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I meet new or aspiring riders all the time and I keep wishing all the good information was in one place. A friend on Biker or not posted this picture and it warrants 1,000 shares. No comment necessary
. If I messed it up I'll fix it later. Meanwhile, I still see bikers crowding around my tanker truck like it was a big pillow. One started passing from my rear blind spot in one move - bad idea. Change lanes first, on the left from far back if possible, give the truck three seconds to see you, THEN pass when it's clear and don't take all day and don't go in front of me until you're at 264 ft ( three seconds) ahead of the truck. Remember, in a stopping contest with a truck you will always win ( LOSE ). Stay safe.
Last edited by Blackfly; Sep 10, 2018 at 07:53 AM.
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Prof Rene nice photos. Like I said I wish it was all in one place. And every riders MSF course should have a 30 pound piece of road tire so they can pick it up and see if they want one coming at them at 90 miles an hour.
When I drove trucks most riders were pretty vigilant. However, the worst offenders were crotch rockets followed by DP riders. You would think that with all of the miles a DP rider would do that they would be more observant. Not all but a surprising amount.
In the first photo the rider is in the correct position of the apex for the turn. The bus is exceeding out of it's lane into the other lane. Not saying the bike shouldn't be aware of buses and trucks but that is the proper lane position in that turn.
In the first photo the rider is in the correct position of the apex for the turn. The bus is exceeding out of it's lane into the other lane. Not saying the bike shouldn't be aware of buses and trucks but that is the proper lane position in that turn.
That photo of the bus reminds me of an incident a few weeks ago. I was going uphill on a 10MPH curve when suddenly I see a jacked-up pickup truck with oversize tires coming in the opposite direction with the front nose taking up half of my lane. I guess that because it was going downhill, it underestimated its speed and took up half of my lane to turn.
I don't know how I managed to throw the bike to the right and into the tiny shoulder in order to avoid it. The truck never even attempted to stop, it just sped away. It reminds me of the guy that uses the Tail of the Dragon as its personal road track.
In the first photo the rider is in the correct position of the apex for the turn. The bus is exceeding out of it's lane into the other lane. Not saying the bike shouldn't be aware of buses and trucks but that is the proper lane position in that turn.
Nice try through.
Proper position if you want your head knocked off.
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