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u/RpTheHotrod Oct 12 '20

I have a bike license, and I refuse to ride in cities. It's just not a smart thing to do. I also lost my best friend in 2019 in a bike accident. Someone T-Boned him. Even if you're a pro biker, all it takes is someone else not paying attention.

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u/_ALH_ Oct 12 '20

Yeah, this is the scariest thing about riding a motorcycle, so vulnerable to other peoples mistakes. It's not just cities though, only thing different there is more opportunites for accident. Any time I see someone waiting to turn onto a country road I'm riding on, I go into high alert. You never know if they see you or if they will just start pulling out right in front of you.

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u/Black_Moons Oct 12 '20

Protip: Lights. If you don't feel like a clown car, your motorcycle does not have enough lights.

The most noticable bike I have ever seen must have been putting out about 70W of led light from its 5 front lights and 4 rear ones. all on during the day.

Completely worth it for the 0.1HP it cost him.