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First I'd like to say I really like this forum. Lots of good information and help.
Lots of humor and fun too.
I was lucky when I first started riding. I was aloud to ride with a group of riders that had been riding for lots of years. They showed me a lot of things to look out for.
I thought I would start a thread about the little things.
I am just posting one please feel free to add to it
1. Keep the wrenches needed to get your battery unhooked (10mm ect.). In a place that you can reach in seconds.
Don't watch the cute 5 foot something 19 year old blonde college student in pink short shorts and a white tank top with no bra, jogging her little butt down Nevada Ave in Colorado Springs, CO on a summer day.
It's the surest way to rear end a car stopped at a light in front of you.
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