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Sep 26th, 2009, 06:00 PM
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Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
I've not done a lot of group rides, but on the few I have done I've observed a few tactics, or practices that seem to make the ride safer. Like staggered lines, a foot off the peg to indicate roadkill ahead, etc. But nobody has ever explained to me what these little signals mean. Are there more? What does your group do to insure safety and to communicate on the road? "Two wheels, two beers"?
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Sep 26th, 2009, 06:15 PM
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Re: Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
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Sep 26th, 2009, 06:40 PM
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Re: Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
Excellent! Thanks.
I knew that one.. "ticked off" I think it was. The "two wheels, two beers (then coke)" is my own rule for when I go with my (wild hogs)pals.. until we're parked for the night. You need to be more alert than normal to ride safely and the last thing you need is dulled senses and slow reactions. |
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Sep 26th, 2009, 08:04 PM
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Re: Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
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Universal Motorcycle Hand Signals - I Ride My Own
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Sep 27th, 2009, 07:00 AM
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Sep 27th, 2009, 09:57 AM
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Re: Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
Yep use most of those now even the last one a few times.
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Sep 27th, 2009, 10:44 AM
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Re: Unwritten Rules for Group Riding
I know the last one is a universal signal, but here in Fl. the cops will stop you and give you a ticket for agressive driving, or obcene hand signal, (happened to a buddy of mine). I've got an alternative and it does get the same kind of attention but so far no ticket. Raise your right hand palm forward with index finger raised, quickly rotate your arm so that your palm faces you. My wife taught it to me, guess how, and I now use it and call it the Kat wave (after my wife, Kathleen). Maybe it can become a universal signal only bikers know.
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Sep 27th, 2009, 11:18 AM
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Sep 27th, 2009, 05:37 PM
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Sorry, couldn't resist that one!
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Sep 27th, 2009, 08:13 PM
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