Yep, video works fine and thanks for posting. Is it my imagination most vehicles in the "#1 lane" appear to be moving to the left - creating a wider clearance for your safer passage. If that's true, have you special lighting or are the cagers simply more courteous in your area??
Sure, let's encourage people to do things that aren't legal and see if anybody gets ticked off about it. I'll be honest with you: I get just as ticked off when I see riders splitting illegally whether I'm on two wheels or four. It isn't because I care if the guy doing it lives or dies as a result; it's because other drivers will remember the nimrod on the bike splitting lanes illegally, and that will have an impact on how they treat me when I encounter them a week later. That kind of stuff sticks.
+1... The initial thought of it scares me as I'm not used to it but once the public learns it's legal and the word gets around then I don't mind doing it. There are a few spots in the DFW area I avoid because they are almost always stop-and-go where major areas merge and it's just faster to go the long way..... okay, I'll probably still go the long way but if I get caught somewhere I didn't anticipate that it would be nice to know I can split in 100 degree weather before I pass out.. lol
Does make it nicer!
You're seeing correctly. Many in the #1 lane move to the left before I pass them, because they "see" me coming!
Sometimes I have to use the highbeams that get even better response! Yes, those LED headlights have really made a difference. People see me much better, long before I get to them!
This is a major issue in society as a whole right now. It's individuals or groups forming around an idea they agree or disagree with and try to impose their opinion on everyone else, even when what everybody else does or thinks has no material effect on them. What gives any group the right to dictate their opinions or allowable actions to anyone else when there is no harm or rights violation of others as a result of those opinions actions?
All I saw was that warm, safe Amtrak passing by at 0:12 in the video.See all those drivers flipping me off?
True, but some of us drive a cage on occasion, too.wait, this is a motorcycle forum, right ????
Nicely said, DeanR. Thanks! BTW, I've enjoyed the finger lakes region as much as I enjoyed Lake Tahoe & Napa.
I'd have to "participate" while driving a cage.
Oddly enough, as slow as VA is to adopt some practices, we were one of the first to legalize left turn on red (only from a one-way street onto another one-way).
Oops! Well, that's a bummer!
Believe it or not, that's easy to do! Especially if you don't do it all the time.
Yeah, I'm really leery splitting next to long vehicles, it's kind of hard to judge if you have the space all the way through sometimes and whether it will persist until you can get by.
That's an interesting break! I obtained a rightside that had a break in it, a little worse than that. I plastic welded it back together, but I'm not sure how strong it is.
I was surprised that it broke there with no scuffs or evidence of contact on the outboard side of either bag. I tried the the super glue baking soda trick on my son's airsoft rifle magazine . Did work. I am not sure if all the plastic is there for a repair on the bag. Thanks for the offer of a mirror housing. I will take you up on it if it is available. Looked mine over some more last night and one mount lug is missing and an attach point for the lens housing broke.
