Sounds like the 101, I avoid that road at all costs on the bike anymore if possible.

 

 

 

"As I know see bikers on you tube lane splitting I shudder at the thought that I was insane enough to do that for many years. All I can say is that I rolled the dice and I won."

Sounds to me like you didn't lose. Not much to be won by lane splitting.

As always... opinions and YMMV.

 

I spent much of my career fixing faces. and wouldn't think of riding with anything less than a modular/FF. If I posted some of the photos I took I would be banned from the Forum. That said, there's a retired neurosurgeon in our little Florida town that rides his Harley without a helmet. Go figure...

The CARS understand nothing, it's the DRIVERS that are the problem. Lane splitting will NEVER EVER happen in NJ, and if by some miracle it does, the carnage on the highways will rival that seen in a minor war. Too many drivers come from countries where there are NO cars, let alone drivers licenses, we call it a DWA ( you guess what A stands for), every other vehicle on even the secondary roads is a truck, and all of the major arteries are dominated by semis. There's a nationwide shortage of drivers, and anything with a swinging d!ck can get a job driving a truck, regardless of ability to read street signs or speak english.

The beautiful state where I grew up and spent the first half of my life has become a lost cause in so many ways (just look NJ's two Senators! LOL). Best of luck to all you lane-splitting riders in California!

 

Say what you will about lane sharing or splitting, you survive 30+ years doing it daily it makes you a better rider and seriously fine tunes your situational awareness. Bay area traffic isn't something to be taken lightly if expect to survive out here lane sharing or not.

 

i agree with this... im from southern california and i am temporarily commuting in the northern california area for now.

Between LA and Bay Area traffic... ill take bay area...

I think they have more motorcycle riders in the area, so that makes them more aware... In my personal experience, the bay area drivers leave me more room than the southern california drivers...

 

That's about 5 minutes from where I got clobbered last year. The 3rd worlders, the only thing worse are texting 3rd worlders... Ask me how I know...

 

Yesterday, I headed up into the Los Padres national forest with some riding buddies. We stopped at Reys Creek for lunch but I I had to head out early to get the Hollywood by 4 pm. As I was making my way off the mountain I saw a motorcyclist who's bike was tipped over on the side of the road. I stopped and offered assistance. The rider was an older gentlemen riding an ultra limited. The side of the road was very soft sand and I guess he had pulled over to check his phone and lost balance in the soft stuff and down she went. I helped him get the bike back up and helped him to move it out of the soft stuff and back onto the pavement. He said he had been standing by the bike for about half an hour and nobody had driven by he could flag down. I followed him a bit as he seemed rather shook up....he was doing ok so I turned and headed off my way.

Being in the right place at the right time.

 

Right on, same as jumping off the bay bridge makes you a better swimmer.