[JayD]

Always do a once over before you ride - checking tires, nothing leaking, lights.
I used to check my tire pressure every 2-3 days, I know some riders do it everyday.
No one will see you, always take precautions for everything, a tip I used to see if someone was merging is looking if their tires are moving.
Always have a escape route when you are riding, for example if you were waiting at the traffic lights and a car brakes too late and is about to hit you, know how to get out fast.
You basically have to be aware at all times and being 2-3 steps ahead of what the traffic flows.

I would buy the triumph street triple looks sexy

[Lights]

Vibration and noise will tire you hugely..
Wtf.

There's nothing like the feeling of nothing being between you and the road as a rocket sitting between you legs propels you and you lean in on a tight curve and downshift fully trusting this machine and leaving the notion that the difference between life and death is an inch and that's philosophy.

On a bike there are no barriers only obstacles like life you can weave around effortlessly gaining momentum until you've left them all behind and you're leading now nothing ahead but open road and this is the world. So you rest one hand on your hip and look around for a sec before gripping up and riding into the horizon.

A bike is not some compensation for a penis, it's an extension of your penis. It's like your baby, it's life and your life are intertwined together when you're on the road.

Maybe you're not ready

[iknowexactly]

(04-14-2013 11:14 PM)Lights Wrote:  

Vibration and noise will tire you hugely..
Wtf.

There's nothing like the feeling of nothing being between you and the

{huge SUV driven by someone teting her boyfriend on facewhore}

Maybe you're not ready

I added the unhappy ending version of you . Riding is indeed a riot, lots of fun,
for a given number of work hours, and hours on a motorcycle, I think if you're communting maybe 1.5 hours each day each way, MC riding is going to tire you. OP wasn't asking about pleasure drives, but daily commuting over long distances to save gas money.

[Lights]

OP said the commute was 15-20 minutes no traffic. If he has the abilities to lane-split, get a GSXR-750, take MSF course, get permit/license, split lanes all day.

If he's going to stay stuck in traffic ANYWAY, what is the point? Why would you get a street bike to sit hunched over in traffic. You get the bike because it goes places a car cannot, you can ride faster than any car on the road, and you're FREE with no distractions.

If the OP is looking for a commuter bike............. on the other hand, and wants to sit in traffic or whatever, he's going to want something with an upright riding posish and a smoother ride and one of those that have 10+ more MPGs than a GSXR 750/1000.

E.G. One of these. Which are cool in their own respect.

The OP mentioned specifically a street bike GSXR. These bike are built for the track, not to be stuck in traffic. Not for pussies. You're going to wreck it. Expect the best, prepare for the worst. My uncle's been riding for almost 30 years. 15 years in, wrecks in Newark NJ Rt 21, notorious strip, breaks a bunch of ribs, punctures some shit, ICU, swears he won't ride anymore, back on a bike 6 mos. later, riding carbed liter sport bikes.

[iknowexactly]

OP stated he thinks the drive is 15-20 minutes, I believe that's in ideal conditions with no traffic. That might be going 60 MPH on an empty road.

However, at the time he'll be commuting, he says it is about 1.5 hours drive, maybe indicating cars at that time on the road are going 10 MPH instead of 60 (what a nightmare) thus taking 6 time as long. (6 x 15 min= 1.5 hours)

The idea of lane splitting on a bike at 60 MPH passing cars that are going only 10 mph sounds frankly insane to me. often in that kind of traffic people get frustrated and quickly change lanes without signaling, and if you're passing them at the wrong point, down you go. If they're bumper to bumper it's not quite as risky, because there's no room to pull out, but gaps open up and people impatient to get ahead pop into other lanes.

I went down in a lane-splitting accident going about 25 MPH and it wasn't a whole lot of fun although I wasn't badly hurt, I hit two cars and only talked them out of reporting it by convincing them their insurance was going to go up. Which it would have. The thing to say "Only the insurance companies win."

If you're going 50 and someone bumps you , that is real bad news, not something you should put yourself at risk for realistically an hour a day every work day.

I think even the most heavy-lifting, macho, Alpha Roosh reader would think this might not be a good idea. If you think you can lane split at 50 miles an hour faster than the cars you're passing and are not really putting yourself in danger, I think you're simply wrong and overconfident.

No one can predict what all those hundreds of drivers will do, no matter how great a bike handler you are; and it is simply physically impossible to stop fast enough when going 50 and a car veers into your lane when you are 20 feet away.

The nervous system lag is too long, the brakes don't work that fast, it doesn't matter what a great great driver you are. You're bouncing off that door, probably into another car like I did.

[Lights]

Splitting lanes is an great activity, everyone should do it and your reflexes will improve when you do it.

If you don't want to put yourself in danger, don't take risks.

Agree to disagree. Hope you're still riding.

[Feo]

For some guys it's "no glove no love", some guys its "all raw all the time".

And as for lane splitting, the law is no more than 15mph faster than flowing traffic.

[Feo]

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