nath981

Oh yeah! Bought the interceptor with two matching helmets new north of Houston, put 600 miles on it first day, took it back the next morning for the initial service and the dealer was freakin out. Cams were soft, but were upgraded under warranty @ 8000 miles. Kick *** machine. Just a bit heavier than i prefer.

I'll bet you got some great shots at Laguna. I couldn't see that well from the hill i was camping on (partying for 3 days-hahaha), and since i had never seen that many great bikes in one place in my life, I spent a lot of the weekend trying to absorb everthing. What a time!

nath981

lane splitting, passing on the solid line and curves, and other illegal maneuvers have nothing to do with altruism, one-uping others, feeling priveleged, getting ahead or whatever else others want to project on my actions. Rathe, it's simply matter of using the road the way I want to as long as it doesn't interfere or endanger anyone else. It has nothing to do with competition with anyboby but myself. I never try to impose on others' driving/riding, and I don't want anyone bothering me, however several cops i met don't usually see it that way, and i can understand that.

people have moved over on me to run me off the road, threw things out the window, screamed, blew their horns, spit at me, and hit the brakes trying to get me to run into their ***-end, celled the cops, and never was there any danger or imposition to any of them. I call these types "***-holes". The latest was a guy in a big shiny pick-up on wide open view turn, nothing coming, no intersections----he hit his brakes as he pulled over squeezing me to the inside of the lane I was using to pass him. I'm getting so used to it now that I really don't even internalize the anger anymore, I just expect it. But it always wasn't that way and I'm sure if someone catches me on a bad day, i may respond differently judging by my past behavior.

CentralCoaster

The only time I've had someone intentionally try to squash me was when I was lane splitting in New Hampshire. Traffic was crawling at 1 mph, and I was a new rider on a rented HD Heritage Softtail with a passenger on the back. When I tried to get up next to this box van on either side he'd swerve toward the other lane of traffic. Unfuckingbelievable... what can you do? I know lane splitting isn't allowed in NH, but leave the law enforcing up to the cops, *******.

VTRsurfer

Back in the '80s when there were a lot of us baby boomers riding and legally splitting on the freeways, I would experience cars trying to squeeze me so I couldn't get by or actually try take me out on a daily basis. I kicked a few doors back then.

Nowadays, I find the drivers much more courteous towards lane splitters, however more distracted.

loserbaby

I travel Sacramento to the Bay Area, I am amazed by the bold *** lane splitting. I was blown by at roughly 60mph while in stopped traffic, seconds later a car jumped from the #1 to the #2 lane... I kept looking for that guy laying in a pile for the rest of my commute. Another time I was past while going 60 or so in some rather congested traffic, while on my bike, by another bike... splitting lanes at that speed? I split only when traffic is or very near stopped, and my stress level is high the whole time I'm doing it. I enjoy being able to move thru stopped traffic, but some guys are giving us a bad rap. I have had very good response from "cagers" typically opening up the "line" and allowing me thru. I greatly appreciate the courtesy, especially since a bike offers absolutely NO threat to there commute time... unless some *** knocks me down!

RK1

California case law is 10 mph faster than traffic when and only when traffic is 30 mph or less. Most of my lane splitting is on city streets at traffic lights. When I white line on the freeway, I stay pretty close to the case law guidelines. Some guys don't, but they are a small percentage of riders.

When I split lanes on the freeway, I think I'm WAY safer than staying in my stop and go lane hoping the boob behind me stops before running me over.

nath981

let's put things in proper perspective. what does this tell us about drivers sharing the roads in other countries?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwaepHyPxY

scatterbrained

Did this stand out to anyone else?. . . .
It took the government a frackin year to decide to post a message on an electronic board?! Are you serious!? I wonder how much tax money was wasted on committees, analysts, consultants, test runs, surveys etc just to tell some clerk to type the message in and set a timer?

Gregw

Now you know why California is bankrupt. They upgraded some traffic lights to help with traffic flow (which is good). But they bought all these signs that say (SYNC) and installed them at all the affected corners. Were the signs really necessary?

AngryOlaf