Comments on: Taking Steps to Be Safe

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:04:00 +0000

irondad: It’s a curse. I can’t ride by anyplace serving that hard to resist chocolate sweetness I find so intoxicating. There have been more than a few times I scrambled for coins to buy a little something…

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:02:00 +0000

Jack: I know spring technically is not far off now. I hope warm weather comes with it's arrival.

Looking forward to following your blog and more pictures!

Stacy: You wrote the perfect description -- like grinding a cigarette butt. That's what I do too. It's like you really want to know what's down there on the road.

Joe: There are a lot of odd sayings around. I was just talking to someone from Scranton and learned new ways to pronounce words. I'm hungry. I am gonna make a samich.

Torch: If I was riding a big cruiser bike like the V-Star I would definitely have to do some practicing. I'm ok with the big bikes in straight lines, curves, turns, etc., as long as things are unfolding normally. But I would want to be far more familiar with all that weight if something unexpected appeared on the road.

By: irondad

irondad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:21:00 +0000

You don’t fool me with all this “safety” talk. You’re really looking for coins to fuel your pastry and tea habit, aren’t you?

By: Torch

Torch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:05:00 +0000

I think going out to the MSF course and practicing is a great ritual, one that I need to do in the near future. My V-Star 1100 Classic is not quite as nimble as those 250cc bikes we rode in the class. I'm sure with a little practice I could get get through it.

Ride on,
Torch

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:34:00 +0000

"Some are worth keeping but others need slaughtered. (I heard my boss utter those words in a recent meeting.)"

I learned in the past two years that it's a western Pennsylvania thing to use expressions like "need slaughtered" rather than "need to be slaughtered" but I didn't realize it extended all the way to the middle of the commonwealth as well. It still hurts my ears, but I'm getting more used to it.

I use the surface of my deck as my measure of prudence when I'm debating whether the ice factor should keep the bike parked. If the small puddles that form on the deck planking are frozen, I keep the scooter at home and grudgingly take the car.

- Joe at Scootin' da Valley

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:21:00 +0000

I’m glad I’m not the only one with an ice-checking ritual. Mine is standing out in the road with a sour look on my face as I grind the ball of my booted foot into the pavement like putting out an imaginary cigarette butt.

By: Jack Riepe

Jack Riepe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Dear Steve:

I checked for ice this afternoon and found plenty of it -- in my drink! The only riding I'll be doing for the next 20 days will be through blogs like yours, Key West Diary, Redlegs Rides, and WetCoastRiding.

My bike is down for cosmetic alteration, which will take that much time. Then I too will be on my knees in the driveway,doing homage to the motorcycle Gods.

I no not ride if there is the slightest inkling of snow or ice. Quite frankly, I'm not too happy with gravel either. But spring is only 19 days off and the road is calling me by my first name.

My goal this year is to take more pictures like yours.

Fondest regards,
Jack
Twisted Roads

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Lane splitting? Isn’t that related to head splitting??

By: American Scooterist Blog

American Scooterist Blog — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000

I know what those big styrofoam things are for:
Your state is preparing to make lane splitting legal.

Wouldn't That be nice! ;)

Harv