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Lifer
- Oct 20, 2003
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Good point. My wife has an extremely active driver's imagination, at least when I'm driving. Apparently, everyone who makes the slightest deviation while driving is going to crash into us!
I jest, but I get your point.
No joke ... to most 4-wheeled drivers you are:
(1) invisible 98% of the time
(2) an annoyance/obstacle for the remaining 2%!
The first year or so of riding are when a motorcycle-rider is BY FAR the most likely to get creamed and not coincidently approx the time it takes to learn the above!
I recall back when all I was riding was mini dirt bikes (USUALLY off road!) and read a lot of motorcycle mags.
A columnist was talking about how he used to kill time while riding in heavy traffic by making up hairy situations and his best survival options if they happened.
One day he spotted a mattress on the back of a truck in front of him and started thinking about what he would do if it suddenly came flying.
Pretty sure you see where this is going ... apparently it IS possible to ride an RD-400 over an old mattress at 50 mph! (option B would have been attempting to swerve)
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