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Re: Life begins at 150 -- therefore, you have yet to be born. Janice 06-22-2008
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Posted by Janice on June 22, 2008, 6:03 am

> Janice wrote:
> >
> >> That *is* one of the many benefits of having an *awesome*
> >> power-to-weight ratio! Squeezing between zoo escapees
> >> such as you is another boon (legal in California, by the way).
> >
> > Only if you are going under 45 mph (maybe 40)
>
> Not so. There's no specific limit, just "safe and prudent".
> That's a bit of a laugh -- if I took it seriously, I wouldn't
> be on a bike!

Learned it in traffic school, you can ride on a motorcycle between cars
only if you are going no faster than 40 or 45 mph. What is the term for
this? I will look it up. This is for California.

Posted by . on June 22, 2008, 8:53 am

> Learned it in traffic school, you can ride on a motorcycle between cars
> only if you are going no faster than 40 or 45 mph. =EF=BF=BDWhat is the t=
erm for
> this? =EF=BF=BDI will look it up. =EF=BF=BDThis is for California.

That's not a California law, it's just the conventional wisdom of us
more intelligent riders to STOP splitting lanes when the traffic is
moving that fast.

Originally, us old time bikers just wanted to ride side by side for
companionship on long rides. We wanted to SHARE lanes, but the cops
didn't like the idea, so we got stopped for sharing lanes.

As the traffic volume increased during the gas crises of the 1970's,
more riders began to commute by motorcycle, and they would reduce
their commute time by riding the line between cars.

That is called SPLITTING lanes. It's one thing to pass stalled traffic
in a huge freeway parking lot during rush hour, but many riders
routinely began using the "motorcycle lane" between cars, passing
everything on the road.

One rider boasted that he and his friends had split lanes between
totally stopped traffic at 80 mph...

I have been stopped for splitting lanes at only 25 mph. I was
following an LAPD Kawasaki on the Ventura Freeway.

The cop noticed the twin headlights of my new sportbike, and he
shouted,
"If you're keeping up with me, you're riding too fast!"

Then he asked me whether my new bike was a GSXR750 or a GSXR1100.

I told him to read the large decals on the side covers and figure it
out...

So, the speed which traffic officers will tolerate while splitting
lanes varies as to what kind of motorcycle is splitting lanes and
whether the cop has a
hard on for that kind of bike.


Posted by Bo Raxo on June 22, 2008, 5:10 pm


One rider boasted that he and his friends had split lanes between
totally stopped traffic at 80 mph...

- - - -
Bo: As a long time rider, I have to tell you that person was full of shit.
Cars change lanes all the time, and sometimes just hug the side of a lane
too close to slip through (and I have usually owned pretty narrow
sportbikes, not much room needed). If you lane split at anything more than
30 mph faster than the vehicles you're passing, your life expectancy is
measured in minutes.

- - - -
I have been stopped for splitting lanes at only 25 mph. I was
following an LAPD Kawasaki on the Ventura Freeway.

The cop noticed the twin headlights of my new sportbike, and he
shouted,
"If you're keeping up with me, you're riding too fast!"

Then he asked me whether my new bike was a GSXR750 or a GSXR1100.

I told him to read the large decals on the side covers and figure it
out...

- - - - - -
Bo:
Now I know you're full of shit. First, someone on a bike in front of you
doing 25 isn't going to shout back at the rider on a bike behind them,
between the engine noise and the helmets you'd never hear them. I'm lucky
if I can hear the passenger on my bike. Second, no motorcycle cop is so
stupid he or she can't see the model markings on the bike, and since he/she
would immediately be asking for your registration he/she would see it on
there too.

If you're going to make up stories, stick to something remotely believable.


Bo Raxo




Posted by Jack Hunt on June 22, 2008, 3:06 pm

>This is for California.

Just wondering - have you ever lived in New York?

--
Jack


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