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A Biker Perspective of the Rules of the Road
Our safety director Leepin' Liz has been scouring the terrain for useful information that will benefit any motorcyclist on the road..
these rules have been passed on from a friend
of a friend, George "Knobby" Knowles in Sarnia,
Ontario
The following are the
"Rules of the Road for motorcycles (rewritten from Rules of the Air).
Please post in the
appropriate location and follow accordingly":
1.Every ride off is optional. Every
parking job is mandatory.
2.If you push the left bar, the bike goes right. If you push
the right bar, the bike goes left. That is, unless you push either bar too far,
in which case the bike goes down.
3.Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.
4.It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were
on the track than on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.
5.The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
6.When in doubt, slow down. No one has ever hit something too
slow.
7.A 'good' ride is one from which you can walk away. A 'great'
ride is one after which you can use the bike again.
8.Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long
enough to make all of them yourself.
9.You know you've left the side-stand down when all left turn
are Bat-turns. You know you've left the center-stand down when your in 1st gear
at 4000 rpm going nowhere.
10.Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't
get to three seconds earlier.
11.Stay out of fog, the taillights you are following may be a
Winnebago parked in the middle of the road. Reliable sources also report that
eighteen wheel trucks, large SUV's and deer have been known to hide out in fog.
12.Always try to keep the number of times you put your parking
stand down equal to the number of times you put the parking stand up.
13.There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in
snow and on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.
14.You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience.
The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
15.If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can
hear is screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.
16.In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber
and fiberglass going 50+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per
hour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for cars, large trucks, and
animals taller than you. Draws don't count.
17.Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the
experience usually comes from bad judgment.
18.It's always a good idea to keep the headlight end going
forward and the tires below you as much as possible.
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