I have been in my area working for the last 20 years. In that time, I have always ridden the bike once or twice a week to work, and then ride in my off time also. Well, this summer I have been on the bike everyday since early spring and take the bike to work every day. So, yesterday, I finally get the car out of the garage, decide to take it to work and I noticed that I was actually starting to go for lane position! Also, you know how when you ride a particular road alot, you get to know where all the bumps and dips are that you want to avoid the next time. I know this road well and caught myself trying to avoid those spots even though it doesn't matter in my car. Talk about mental conditioning. I had to chuckle to myself and tell myself to relax a little.
Anyone else ever experience this?

 

Yes. All I have for transportation right now is the bike, so I ride it everywhere, every day, all weather. As you said, you learn the bad places in the road and what to watch out for. When i'm in a cage with someone else and they're going down the road and there's a place in the road that I know hurts real bad on the bike..I pucker up tighter than Fort Knox. Then we hit it, and you barely feel it...

 

I know what you mean. A few blocks from the house is an area that is rough and I've learned where to ride it on the bike and in the car I start to adjust for the smooth area.

 

You become so accustomed to defensive riding on your motorcycle that you become a much better, more attentive driver of a cage as well. The habit carries over.

 

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This is so true. I can barely be in the car with my wife driveing because she sits too long in others blind spots and it drives me nuts. Then she gets pissy when I try to get her to slow down or speed up out of the blind spot!

 

Ok, but do you catch yourself leaning into the turns and actually applying counter steering pressureto the steering wheel?Wife and kids laugh at me when I drive the cage.