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Street Survival 101

• Every time you ride, give your motorcycle a quick visual inspection for things like loose parts, leaking fluids or low tire pressures. Regularly, give it a more complete check.

• Clear your mind before you even start your bike. When you’re on your bike, you have to focus on riding. Each time you switch on the ignition key, switch on your brain, too.

• Scan all around you. Identify potential hazards. Predict what will happen. Decide how to avoid problems. And execute your plan. Do it all the time, and you’ll drastically reduce the number of dangerous situations you face.

• Look where you want to go, because the bike will go where you look.

• DON’T GET ON YOUR BIKE IF YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING.

•   If you’re on a bike that is new to you, slow down, focus and take extra care.

•   Be aware that nailing the brakes isn’t the only way to avoid a crash. Sometimes, swerving or even speeding up will get you out of trouble more easily.

•   The most common accident situations involve a car violating a motorcyclist’s right of way. Ride like drivers don’t see you in these circumstances, because they may not.

• On crowded freeways, the most dangerous place to be is often in the right lane, where cars are constantly merging in and out.

• Changing lanes? Always use your head. Swivel your neck to check your blind spot so you don’t change lanes into someone else.  Remember that all other vehicles have blind spots, too.

• Be aware of seasonal hazards. Winter, ice and snow. Salt can reduce traction. Spring, sand and potholes. Summer, crack sealer and road construction. Fall, wet leaves.

• Hazards at different times of the day. Sunrise, dew and frost on the road. Daytime, sun glare. Sunset, animals are more active. Night time, DRUNK DRIVERS.

• Rain is always a hazard. Roads will be slickest shortly after it starts raining. Especially slick are lane markers and other lines painted on the road.

• The most dangerous places on surface streets are intersections. Scan in all directions. Also, check your mirrors.

• Be especially careful when you come up behind a car that’s turning left at an intersection. Oncoming cars may not see you, and they are more likely to turn left in front of you.

• When you stop at an intersection, leave enough room between you and the car in front so that you can pull to the left or right in an emergency. Keep your bike in first gear, so you’re ready to take evasive action if a car behind you isn’t going to stop in time. 

• Finally, if you’re feeling tired during a long day on the road and can’t decide whether you should stop and take a break, that’s a sure sign that you should stop and take a break.

• Have a safe riding season and keep your wheels on the ground and the shinny side up.

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