Staying right

[Roy Epperson]

On this Hwy 36 run... we passed at least 2 dead forest rats.... covered with a bazillion flies..... it was like someone had two big handfuls of blueberries and chucked them at my windscreen going by at 80 mph....... the goo just ran up the shield and dripped on to my helmet....... YUM....

just sayin........

B

If you'd gone side ways though them, the windscreen would not have gotten as dirty.....

 

[painman]

Once again, good preachin....and most the roads in NorCal are very narrow with no room for error anyway. Been practicin riding on the right. While its not easy and as Toe mentioned, one has to slow down some because of the even less amount of space available while doing this, it is worth it. On the track one has room for error, in the twisties no such luck. And we can add sand to the items on the far right as well. The idea is to have fun "and" ride back home. Be safe, PM. <><

 

[Auburn]

... personally, I'd rather take my chances dealing with some dirt/gravel than an oncoming semi or pickup truck on my side of the road.

Works for me...gravel, deer, even parked cars...Anything but an oncoming vehicle, even if only a squid on his Gixer.

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Which brings up another "safety" idea I had, but it can wait until Friday.

One thing I rarely see is oncoming gravel. It usually just lays there, and when you slow enough to avoid it, it can't do anything, unlike a cattle truck. You could stop and it could still get you. If you're going too fast to avoid gravel and other surprise objects, guess what that makes you?

a. Squidly

b. Insane

c. An eventual pavement sampler

d. All of the above

None of our roads out here in the Cee to the Ayy are just like race tracks. I rode "The pace" for a good bit of 36 Monday, but about 10 miles shy of Mad River, I kicked it up a notch, to the point where I was braking into the turns and launching out of them pretty hard. Even then, the gravel wasn't that big a hazard. One thing very apparent with the FJR, is it can get to speeds of "overcooking into the next turn" very rapidly. Ain't no sunshine when that happens....

Forgot one:

e. organ donor

But seriously, good advice.

I recall an ride going down the 25 road behind Mt. St. Helens a couple of years ago. I was on my ZRX and turning to the right on a blind 25 mph (signed) corner. A Triumph speed triple coming up the hill met me mid corner, I was glad I was all the way inside this time, as I normally square off the corner to get as much sight line as possible before committing to the turn to see any possible hazards/gravel/rocks. As I got to teh apex, I see the Triumph coming at me in the center of my lane. He was sure lucky I wasn't in a cage or we would have been a donor and planted permanetly what was left of him that day. :glare:

Ride safe, enjoy the ride!