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Let's be careful out there, fellow hooligans . . .
1 posted on 05/01/2023 7:16:03 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: martin_fierro; Red Badger; Poser

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month


2 posted on 05/01/2023 7:17:57 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: BraveMan

I wonder if keeping your speed within a factor of two of the posted speed limit would help the survival rates of motorcyclists?


3 posted on 05/01/2023 7:19:06 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BraveMan
I bought this exact model in March. I'll be 70 in August if it doesn't kill me first.


5 posted on 05/01/2023 7:21:28 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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There is a lot of stupid on the roads today and when I ride I am the ultimate defensive rider. I pass every last vehicle I come across and never stay next to any vehicle more than 3 seconds. If you ride on the street, you are INVISIBLE and as soon as you think you are safe, some idiot changes lanes into you...
6 posted on 05/01/2023 7:25:35 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: BraveMan

I worked for years in a big city ER. We’d get patients flown in from points within a 200 mile radius,including those involved in bike accidents. I can guarantee you that in hospital ERs motorbikes are,in fact,referred to as “donor cycles”.


8 posted on 05/01/2023 7:27:12 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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I almost got me a bicyclist yesterday! Coming down a road to a T. I stopped, looked for cars and almost pulled out in front of a bycyclist. I managed to stop.

I learned almost forty years that if you are on a two wheel conveyance you suddenly become invisible to all auto drivers.
Got rid of my two wheelers and went to trucks.


9 posted on 05/01/2023 7:28:40 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: BraveMan

With more drivers on their cell phones and high on dope.....no way I’m getting back on a scooter.


10 posted on 05/01/2023 7:29:12 AM PDT by G Larry ( DEI = Division + Erroneous Indoctrination)
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12 posted on 05/01/2023 7:35:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: BraveMan

Suggestion: put steel all around bike. Add two wheels to support structural weight. Or identify as a marshmallow.

For pedestrians: full football/hockey gear.

Couch potatoes: eat only rabbit food.


14 posted on 05/01/2023 7:36:25 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: BraveMan
Let's Ride!

15 posted on 05/01/2023 8:08:11 AM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: BraveMan

Don’t forget to carry a can of electrons just in case. A couple of 5 gallon jerri cans would probably be okay.


21 posted on 05/01/2023 10:40:13 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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22 posted on 05/01/2023 12:25:50 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: BraveMan

1- Ride like everyone is out to get you.

2- Look like you eat nails for breakfast.


25 posted on 05/01/2023 1:17:29 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: BraveMan

Helpful reminders, thanks!
As for all you non-bikers commenting, well, there’s plenty of ways to go. If on a bike is my way to go, at least I’ll be doing what I love.
Stay safe out there FRiends!


27 posted on 05/02/2023 8:00:59 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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