ah got cha, didnt know what color your bike was i have sigs turned off

 

I'm a new rider myself and I noticed the streetlight thing first-hand in South Tampa. An older guy in an Audi just went around me and helped us both out as I was sweatin my face off and he must have been getting frustrated himself.

As far as the rear-ended thing, I am constantly checking my rearviews and clicking my brakes even in the daytime just for the added effect. Oh, and FWIW, the 'DMV handbook' states that motorcycles should be in gear as often as possible while stopped in case you need to GTFO

Gear wise, I wear my textile jacket, helmet and gloves at a minimum. I have some icon riding jeans and icon boots that I got for free that I wear when I don't have to wear my scrubs to school/hospital. Yeah, if you thought regular jeans are like tissue paper, scrub pants are like anti-pants.

My roommates, one if whom is a rider himself, were laughing at me yesterday when I got home as I got stuck in rushhour traffic on 275N. Suffice to say, I was sweatin buckets again. But I really wouldn't go out in any less than what I mentioned earlier just for the safety issue.

Ride safe and maybe I'll see ya on the road...

-Al

 

get a mesh jacket if you wanna stay cool in the heat... and if something does happen, at least you dont have road rash.

 

Joe Rocket Phoenix 4.0 Mesh Motorcycle Jacket :: New Enough, LTD

this jacket has great flow and the shield pocket is great for bring lunch back or something small from a store on the way home. For 89.00 with armor included you can't beat it, the thing actually is too cold at night sometimes

 

never had that problem in the city with heavy traffic as the lights kinda regulate themselves, during non traffic hours though ill give the light about a minute to change, after that i will roll through the stop light cautiously. If a cop happens to see me (even thoguh i look for them before doing so) I will have no problem explaining to him the incident and if he should give me a ticket i would have no problem taking it to court.

 

^ the less time you spend in the intersection, the better. you should probably fly though there like a bullet...unless of course, the one time you do that you'll either get caught by a cop, or by the front side of a semi...

 

no fucking way this wouldent happen to be on drew street or gulf to bay....say between 3:30 and 4:00....i take that way home every day from work... i saw that shit and just roflcopterd...

 

i see it all the time... one time i stopped next to one and i said... "good thing you got your helmet with you!!! you must got ninja skills when u fall you slip that bad boy on!"

i got a mean mug face.

 

^ Hahaha. Was he ridin' a Ninja? Cuz then that explains it...

 

dude i wanna make a bike parody of someone crashing and tryin to put there helmet on as they are falling.. that shit would be funny...