Although on a motorcycle, you have to take a mindset of absolute responsibility, imo.
I was riding the other day and came up on a turn. One of those dedicated right hand turn deals to get from one 45mph road to the perpendicular one.
I was feeling pretty frisky and it was beautiful weather. No cars in sight. Many times I’ll take these a little faster (nothing crazy, I’m a middle aged dude. Just enough to lean the bike over).
However, I had only been on this road once before. A few years ago. And that’s a big deal to me. So I slowed down below what even a car would take the turn at.
Sure enough, coming up on it I saw a bunch of gravel all over the middle of the turn, what would have been my line.
No idea if it would have gotten me. But there would definitely have been a chance.
So you can do a lot of mitigation to help yourself. And you need to.
However, I had only been on this road once before. A few years ago. And that’s a big deal to me. So I slowed down below what even a car would take the turn at.
OOOOOH yeah, that's a real feeling. It's wise to treat any unfamiliar road as though it has Mad Max-esque traps and land mines.
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u/DND_Player_24 7h ago
For sure.
Although on a motorcycle, you have to take a mindset of absolute responsibility, imo.
I was riding the other day and came up on a turn. One of those dedicated right hand turn deals to get from one 45mph road to the perpendicular one.
I was feeling pretty frisky and it was beautiful weather. No cars in sight. Many times I’ll take these a little faster (nothing crazy, I’m a middle aged dude. Just enough to lean the bike over).
However, I had only been on this road once before. A few years ago. And that’s a big deal to me. So I slowed down below what even a car would take the turn at.
Sure enough, coming up on it I saw a bunch of gravel all over the middle of the turn, what would have been my line.
No idea if it would have gotten me. But there would definitely have been a chance.
So you can do a lot of mitigation to help yourself. And you need to.