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Motorcycles

Postby Roadrunner on Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:08 pm

Why do the riders of motorcycles think they have to wear dark colored clothes? While they might think it looks cool to wear black ... not being seen will get you killed. Cycles are already at the mercy of cars because of their size & not being able to see them. Why add to the problem? Make yourself seen & increase of chances of avoiding a wreck. While being highly visable won't solve all the situations a rider runs into during the ride ... it will sure go a long way in helping it.
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby FastLane on Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:39 pm

It doesn't seem to matter. I wear bright yellow, and the guy that hit me still said he didn't see me. The worst part about it was the police didn't even cite him (even though he admitted he didn't see me).
 
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby Sounders FC on Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:43 pm

FastLane wrote:It doesn't seem to matter. I wear bright yellow, and the guy that hit me still said he didn't see me. The worst part about it was the police didn't even cite him (even though he admitted he didn't see me).


Well what would they cite him for? It's an accident...
 
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby nappydawg on Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:58 pm

Sounders FC wrote:
FastLane wrote:It doesn't seem to matter. I wear bright yellow, and the guy that hit me still said he didn't see me. The worst part about it was the police didn't even cite him (even though he admitted he didn't see me).


Well what would they cite him for? It's an accident...


Welll ... i think it is safe to say they is just as liable hitting a bike, than if they hit a car ... its negligence on their part if they were changing lanes, turning,passing .. whatever. Its NOT the bikers fault because the driver "didnt see him" ... i no matter how small of a visual the biker is.
 
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby billwald on Fri May 04, 2012 8:02 am

The tradition of black leather started from the beginning of motorcycling because the machines leaked oil and threw chain grease. Leather was the best protection from road rash.
 
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby sbish on Fri May 11, 2012 1:58 am

Black is cool... so is death.
 
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Re: Motorcycles

Postby billwald on Fri May 18, 2012 8:21 am

There are very few traffic ACCIDENTS. Most are caused by bad driving and most are intentional - following to close and unsafe lane changes. It isn't by accident that most freeway traffic goes 5 mph over the speed limit minimum.
 
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Re: Motorcycles?

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Re: Motorcycles?

Postby Ayamilie on Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:17 am

There have been a lot of similar questions to this one, but I am interested in buying a motorcycle, however from what i've heard the insurance for motorcycles is expensive.

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Re: Motorcycles?

Postby Wasabi Makes Me Sneeze on Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:45 pm

Ayamilie wrote:There have been a lot of similar questions to this one, but I am interested in buying a motorcycle, however from what i've heard the insurance for motorcycles is expensive.

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Not in washington state. It's not required :twisted:
 
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