Attitude.......
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Attitude.......
I found this on the web & didn't book mark it- but it's a good read........
Ride with a great
attitude.
This is one of the best ways to enjoy riding more and to effect a change in the general public’s sometime dim view of motorcycling. A bad attitude will be reflected in your riding and a preoccupation with whatever made you grumpy will only distract you from
the job at hand: safely riding your motorcycle.
On anything other than wide open country roads, you have a choice
while riding: ride with the flow of traffic, or fight it. There are often times when traffic is not moving at a speed you would choose. When this happens, poor riders zig-zag through the slower traffic, tailgating, cutting people off, and generally irritating
everyone on the road, reinforcing the perception that all motorcyclists are
daredevil speed demons with no respect for mom, apple pie, or the law.
Option two is you can try to be a courteous rider, demonstrating
what a responsible person you are, "Look ma, I’m all grown up now." It is my opinion that nothing harms the image of motor cycling more than a rider aggressively weaving through traffic on a motorcycle. It may impress 14-year-old
boys being shuttled to little league, but they don’t vote or call their
elected representatives, although their parents sometimes do.
When you ride, you are an ambassador of motorcycling to the
general public and it is your responsibility to ride accordingly.
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RE: Attitude.......
ORIGINAL: guitarman777
Sage words of advice not just for riding motorcycles... how about driving in general?
Sage words of advice not just for riding motorcycles... how about driving in general?
Wouldn't it be great if car/truck drivers drove with the respect thatMOST of us do.
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RE: Attitude.......
ORIGINAL: whaap
Yep, I didn't write it but if I had, that's what I would have said. My thoughts exactly. (Maybe that's one of the reasons I haven't crashed in 65+ years of riding.)
Yep, I didn't write it but if I had, that's what I would have said. My thoughts exactly. (Maybe that's one of the reasons I haven't crashed in 65+ years of riding.)
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RE: Attitude.......
That's good and kinda like one of the parts of "Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten"
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Nice post!
Thanks crizzby[sm=biker2.gif]
Thanks crizzby[sm=biker2.gif]
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RE: Attitude.......
Fairly accurate, however I never travel with the flow. Worst thing I think you can do. I'm always at least a couple mph faster and in the LH lane not getting run over.
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