some tips to keep you from dumping the bike.

[dannylightning]

here are a few more tips, always keep your eyes moving, constantly look ahead 15 seconds while riding so you can be completely aware of what is going on up ahead, dont just stare at the car in front of you the whole time.

the 5 keys to the smith system are

aim high in steering- avoid collision by seeing, evaluating and acting upon all information available.

get the big picture- fewer mistakes are made when you have the complete traffic picture

keep your eyes moving- propper road scanning techniques seperate safe drivers from the ones that make costly errors daily

leave your self a out- all that separates drivers from collision is space, use that to your advantage,

make sure they see you- seek eye contact and use flashers at appropriate times.


look for parked cars with break lights on, look for people inside of the car, look for ehaust smoke, that parked car might be ready to pull out. and those are all indications that the car may be ready to pull out.

when you see something that may be a hazard up ahead you will plenty of time to react, so looking 15 seconds ahead of you is a great idea

when you approach a car pulling out of a side street or parking lot. let off the throttle and cover the breaks encase they pull out and you need to stop, covering your breaks can speed up your reaction time. any time you are coming up on a light even if it is green you should cover your breaks just encase that thing turns red like that. again speeded up reactont time. when coming up to a light and it turns yellow, determine if you have enought time to stop. if not you are at the point of no return, at the point of no return, step on the gas and go, do not decide to try and stop you may slide in to the intersection or something along the lines of that

look around on the sidewalk and in yards, if you see kids playing in with a ball up ahead you will know they are there and to be cautious, kids are unpredictable. you never know when one might run out in to the street after their ball. also be aware of people walking on the side walk and bicycles, you never know what there gonna do either.

if you see that there is a red light up ahead you can start slowing down early, saves on your breaks and its a good habit to get in to.

always stop at least 1 car leingth behind the guy in front of you. if you see your gonna get rear ended or any thing like that you have a space cousin to work with, if the guy in front of you breaks down at the stop. you have left your self room for a out you can just drive around him.

check out rear view mirrors every 5-8 seconds so you know what is going on behind you.

when following behind a car you should always give your self a 4 second following distance on the freeway, when a car gets to a mark, say s street sign cout 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, and see how longs it takes you to get to that street sign you should counted to at least 4 one thousand. when you got up to that street sign.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by dannylightning

you have a space cousin to work with,

??????????????????????????

You mean, like, your father's brother's son is Buzz Aldrin, & he's gonna get a job at your factory? :lol: (joke!)

Seriously, for a moment, Danny - What the hell do you mean? :??:

[dannylightning]

Originally Posted by alantf

??????????????????????????

You mean, like, your father's brother's son is Buzz Aldrin, & he's gonna get a job at your factory? :lol: (joke!)

Seriously, for a moment, Danny - What the hell do you mean? :??:

lmao. a space cushion