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Old 01-31-2019, 12:09 PM
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A white helmet helps.
 
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Visibility is important but I haven't really noticed it being worse than my other bikes. Heck the cell phone reading zombies can't even see giant yellow school buses.



 
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Chrome pipes save lives. Dammit.
 
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Originally Posted by Walter White
Visibility is important but I haven't really noticed it being worse than my other bikes. Heck the cell phone reading zombies can't even see giant yellow school buses.



Are you ABSOLUTELY sure those big mean yellow busses didn't angrily back into those poor defenseless little cars at a high rate of speed?
 
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Motolights LED mounted on the forks(they can be ordered in black) and ciro3d blades mounted on the saddlebags.
 
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More and/or brighter lights is somewhat similar to helmets--there is no guarantee they will help but, IMHO, they do improve your odds.

And in moderate or heavy traffic in suburban/metro areas I generally approach intersections a little slower than I would be otherwise riding and I definitely believe that since I went with the CD turn signals--especially the front ones--I have noticed on several occasions an oncoming vehicle start to make a left turn in front of me but then they see those CD bright white lights and turn back into their lane to wait for me to pass.
 
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Well the first thing you would want to do is Remove all the reflectors on the bike. That would be a good start
 
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Checked out those led inserts for the signal lights. They look pretty good. Got to make up my mind now which bike I want. A few left over 2018's around here with real good discounts. A heritage marked down 4000 and the Road King Special about 7000, Both in black though, and I really would rather have red, but kind of hard to pass up that deal.
 
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After watching a video on how to be seen on motorcycles, I now "wobble" the bike a little when I see a car approaching me. It seems to catch their attention.

I also use the horn to wake up the zombies in traffic if they start weaving in their lane toward me. Plus the others, like staying in gear at a stop and watching behind me, never riding in a blind spot, etc.
 
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Originally Posted by nevil
If you ride with the mindset that you are virtually invisible to others on the road, it doesn't matter what the color of your bike is.
Well said. Always ride as if nobody can see you....we are all ghost riders to the unseeing.
 


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