Motorcycle Parking Etiquette

Amen. I have stopped the bike where it is, got off and walked to talk
to the driver while he/she sits waiting for me to get out of their
way. I usually try to find a civil way to tell them they're an idiot.

>> It's more important to the Hardley rider to make a grand exit, anyway.

>> It is nobler in his mind to go blasting out of a parking space than to

>> enter it gracefully.

>To me it's more important to be able to get out of the space without

>having to heave my BFM1100 six feet up a crowned road than to please

>someone who sets standards for how others should park their motorcycles.

Absolutely. I _never_ park so I have to push it uphill.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

Posted by . on August 29, 2008, 5:38 pm

wrote:

> In article

> To me it's more important to be able to get out of the space without

> having to heave my BFM1100 six feet up a crowned road than to please

> someone who sets standards for how others should park their motorcycles.

Somebody who probably never rode a motorcycle in his life set this
standard for how to park one:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22502.htm

Curb Parking
22502. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter every vehicle
stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall
be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle
parallel with and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb, except that
motorcycles shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching
the right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any roadway,
right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.

The law doesn't say *which* wheel or fender shall touch the curb,
though.

Hardley riders prefer to back in because they think a long row of
Hardleys
indicates commercial success for The Motor Company and they want to
ride with a "winner"...

Posted by Uncle Vic on August 29, 2008, 6:51 pm

> wrote:

>> In article

>> To me it's more important to be able to get out of the space without

>> having to heave my BFM1100 six feet up a crowned road than to please

>> someone who sets standards for how others should park their

>> motorcycles.

> Somebody who probably never rode a motorcycle in his life set this

> standard for how to park one:

> http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22502.htm

> Curb Parking

> 22502. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter every vehicle

> stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall

> be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle

> parallel with and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb, except that

> motorcycles shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching

> the right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any roadway,

> right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.

> The law doesn't say *which* wheel or fender shall touch the curb,

> though.

> Hardley riders prefer to back in because they think a long row of

> Hardleys

> indicates commercial success for The Motor Company and they want to

> ride with a "winner"...

It's difficult to get through to you with that agenda of yours. But
here's the scoop. Harleys are HEAVY. Borrow one some time, if you can
find a Harley rider dumb enough, or who likes you enough to loan you
one. Then park it against a curb with the front wheel touching the
curb. See how long it takes before you get on the cell to AAA for a
quick tow out of that predicament. Or maybe you can pay a few of LA's
bountiful homeless to help...

--
Uncle Vic
04 Kawasaki Nomad 1500
92 Honda Nighthawk 750

Posted by Uncle Vic on August 29, 2008, 6:40 pm

> Parking ordinances are up to the individual municipality in

> California, but some towns demand that one of the motorcycle's tires

> be touching the curb when parked.

> LAPD's Hollywood Division officers would try to insert a card between

> the tire and the curb to determine the legality of the sidewalk

> commando's parking efforts.

I dented one of my Vance & Hines pipes (on the Nomad) when backing into a
curb. I physically can't do that. I've had to park that way in
Hollyweird, too - never been hassled for being a few inches off the mark.

--
Uncle Vic
04 Kawasaki Nomad 1500
92 Honda Nighthawk 750

Posted by . on August 29, 2008, 7:19 pm

> I dented one of my Vance & Hines pipes (on the Nomad) when backing into a

> curb. =EF=BF=BDI physically can't do that. =EF=BF=BDI've had to park that=

way in

> Hollyweird, too - never been hassled for being a few inches off the mark.

Did you own a Suzuki Cavalcade in the 1980's and carry a little dog on
the
back seat?

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