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Old 06-17-2012, 05:01 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by NoBozo View Post
I have 220,000 miles all over the USA and Canada on bikes with my bride of 45 years. Never rode with a group. Always ride in the right or left "Rut". If you ride in the Center of your lane...you will be riding on a Hump..and the OIL patch...where the oil drips from cars and trucks land..don't want to be there. You always want to ride on clean pavement.

This "Oily" condition is particularly noted when riding into a toll booth. I figure my Allotment of "Time" is at the limit..SO I have QUIT riding. I am 70 NB

PS: Picture a watermellon tossed out of a car at 60...
Was following some bikes last night and this ride in the tire tracks thing came to mind. What I noticed, is a car or truck only has a little bit that sticks out beyond the tire(mirror mostly), a motorcycle has basically half of its overall width sticking out beyond the tire. On some bikes this is a considerable amount of bike and distance toward oncoming traffic.

Last edited by Irrigation Guy; 06-17-2012 at 08:28 PM. Reason: confusing spelling error
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