........ just like they taught us in the MSF course;
when approaching cattle guards
a) downshift appropriately
b) roll on throttle hard
to
c) lift front tire off ground,
d) drop front tire as rear tire contacts guard
and
e) don't hit'm sideways .......
works every time.

 

What I hate is the metal grate bridges that make the bike weave back and forth. Not to bad unless its raining outside, its your first time over one, and there happens to be a red light at the end you weren't expecting. Thought I was going to go down on a cheese grater

 

Just cross over them.
I would be more concerened with cattle on the road.

 

Just ride over them, no problem.

 

+1 Yep, as straight on as possible

 

I ride over them all of the time down here. NO PROBLEM.

 

I have to go over two cattle guards each and every time I leave or come home. Just take it easy, and keep the bike at 90 degrees. You'll be fine. I've been over em at least a couple of thousand times, and never had a problem.

 

Watch for holes in em. When we went out to the Dakota's, Montana and Wyoming we ran over a bunch of them with no problems. We just had to dodge a hole in one that would've cause quite the catastrophe.

 

Some time back there was a group of people, that would remove the cattle guard from its resting spot on a seldom used country road in my county. There was more than a few cars that came to an abrupt stop, one of which was a Sheriffs Department patrol car.

 

I have never seen them before. Are they flush with the road or on top of it?