Few close calls (not mine) riding motorcycles and some suggestions to you my friends.
1) When you are stopped at the lights – check your mirrors and be in 1st gear. If you see that someone is closing to you very fast blink with the break lights, but be ready to use your first gear and get out of the way. In this situation my friend Jill from US was on other line, but still – that was close call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlOVipqWAiM#t=0m55s
2) When you are riding behind the car, be very focused on situation (if you see that car are slowing down) and don’t show turn lights, that can mean anything (as you can see in video, there was no turn’s to the right too). In this case close call was to my other Internet friend Matt from UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAo84Ob-6gg#t=1m33s
3) When you are using other line to make your turn, don’t be so sure that someone can’t drive across NOT dotted line to do the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNflKjD8pKI#t=1m50s The same depends riding on highways and roads with multiple riding lines in one direction. Watch every car who drives near you and don’t stay too long in blind stop. Here is the video where car want to change line and don’t notice rider:
Yes, tomorrow is Latvian motorcycle season closing in Sigulda city http://mca.lv/calendar.php?l=1. Unfortunately I will not attend because tomorrow one of my friends are getting married. So I & my g-friend will help to make this ceremony – games, speeches, etc… That will be my first experience with wedding stuff. Wish me luck!
P.S I will definately try to attend at next motorcycle season opening/closing in Latvia!
Just found out one post about topic “Riding with bike is healthy for your brain”. Unfortunatelly post is in Latvian, but if you don’t know Latvian at all, you can try google translate via this link. For these who know Latvian, use this link. To be onest with you guy’s, yeah – I feel that my thinking has changed after I started to ride bike
