This should make the wife happy

 

Ha! She would want to ride that one herself! I'm likin' it!

 

I'm glad I could help inflate your delusions of grandeur.

I used to do the 6am commute, and I don't live in the internet. My commute is in the real world through the MacArthur Maze. It's got ten lanes of stop-and-go traffic during the OFF hours. It's one of the nastiest commutes in America, with real people idiots that don't ride through the dangers of the internet and annually brave the real world to show the guys at work that they have the same bike that they had last year. I've gotten a new sense of why you enjoy motorcycling so much.

Hello. Do the math ? Did I leave anything out ? You SHOULD be honored. I spend too much time here, but I'm recovering from another post-accident surgery. But feel free to enlighten me about the dangers and risks of riding a motorcycle. Since my wreck, I've had an internist, a neurosurgeon, an orthopedist, the surgeon who was looking for my internal bleeding and removed a tumor, and a podiatrist tell me about how dangerous riding a bike is. I've been riding bikes for almost forty years, usually at least 20,000 miles a year. Your opinion is important to me, too. It's all good. But you're not telling me anything I don't know already.

But I'm honored that you're honored. Keep up the good work. Enjoy yourself. And thanks for your expert guidance. The less you ride your bike, the safer you'll be !

Man, am I bored. We need a good fingerless-chaps helmet-oil thread, don't we ?

 

I rest my case.
I've never been in an MC accident in my 35 years of riding and racing my buds.
My approach seems to be working. How about yours, not so well?

 

I would not have the dealer install them at their rates. The BAL's are plug and play. All you have to do is unscrew the two that hold your light in place, remove it, place the seal of the BAL, plug it in, screw it into place and you are done!

 

Knock on wood. I wish you well.

I hadn't been in an an accident in my 35 years of riding, either. It was the 38th year. So check with me in three years and let me know how your approach is working then. How much DO you ride, anyways ?

I have a buddy who's never been in an accident. He has at least ten bikes, and buys batteries every year for the two bikes that he might do social rides with his buds on. They're very impressive bikes and he's afraid to ride, too.

Back OT, there is a stretch of road that's VERY dark on my way home, with a couple of traffic lights on a 55mph 4-lane highway. I added lights to the back of my bike SPECIFICALLY for that stretch of road. I still got rear-ended.

Since I proved the extra lights don't work, I made sure I got them on my new bike.

I need to go see the oncologist now. Perhaps getting hit on the bike caused my tumor to be discovered early enough to minimize treatment. I hope so. I had no clue it was there. It was really small, apparently.

 

Go for it! We need all the help we can get, and high viz gear will make you more conspicuous. And as others have said, keep your head in the game at all times. Watch out for cell phone users, texters and other distracted drivers.

 

Really not trying to rain on th OP's parade here, but that high vis crap is useless. If it makes you feel better to wear it, fine, but it's little more than a security blanket. The people that see you wearing it are the ones that were already looking for you.
I was on a big red street glide when the guy pulled out in front of me and caused the accident that totaled my bike i was riding. (Don't worry, I bought a new SG as soon as I got the insurance check. VIVID BLACK, baby!) I even had my passing lights on at the time too.
If you're worried about staying safe, then ride defensively, practice your emergency maneuvers, and invest in a good helmet and protective riding gear (i.e. a leather jacket with ce armor). Louder pipes couldn't hurt too. Oh and insurance...plenty of insurance.

 

I don't enjoy going to work every morning. But I do enjoy the 30 minute ride, even when it's cold. I don't enjoy being at work. But by the time I get home from my 40 minute ride I feel a lot better, even when it's 115 degrees outside. I bought my bike because I love to ride. Whenever it's sitting securely in my garage, which has no magical dust protection qualities that I'm aware of, I'm almost certainly having less fun than I would be if I was on it, even if it's taking me to work.

 

My approach is to avoid the rush hour 6am ******** that are out there everyday (consistently) on my way to work.
Stoplight to stoplight in grumpy-land does nothing for me. Don't you 'get it'?
I get much more pleasure (and some added safety) if I take off for an hour or two after work. If I go the opposite direction from work, I am in the country within 10 minutes. Instant heaven. It works for me. I avoid the high risk commute to work which don't give me pleasure anyway. (still not clear why I have to splain myself to a stranger).

How much do I ride? 5 - 6 thou per year. Nothing spectacular, but no garage queen.

YOU boast of being a rock hard risk taker who has no problem with the work commute, but you admitted that you work off hours when the commutes are clean.
You are being a little unfair toward me (a lot unfair), considering that I would jump all over an opportunity to ride to work under those conditions!
I would do exactly like you! Yet you penalize me for working a day shift.

Lastly, you tell me how safe it is, then speak of your wrecks.
Your credibility? "Poofed!" You can't even stay out of wrecks during non peak work commutes!
The truth is, you are avoiding the same commutes that I am, (but hammering me for doing so).
And you STILL get in wrecks.

No how's about you leave me alone. Okay?




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