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Spider’s Motorcycle Adventures
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Too cool.
Don't I know it! They've already joked about giving me the Road Name of The Green Goblin....
That's way better than Road Rash!
GearNoir
“The Meme Savant of the TSC”
Congrats!
I don’t think I mentioned this, but a month ago, they formally gave me the Roadname of Spider, since it was my nickname already and a derivative of my Air Force call sign.
Our next meetup is this Saturday.
I’ve been riding every day in the last month except for maybe 2 days I needed to pick something up in my van. Feels great, and saving money on gas!!!
Our next meetup is this Saturday.
I’ve been riding every day in the last month except for maybe 2 days I needed to pick something up in my van. Feels great, and saving money on gas!!!
Good point!
First ride of the year today, the 25th of Feb! Finally a morning that was 40 degrees and got to 60 today. 40 is pretty much my cutoff for morning commutes, as long as it will be 55 or above for the ride home. Not sure if the next couple of days will be as warm in the morning but hoping I can keep riding. May grab some thicker gloves and ride anyway. It's nice to be on two wheels again.
Spider, do you know this song?
Had not heard that before. Thanks.
Honest question @Spider How “safe” is motorcycle riding in your area? Out here where I live we deal with 2 main risks, one has been around forever the other is newer (15-20yrs new). We have horrible roads and dirt/sand at most intersections. The sand often leads to solo accidents of varying severity. The really poor roads with potholes etc are a reality but I have not seen many accidents attributed to them. The newer risk that kills MANY riders are drivers who have zero awareness of any other driver/rider and turn into or in front of riders OR run stop signs and lights ploughing into riders and cars. Large groups of riders are generally safer as are those with really loud pipes (sort of) but our local roads and drivers seem to attack riders. Sad because our weather is usually very favorable.
I’m not sure about the area in Arizona I’m moving to but I do know that a friend of mine was clipped in a roundabout in the 89a (by Embry riddle) and went down. The handle bar broke some ribs and even though the injury didn’t seem bad he died 2 days later in the hospital from a blood clot embolism caused by the injury. He was part of a group headed out to a larger motorcycle meet up.
I’m not sure about the area in Arizona I’m moving to but I do know that a friend of mine was clipped in a roundabout in the 89a (by Embry riddle) and went down. The handle bar broke some ribs and even though the injury didn’t seem bad he died 2 days later in the hospital from a blood clot embolism caused by the injury. He was part of a group headed out to a larger motorcycle meet up.
It's fairly safe here. But we do have similar hazards.
The problem here is that we are quite rural, and there are a lot of dirt roads. And we have a lot of dirt roads that intersect county roads that we frequent on our rides because they are more fun since they have more twists and turns in them. Unfortunately these dirt roads often intersect at those curves, which can be a hard when the gravel gets pushed into the road.
This is everywhere. You have to ride defensively. I always assume someone is going to pull out in front of me or cut me off, so if it does happen, I'm ready. It's happened to me at least twice, once while I was on the Base. Idiots who ride too fast, recklessly, or like they are invincible are on borrowed time. I hate seeing stupid riders. Unfortunately, most of the accidents and deaths you hear about are from experienced riders doing the right thing, involved with careless drivers.