Lane Splitting Anyone ?

 Check this out:



He must have awfully short handlebars; a brain the size
of a pea and balls the size of basketballs.

 
What amazed me most about this video was:

1. They survived.  It wasn't a crash or "run from the police" video.

2. The number of full size or semi-full-size cars and the lack of two
wheeled traffic.

Joe in Northern, NJ  -  V#8013-R

Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
http://yunx.com/valk.htm

Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
http://tinyurl.com/5apkg  

 
Agreed and that there seemed to be 50% or less Japanese brand cars
with the rest being EU or US. Don't they know that Japanese brand cars
are the best :)-

Greg

 

Doesn't look a whole different than my commute. Although I tend to wait till
big trucks are staggered before I move through.
The SF bay area AM moto-commuters might agree that is just the way it is
sometimes, no sense getting to work late.

--
Jim Stinnett
Ducati 916
BMW R1100RS

 


Eh. The early part isn't lanesplitting; it's just plain riding on the
shoulder. Illegal almost everywhere. The following portion is a good example
of why most riders who've never done it think that splitting is suicidal.

People who split every day to and from work every day in California
arely  -if ever-  do it at anything approaching the relative speeds between
the bike and the rest of the traffic in the video. The CHP recommend that
you split at speeds no greater than 10-15 mph more than that of the
surrounding traffic, and suggest that it's probably not a good idea at all
at speeds in excess of 30-35.

Done cautiously, lanesplitting is no more dangerous than riding in heavy
traffic ever is. Done the way it's being done in that video, it's just a
prelude to a full body cast.