When I get my next bike I'm planning on looking at one of those
headlight modulators that reduces the low beam and pulses it to full
strength - just enough to make it look a little more visible.
-Joey
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally when I'm in my cage I try to stay in front of the loud pipe guys.
> Simply because getting stuck behind them is so loud and annoying. While I
> would never cut one off to get ahead of one, other drivers probably do, and I
> don't even blame them. You can be safe without being obnoxious.
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> From: yeti <[email protected]>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:55:53
> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] this mornings brush with death
>
> i wrote this out on facebook.. please follow the link, read and
> comment...
>
> http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=126136737437482#!/note.php?note_id=126136737437482
>
> for those without facebook...
>
>
> so, this morning i got a little scared on my way to work. driving
> through daytona (the motorcycle capital of the world!!!) and a guy in
> a car decided to merge right into me. now this isent big news, anybody
> that has driven a bike for any amount of time has had the chance to
> share a lane with a car. but today was different, i had krissie on the
> back and that makes me drive more carefully, but on top of that i
> dident see the guy start to come over. i was passing him in the left
> lane and right when i was at the drivers window he was so close i
> could smell hes morning coffee through the glass. i was able to find
> my horn button quickly (not an easy task in a rush on the wing) and he
> pulled back over in a rush. but not before i could react and get my
> foot out...
>
> my point is that i love my wing, but i cant help thinking that if i
> were on a louder bike (like an HD) he might have head me and not tried
> to merge right then. on the other hand why should i sacrifice my
> comfort (mostly talking hearing here) by driving a noise machine just
> to get other motorists to pay attention like there supposed to
> anyway.. guess it goes back to what one of my friends keeps saying "i
> would rather be wrong and alive then dead and right"
>
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