This is one of the best threads I've come across yet. I've always thought when I ride, "I hope other riders think like me when they ride, these streets are deadly!" Here's my history...
I am 28, never had my license, always have ridden bicycles.
I've owned or built over 50 bicycles in my lifetime.
Almost every bike I've owned, I've painted and made "original"
Almost every bike I've owned, has been stolen from me. (Bike theft is common here)
I have been hit, but not seriously injured, by 8 cars in my lifetime.
5 of those cars, I was on a bicycle. (pedal)
Then I discovered engines.
As of yet, I have not had a "car" accident with these motorbicycles. I have however, bailed a corner at 45km/h, laid her down on some black ice another time, hit a HUGE tire on a corner behind a skating rink, and flew like a bird...
All I can say is I have to see me for the other people. Ride like you're invisible, is probably the best way to put it. One good crash with one of these motorbicycles is enough to kill you, or paralyze you, or cause a whole lifetime of future pain and suffering. It happens so quick. It can happen any time, in any way. I was rippin along at 50km/h with a Black Stallion 70cc from Gasbike.net, broken in, but barely, the piston seized and the chain instantly snapped. It was a #415 chain. I now use #41, so I'm lucky that I had the smaller chain at the time. If I didn't, the #41 chain would have held, the back tire would have seized, and I would have been over the handlebars, soaring at a flight speed of about 50km/h! There was a car just about to pass on my left when the piston seized. I would have been at that car's mercy should the worst have happened.
This is why I say this is the best thread I think I've seen here. This thread should be posted front and center, right above the chat box on the home page. Lol. It is so important to pay close attention out there, and predict the unpredictable. Drivers are idiots, we have to be smart for them.
Good call on the thread!
Keep em rubber side down my friends!
