not cuz we wanna be ahead of everyone is cuz we don't wanna be hit from behind
I had a scooter 🛵 last year and every where I rode it I would get waves from other bikers 🚴
Scooters have their own ’cool factor’ - I don’t own one, but I like them.
I'll give scooters a wave just like any other cyclist out there.
Get a white helmet. Everyone thinks you're a cop and drives safely around you. It's a bit nerdy, but it works like a champ.
Dude. I ride a BMW F800ST, more often than not a little over the speed limits. When I sit upright on the bike people just clear out the left lane. So very nice of them ;)
Been riding since 73. We didn't have you tube, traction control, etc. We just kinda figured stuff out, without dying.
Yes, I agree, I've been riding since 77 & in those days there were no Motorcycle riding Instructors, You got Your licence & then You went out & taught Yourself how to ride & with most, if not all of the Driving school at the time, they did'nt really teach You how to ride or drive, they taught You how to pass a licence test.
What you fail to mention is that the ones that didn't figure it out quickly, didn't make it...😕
@@tattaduhende9703 How I made it this far , regardless, I'll never know!
@@tattaduhende9703 Bullshit expert, We're still here are'nt We, & He said We just figured it out, He did'nt say that We did it or figured it out quickly or that We needed to have somebody to show Us how to do it or figure it out, quickly or otherwise or have somebody making a video & saying this the way We should do it.
Only a biker understands why your dog puts his head out the window lol
I try to always leave myself an out whether I’m on the highway or the byway I want to have an escape route, if possible, just in case
I once got nailed by a bumblebee at 70 mph. Luckily I was wearing my helmet. Still, rocked my head real good
I caught one in the neck. Right in the artery. Weird.
went through a locust swarm. Luckily, they only wanted to fly knee-high. even with leather motorcycle rated chaps, them suckers hurt. they were so thick and smashed onto the road. It was like riding on compact snow. bike sliding around you gave too much throttle the rear would start spinning. you didn't want to ride like you stole it for a few miles.
I had a grasshopper smash one lens on a pair of sunglasses. Luckily the lens held together but you could barely see through it at all. Gave me a wallop and a fright 😂
It's funny because I ride both a Ninja and a Genuine Buddy scooter and out of muscle memory I acknowledge all riders no matter what they ride. Hand signs not only show respect, but also gives you and the oncoming rider information on what's up ahead. Information is a key element and hey, two wheels is two wheels. As well, I live in a city where construction is everywhere so you have to watch out for those big metal plates they use for covers after they dig up part of the road.
As I RIDE, I watch, I look, I listen, ... then I look again both ways, more than just once. Some cagers might simply think my head is on a swivel. By the time you look only once and fail to look again, you may get punched by a car's bumper. They come up on you much faster than you may realize, unless of course you've been riding for awhile, with good experience under your belt. Consider those (insufficiently circulated articles) on the subject of driver blindness. It's not physical blindness, rather it is mental blindness. Cagers, many that is, do NOT acknowledge what is right in front of them, a motorcycle or even a pedal bicycle. It's been studied, documented, recorded, but again not enough attention given to this phenonium. True, cagers are distracted, but this 'mental blindness' issue is a real thing. I challenge videographers to research for themselves & more aggressively publish the matter to Bikers and auto organizations like triple AAA, and others. .As for Lighting, I replaced my regular marker bulbs with Yellow/Amber bulbs for the safety factor. I also added 2 more lights (amber) on my front engine guards. Anything to make it easier for others using the roadways with you to SEE you a lot better. . Back rest, it makes all the difference in the world to have a longer pain free ride. It may not be completely pain free given your age, but at 77 y.o. I can attest to the fact, it is a great pain reliever. White lines & yes yellow lines too are a slippery slope. Tar snakes present the same sort of traction issues. Also where pavement layers are not tightly joined, or uneven due to shrinking, sinking & where pavement patching exists, it's a hazard causing you to drift unintentionally. Oncoming traffic may imagine you're trying to play 'chicken' but it's the bike loosing the straight line of travel. New riders need to learn. When you're not in familiar terrain, be aware the roads ahead may contain some of these sketchy situations. .
Those grooves in the interstate roads where someone has driven a wheel into the pavement will grab your front wheel, remain calm, drive through it without trying to control the direction, and it will correct it's self.
When you live in an area with lots of wildlife, especially the hoofed variety, loud pipes absolutely save lives. I can't count the number of times I've spotted a deer or several deer headed towards the road, but then turn around and head for the hills when they hear my pipes. Repelled a few unobservant, distracted cagers as well. 😄😎
"Loud pipes saves lives and revbombing" one of the biggest myths in motorcycling and mostly untrue becaue of the Doppler Effect also called Doppler Shift in physics (an advancing bike has the sound wave behind the bike and not in front of it). And in most modern cars the sound insulation makes that you barely hear motorcycles even after they passed you. Even straight pipes on a bike are barely audible for a Rolls Royce driver, even for most German car brands with high sound insulation.
@@THEREALZENFORCE Thank you! Loud pipes don't really bother me till someone claims it's for safety reasons. It's for image, simple, end of story, and that's good enough for me.
@@THEREALZENFORCE Wow! I didn’t realize my bike travels faster than the speed of sound. Well then surely that sonic boom would scare away the animals for the guys riding behind me. 😂🙄
If the sound only traveled behind the vehicle, it would be traveling at least Mach 1.2. What’s the point of sirens on emergency vehicles if you have to wait for them to pass by before you hear them? 🤦🏻♂️
I’m not basing my previous statement on theory. It’s based on fact and experience. I’ve hit a few deer with a quiet car. Never had that issue on my loud piped motorcycle.
Hit a deer with a car, no big deal. Miss a deer on a motorcycle with loud pipes, life saved. Therefore, loud pipes save lives.
A B S O L U T E L Y!💯🤨👍
You forget that the Doppler Effect also effects horns yet you can still hear a horn of the person behind you. The faster you go the less distance the sound goes, so the louder the horn/pipe is, the further it goes.@@THEREALZENFORCE
I missed something. What have you got against scooters? I ride big Harleys and I ride little scooters and everything in between. 22 bikes. It depends on what I'm doing and where I'm going. I have a Vespa 300 GTS scooter that will go 83 miles an hour and get there quick. I wave at everybody. Even if you don't wave back. Ride for freedom.
Scooters are awesome... just have to ignore the snobbery from people like him.
I've heard car drivers say so many times "oh those stupid bike riders take off at the lights like it's a drag race, but I catch them again at the next lights. It doesn't get them anywhere"
They don't get it. It is as you say "not showing off or trying to get somewhere faster" it is a matter of not being caught amongst a pack of cars, mostly being driven by inattentive drivers that could turn in front of you or change lanes into you at the drop of a hat.
Something else car drivers don't get is motorcycles cannot brake as fast or as hard as a car. Motorcycles only have two tyre's on the road not four and those tyre's are only a fraction of the width of a car tyre.
Braking is a function of rubber on the road and vehicle weight. Bikes have neither. So if a bike is hemmed in by cars and a car does something stupid, the other cars can just stand on the brake pedal and pull up. A bike won't do that, you will hit the offending car.
Some dumb people will say that this is a reason for bikes to go slower than cars, but that will make the problem worse. With impatient car drivers tailgating slow moving motorcycles, frustrated by being forced to drive slowly but being able to see past the motorcycle and see a empty road in front of them.
The car will then engage in a dangerous overtaking maneuver to get past the motorcycle with a corresponding offencive attitude to punish the rider for having slowed them down.
I believe All motorists should be made to ride a motorcycle for two years before being allowed to drive a car.
If possible, don't ride during rush hour, people are in a big ass hurry to get home... again, if possible...ride the back roads.
I'll give the Can-Am's and trikes 3 fingers down. 😁👌
I have been riding 65 years an still am at 79 one thing that’s kept me alive, you treat everyone on the road like an idiot. That includes guys riding motorcycles in the rain with sun glasses or tinted visors. If you check out Ryan F9 on this channel about riding at night he’ll tell you a bike with twin head lights close by, looks the same as a car in the distance due to the lights being close together. In the mean time as they say across the pond “keep it shiny side up” 💪😎
Yes, treat everyone on the road like they're idiots, both Male & Female alike & every vehicle on the road like it's an unmarked Police Car.
I started out riding in 1969 and just sold my last motorcycle Nov. 2023, I'm to damn old. The loud pipe issue is mute to me. I have always listened for the sound of tires breaking air on the road which kept me from moving over in the next lane if I didn't see the vehicle coming up on either side of me in my mirrors. You have no Idea how many times that tactic saved my ass.
The biker/motorcyclist greeting/acknowledgement in the UK is an exaggerated head nod. As a Haley rider here, the nod tends to be returned by riders on other bike styles but is less commonly initiated by them. In their defence, there is a chunk of HD riders here who are the midlife crisis bunnies and will be in a drop top coupe tomorrow and never became part of the rider community.
Almost everyone gets the nod here, even scooter riders because they are a huge presence in towns and cities. Having said that, food delivery scooters are unlikely to nod back; but regular commuters will.
If you head into mainland Europe the culture there is either hold out a v-sign but with palm down and hand held low (knee or even ankle); or to stick out the left leg
Yep, in the NL's: the headnod, the lowhanded (peace) sign, the kicked out leg are all used as a form of greeting. And also the helmet tap as a warning for Cops lurking.
I was thinking about this today. I see a lot of motorcyclist on the road and on TV with their cell phones attached to their handlebars at 60 miles an hour you go on 88 ft./s. That’s about nine car lengths and they don’t have enough stopping distance a four wheel vehicle can stop twice as fast as a motorcycle so if you look down at your phone for one second, you’ve lost 88 feet of your stopping distance you’re a distracted rider my phone is in my glove compartment until I dismount my motorcycle and it goes back in when I Remount it
Don't like them on/in cars or bikes. We like to yell at the car driver for looking at their phones but yet we have them right there in our face too. Put that shit away and pay attention.
in the UK , instead of the wave, we tend to use a slow head nod or " tip the head", for the same sign of Respect to Bikers coming towards us , it's safer and can be done at any speed as we don't have to take our hands off controls, We do use the "clutch hand down" wave as an acknowledgement when we pass other Bikes, or as a " thank you " when passing vehicles who've moved over to give us space to overtake
We do the same thing here in Australia too.
@@sig2322 I don't know about the UK, but in Australia We do a quick flick up & down with the High Beam of the Headlight to warn other Road users coming in the opposite direction about Police Radar traps & speed cameras, & RBTs (Random Breath Testing sites) up ahead, but Ya gotta be careful because the Coppers over here know that one & if You get caught doing that, You can be in a lot of trouble & cop a heavy fine, that tap on the top of the Helmet sounds like a good idea though, but it would have to catch on first so that everybody would know what it means or at least until the Coppers caught onto that one too.
It's because you ride on the wrong side of the road
Add yellow lighting to your bike. Motorists are attracted and focus on vehicles that have yellow lighting.
Manhole covers can be slick as well.
Hope you don't mind if I throw in a couple of thoughts, I started riding back in the early 70's so I have a bit of experience. About riding in the rain, I live in Southern Nevada where rain is not a frequent occurrence and when it first starts raining it will lift the oil out of the road and bring it to the surface so it may be safer to let that wash away before you get too aggressive. You talk about following gravel trucks, I take that every day over following a livestock truck, the stench, the yellow rain, please know. And as for lighting:I ride a 20 year old motorcycle and as technology progressed I upgraded my lighting!! I currently run LED lights front and rear. Not only is it easy to see and be seen the white light is easier on these old eyes. This is the first time I've seen one of your posts and I enjoyed it!
The tar snakes can help the long hours of a cross country ride go by as you play a game with yourself to either not hit one, or hit all of them. 😂
I just ride like I'm invisible.
Many moons ago I was hit on the knee by a half brick thrown out from between a truck's twin rear wheels. To say it hurt would be underplaying it a bit. Thankfully the road I was on didn't require me to use my rear brake or put my feet down for the next half hour until I could trust using my leg again. Typical biker thoughts went through my head, I was more concerned about damage to the bike than myself.
One thing I love about my Harley, the horn. Not afraid to use it. Great video. Rubber side down
Always Always Dominate your lane position. A case in point... you are in a 2-lane left-turn scenario.If you are in the left most lane you want to be Right-most next to the white solid line separating the two lanes, not next to the double yellow, And if you are in the Right-most lane you want to be in the Right-most position as well. That way your lane space doesn't look empty to a cager looking to get into the turn lane at the last minute ... Otherwise you might get smacked into by the cager trying to occupy your spot in traffic. Same thing goes when traffic is moving, keep yourself visible to others, Don't ride where others can't see you.....There's an old adage about the dashed line creating the road's lanes... " The Line is my Friend" .... Use it ....
Also the middle of the lane is usually oily, and gritty so riding in the traffic's left or right-wheel track is safer stability-wise.
Something that drives me nuts is almost being stuck beside a semi truck. Me gonna lay on the throttle to get up past them.
I was driving a semi in the day, passing another semi, I hear what sounded like a stick of dynamite. guy had blown a tire, I get to a stop walked around checking out my rig, a piece of tire rubber had hit the back of my day cab, left a permanent rubber mark in the paint about the size of a dudes thumb. I never hang around trucks passing them.
Mirrors mirrors mirrors ! Always check your mirrors 🤔
I have been riding for 55 years and you are giving very good advice. Always ride safe and keep the shiny side up
The thing in the painted surfaces that make them slippery and reflective are glass beads.
"Loud pipes saves lives and revbombing" one of the biggest myths in motorcycling and mostly untrue becaue of the Doppler Effect also called Doppler Shift (an advancing bike has the sound wave behind the bike and not in front of it)
And in most modern cars the sound insulation makes that you barely hear motorcycles even after they passed you.
Being all out in the wind means you can fart with wild abandon without having to listen to the wife/girlfriend complain.
lol
60 years riding now......15,000 to 25,000 miles a year.....I calculate gas mileage every fillup. Tells me level of tune ....I no linger do fundraisers......only close calls are other bikers
drinking and getting more careless aster each stop......in Fla rain I ride in a bathing suit keeping my cloths dry.....when body is air dried......put cloths back on. no rain gear....no helmets .
I have been behind a truck that was throwing sand. It does hurt. I got around it as fast as i could. My last bike i got reended. When i am at a stop light or sign. I always look in my mirror. Just in case. That i need to take off. So, history does not repeat it self.
The best way to improve your safety is to get more training.
Improved skill=Decreased risk.
Top 7 Reasons We Crash*:
Lack of Focus
Rushing corner entry
Abruptness
Overconfidence
Cold tires
Repeating the same mistake
Not adjusting to change
*YCRS
Accelerating ahead of traffic from stops...I've explained it as "I can't stop cars from being stupid. But I can make sure the stupid is behind me." Your explanation will probably tick fewer people off. I think I'll start using it.
Hi there...the remark about car drivers thinking we accelerate hard from traffic lights etc is down to their perception of speed.....motorcycles even using moderate acceleration will out distance a car and reach the legal speed quicker......just my opinion guys.... oops missed a similar comment......I'm bad lol....
So if I’m riding my 1100 cruiser I’ll be blessed with a wave but if I’m riding my scooter I’m not deserving. Gotcha.
I think educating the public about motorcycling should be a part of getting a driver's license. Questions about visibility, maneuvering abilities, physical vulnerability, and stopping distances for motorcycles, should be on the standard driver's test.
Rev bombs are a punk move. Been riding long enough (current bike, 2009 FLHR) to know how rediculous that practice is. The time and effort put in to rev bomb is much better spent braking and using the horn. The sport bike crowd love doing it to hear their sewing machines hit the rev limiter. I support all types of motorcyclists and their choice of rides as long as they are safe and respectful. Cheers.
Since you did say something about cars coming into your lane. Horns dont always work. But your boot kicking the car door does. I had to do that one time before.
Glocks, bikes, jeeps,AR-15’s , AK’s, and women have one thing in common when you get the one you want….a long term commitment to buying accessories for the one you chose.😂😂
Now if i may ask, why not scooters? I'm riding a Yamaha Tricity 300 and i'm doing exact the same as all the other riders. I know it isn't a "pure bike" but the feeling is there and honestly, when i ride and give the wave, i'll get a wave back 9 out of 10 times. Some even act nuts in a very funny way and i respect that. So why not the scooters?
Hegshot Rides this is a little off topic, but I just want to ask you something real quick. I have an Indian Pursuit Dark Horse but I also have a 2023 Slingshot R. I get some evil looks from other riders when I'm in the Slingshot as if they know me, but what a lot of riders fail to realize is that a lot of Slingshot owners own, our have owned motorcycles. What is up with the discrimination when we're all just trying to ride in peace?
😅i am 67 yrsold and have travelled on most types of bike you can imagine...even vespa scooters....i aloso drive a bus and landccruiser type vehicles...and the only thing loud pipes do is startle ordinary vehicle drivers...your mom and pop drivers ..to such an extent that that they react like there's a calamity occuring somewhere around them.. and they react accordingly... by braking or veering unexpectedly...you bikers out there with your pipes are idiots...but speed on brothers...hell aint full yet.....
I will pay for my injuries, not wearing a helmet. If you’ll pay for my injuries when I do wear a helmet, there is fair so when the helmets snaps my neck due to inertial forces for me being hit from behind you pay for it. Also, I must tell you in 69 years of riding motorcycles. I never had to pay for an injury because I haven’t had any.
During the lock down I had to go teh the super market and they had just put gravel in the roads during resurfacing and I was almost blinded by kick back from some of the trucks even though I was a good 15 to 20feet behind them and not going that fast either. From then on if I am wearing a helmit with no vizor I wear safety work glasses. I do not care how stupid it looks, So my number one tip would be eye protection at all times on teh roads. especially around buiding and and road works. The kick back is a real and ever present danger on some roads.
Unfortunately regular car or truck drivers will probably not be watching this and only mostly bike riders will be, .There needs to be a way to reach ordinary car drivers. Just saying !
Space and distance - always. Every other vehicle and person on or near the road is trying to kill you. Tailgaters - let ‘em pass or leave em behind. Space and distance - always!
In addition to your comments on gravel, dirt and debris coming off vehicles ahead of you. One thing that will make makes my blood boil are assholes who will fling a burning cigarette butt out their window while you're behind them.
"Freeway traffic jambs" !!!, getting caught in heavy traffic due to an accident or good old rush hour, people need to understand that a lot of bikes Harleys in particular dont have radiators, they are called air cooled which means they need moving air to cool them. so when I can feel the heat radiating off my motor due to lack of movement I have resorted to slowly riding down the emergency lane in effort to cool the bike down, Im not doing it to advance my positionin traffic, its merrily to cool down a hot engine
Being faster gives you a "buffer" against traffic? It gives you a buffer against the guy behind you and closes the buffer against the guy in front of you. If you want a buffer, you have give yourself space and be willing to slow down as much as speed up. Maintaining a buffer is simply not possible if you're going faster than traffic.
loud pipe are one number one reason car drivers hate bikes.
no accident has been avoided by having a loud bike.
partially due to the sound is behind the bike far more than in front. when on the freeway.
in the town i live in the local and state patrol is heavy here, so harleys go slow, and have to keep revering the motor to just keep it running. bad tuning i guess. but the sound bounces all around. hard to truly say were the bikes are at.
i do have a car horn on my bike, far better than the little squeaky.but if any one intrudes into my driving space i honk the horn..(i say driving as for 40 years i drove a big truck, and people do not see us, let alone a bike. revving your motor is just stupid.
space management is a joke. so many car drivers feel they have to squeeze in between another car, truck, bike, etc. that think it is a race. it's not a race. that room in front is for safety. no matter what your drive/ride, having space in front of you works, it is to keep you from res ending whats in front of you. but then most drivers are on idle brain mode in there cocoons. and do not see any thing around them. or think they are the only thing on the road.
pretty good chain of videos on this topic so far. One thing though... blasting the shit out of us with those pipes at 10x the volume is not cool, lol.
It's not mandatory to have your lights on in the UK - most do though as, reardless of the status legally, it's a good habit with no drawbacks.
Here in Aussie we nod and most riders will nod back except Harley riders. I ride an adventure bike. They never nod so once a group of Harley rider rode past to a man they eyeballed me and saw me nod they as usual didn’t nod back so I shook my head and the double take from all of these middle aged midlife crisis dudes was hilarious. 😉
Where I live they leave a gap in traffic so if cars want to cut across well just last week the guy right in front of me on a motorcycle t-boned a car because of that.
Grow up. Scooters are out there on powered two wheelers just like us.
I do the biler wave to everyone, including scooters. I did it to one when i was on my Harley, dude about crashed. Two wheels is two wheels.
I almost always downshift going through intersections even if I don’t need to slow down just so for 1 I make more noise so crossing traffic is aware I’m there and if I do need to get out of a situation it’s easier to accelerate or stop
Was that interstate 26 in North Carolina? Cause if it was. That did look fimilar.
Being smacked by a bug at 100+ took my breath away once xD had to pull over and catch my breath
Loud pipes only prove you like to be heard, rather than being seen, like a modulating headlight does!
I refuse to sit behind a loaded pick up truck or trailer. I will not bet my life on him securing his load
Drive like you are invisible. They can't see me . Definitely ride defensive, like a prevent defense.
I see from that Mark Clark footage you’re from Charleston. Nice.
Solid info. I wish cagers would understand our challenges.
I avoid interstate 40 through Asheville during all the rush hours
The way you feel about scooters is the way I feel about Hardleys.
Volume warning at 6:10 would have been nice.
Only motorcyclists will watch this video.
Learned some things today. Thanks!
I haven't been riding all my life, I started when I was 8 and I'm 66 now. I try to pass on my knowledge and experience to others. And I still learn from others as everybody should. Some advised about riding in adverse weather. In high winds, keep your room's high. It'll keep you more stable. Think gyroscope. The faster it spends the more stable it is. On wet roads. Keep your rpm's as low as possible. That way if you just slightly twist the throttle your back tire won't spin possibly losing traction. Just think 'riding on ice'.
I run a Bridgestone Ecopia 205/15/R17 on my 14 Wide Glide ..I do not have to worry about wet lines/manholecovers ..even at full lean they just do not effect me at all..been Darksiding for 30 yrs with 57 years of riding under my feet .. ...best mod for a crusier .IMHO 😀
Thanks, im a new rider. The thought of using rpm's for traction probably wouldn't have crossed my mind if not for someone like you. Im on a small Yamaha Virago learners bike too, so not all of us have the luxury of weight and mass on our side as mentioned by others, so your comment is very helpful.
@@CrazyPalidin57 It's good your starting off with a smaller bike instead of going right to a heavier bike. Weight and mass will work against you in some cases. I started on a Bridgestone 100 riding up and down ditchbanks and church parking lots. Be sure to wear protective clothing(boots, chaps, gloves, long sleeves and a good helmet) and remember to dress for the slide not the ride. You will drop I but hopefully not at road speed. Ride like everyone is out t get you. Always know what's ALL around you. Stay out of vehicle blind spots and curb lanes. Be safe and enjoy.
Which part of the engine do you think has enough revs to keep you stable? The stability of the bike comes from the tires (wheels). If there's enough wind to overpower the gyroscopic effect of those two big spinning mass wheels, there's nothing you're higher revving engine is going to do to counter it.
love the background!
Don’t forget manhole covers
Just don't want to be killed !
👍🏿👍🏿scooters & trikes.
I buy 3 things every time I buy a motorcycle, even before I leave the dealership. I buy highway pegs, a backrest and handlebars. Those 3 things set the bike up for me personally.
After reading the comment, I just saw those tar strips used for fixing cracks, almost caused me and my wife to crash, back in the 80s on the way to the Harley rendezvous in upstate New York. We took the exit and they had fixed a bunch of cracks on the offramp with that tar patch shit, up between my 21 inch front wheel and my fender and it jammed it up. I had to pull over thank God was in crash and pull the shit off my tire so riders beware be safe.
Moto Horns are your friend!
Motorcycles and the head light. Back around 1973, my family lived next to a highway that didn't have a lot of traffic and was about 2 miles outside of our itty bitty town's limits.
In the winter, my siblings and I had to kick through, then eventually climb our way over the piled up snow the snowplows made, so that we could catch our bus.
I was about 10 years old, and for some reason, was going to school alone that day, without my 3 siblings. It was dark, and in looking down the road I thought I saw a motorcycle coming..and I thought it was weird that someone would be driving on such a super cold morning with snow on the highway. I stood along side the road, as behind that single light I could see the lights of the bus on it's way too.
Fortunately, I realized in time that it wasn't the sound of a motorcycle that I was hearing and I stepped off the pavement shoulder of that road, and a pick up truck with it's right light out, went by. If I hadn't been paying attention, I would have probably been hit by the truck. But yeah, it seriously looked to me like a motorcycle driving closer to the center lane line the whole time I watched it coming up the road. I didn't have a lot of room between the pavement and the pile of hard snow, so even as the truck went by, I was still very close to the truck. The road shoulder only had about 2 feet from the white line to the edge of the pavement.
I think most riders stick the the center of the lane...but again, I was only 10 at the time, and just thought the rider was closer to the yellow line. I know this isn't much about why riders ride like they do, but I sure learned a lesson that day in not assuming a bike was coming down the road!
On the subject of lighting, I immediately noticed a difference in reactions from car drivers IN FULL DAYLIGHT after I installed a pair of Denali S4 lights. Fender mounted on my GSXS 1000GT+, they're low to the pavement but have dual pattern flood/spot throw down the road. I pulled out of the driveway, went 100 yards, this gal was on her phone at the cross street rolling pretty fast to the stop sign, not paying attention, then slams on her brakes. Yep, she saw me, and I noticed the same thing all during that day. For me, running both stock LED headlights hi and low, stock marker lights, the aux lights and hi viz jacket is a life saving combination. Light travels far faster than sound, and our brains react faster to light than sound. However at night, it's a different story, being all lit up only helps from the front, but man, it's really nice to see the full width of the road lit up, side to side and 500 yards downrange.
Yes I understand and as I have matured I really try & afford extra courtesy’s to Motorcycles I am a retired Truckdriver & part time Triker I admire Professional riders because they are more focused on the road than anybody even more than some truckers because of pavement imperfections and debris can be a major disaster if your on two wheels I hate traffic and that is why I am ultra selective when I do any Triking four wheelers are terrible and Crotch rocket jockies are nuts I do understand the over heating issues on air cooled motors but I still do not fully agree with the lane splitting I know it is being tolerated in a lot of western states but not here in Illinois a lot of Big rig truckers are bikers too so they can relate to each other more than the four wheel cage drivers cannot anyway let’s all be courteous to each other & try & enjoy the Ride/Drive I wish more law enforcement departments would put more Motor Officers on the street
I would add car , truck drivers wonder why we ride in a tight formation. They need to not try and enter a group of bikes most of all. Just wait till they pass
Don't know about now, but Utah used to use Vinyl for Highway markings.... Extremely slippery when we.
Along with painted surfaces road construction and metal plates and rain. Those always get my hackles up.
Cool vid man. as for lights I run my high beams during daylight, both my bike and car. it doesn't blind anyone at all and stands out a lil better. keep it in the wind...
I just bought a 2023 Indian scout rogue and a couple months ago i was behind 2 gravel trucks and it chipped the Paint on my forks and not to mention it felt terrible to be hit in the legs with little pebbles. I got around them as quick as i could but the damage was done by that point. Nothing huge but just enough to be annoying.
The power to weight ratio on a motorcycle in general is going to beat the average car off the line from a dead stop. We are not racing you. Ride on!
Helmet is the big safety thing for me. I can see and hear better, especially at higher speeds. I like a loud headlight, but no louder than my pipes!
Thanks for this. Liked and subscribed. Liked the first video on this topic too. I'm not a Harley rider - I ride a Beemer but all of this content applies.
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