Riding Courtesy
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To this old countryboy here, riding with others means you trust them and they know how to ride. Sorry, but just cause your on aHarley does on mean you know how to ride in traffic or back country roads of Georgia or Texas and yes Colorado too. Meaning, stay backa few ways, unless your invited to join. Sweepers and road captainswill tell ya, newbie riders are scarier then that old teacher with a ruler in her handway back in the day.
Funny on the way to work, I see this rider on a 04 BMW tourer he keeps in his lane and I keep in mine, but we have rode I-70 for so long we know what each other's riding style is andwhateach onewill do when that cage driver in front of uspays moreattentionto the make-up mirror or cellphone then to the road ahead.
Life is easy, living is hard.
Funny on the way to work, I see this rider on a 04 BMW tourer he keeps in his lane and I keep in mine, but we have rode I-70 for so long we know what each other's riding style is andwhateach onewill do when that cage driver in front of uspays moreattentionto the make-up mirror or cellphone then to the road ahead.
Life is easy, living is hard.
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If I am riding alone most times I am moving along at a good clip.Any group that passes me is traveling at a pace I don't want to move at.[/align][/align]I would think most groups are private. Unless you are asked to join the ride I would back off. Just give them some room to move up the road and enjoy your ride.[/align][/align]It's all good.[/align]
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ORIGINAL: gene03079
If I am riding alone most times I am moving along at a good clip.Any group that passes me is traveling at a pace I don't want to move at.[/align][/align]I would think most groups are private. Unless you are asked to join the ride I would back off. Just give them some room to move up the road and enjoy your ride.
If I am riding alone most times I am moving along at a good clip.Any group that passes me is traveling at a pace I don't want to move at.[/align][/align]I would think most groups are private. Unless you are asked to join the ride I would back off. Just give them some room to move up the road and enjoy your ride.
If I catch a group of cruiser bikes, I wait until I can pass them safely. However, if there are some people I know in the group, I have joined them sometimes, depends on my mood. Sometimes I jus' wanna be alone. Then I jus' wave at my bros and blast on.
As far as one or three bikes crossing town, I just lay back and keep enuf room to take advantage of the "safety in numbers" thing.
BUT, unless it is a benefit or toy run, I try ta stay away from people I don't know. Not knowing the people on THOSE rides can bebad enuf when they do stupid crap!!! Why push it?
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Probably not a big deal if they didn't have on colors and you were on a divided highway. Now if you started to follow them on some back roads and into a gas stop and to eat, then I'ld say you were pushing it. Just don't try and get in the middle of the group. Stay behind the sweep.
Probably not a big deal if they didn't have on colors and you were on a divided highway. Now if you started to follow them on some back roads and into a gas stop and to eat, then I'ld say you were pushing it. Just don't try and get in the middle of the group. Stay behind the sweep.
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