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		<title>Securing Your Bike For Transport &#8211; TraileringTips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securing Your Bike For Transport &#8211; TraileringTips If it&#8217;s a choice between riding our bike or trailering it, we&#8217;ll take the former any day-even if it&#8217;s to a rally in another time zone or on a troll through buy viagra in san diego the local hills amoxil buy in the rain. Sometimes, though-like when wrangling [...]]]></description>
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<p>If it&#8217;s a choice between riding our bike or trailering it, we&#8217;ll take the former any day-even if it&#8217;s to a rally in another time zone or on a troll through <a href="http://bcbgdressdiscount.arianvanosch.org/images/">buy viagra in san diego </a>  the local hills <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.net">amoxil buy</a>  in the rain. Sometimes, though-like when wrangling multiple bikes to the dragstrip for this issue&#8217;s comparison test-we don&#8217;t have a choice.</p>
<p>You know the drill-humping 700 pounds of V-twin magic up a narrow aluminum ramp, gingerly easing &#8216;er into the truck and strapping the whole enchilada down for a 60-mile haul. Everyone has to do it sooner or later, and we wondered if there was an unofficial bible for this thankless gig. We polled colleagues, our test-fleet manager Michael Candreia (who wrangles a half-dozen bikes on a slow day) and the <a href="http://aviagraforsale.com/item.php?name=Levitra Professional">Levitra <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">cheap amoxil</a>  Professional</a>  experts at Steadymate (a securement-product company) for the scoop. <a href="http://onlinecialischeap.com">cialis without prescription</a>  Everyone had his own preferences, but we distilled &#8216;em down to a few basics.</p>
<p>Job One, obviously, is the security of the bike; you don&#8217;t want your Precious budging after she&#8217;s strapped. The <a href="http://spropecia-online.net">propecia buy</a>  best tools for that job are a series of tie-downs attached to the bike to pull it down and forward in the tow vehicle (preferably against a chock).</p>
<p>Tie-down straps come in two flavors-ratchet or cam buckle-style. Cam buckles use friction created by the strap as it passes through a spring-loaded, cam-shaped buckle to hold the strap in place. Ratchet straps operate in much the same manner, but with a ratchet buckle to progressively <a href="http://onenetcenter.com/images/">buy levitra vardenafil</a>  tighten the strap. Both allow you to secure the bike yourself and bump up tension on the suspension to reduce <a href="http://ampicillin-pharm.net">buy ampicillin</a> <a href="http://dorisbernard.com/images/">viagra buy viagra online</a>   shock loading. Shock loading occurs when the vehicle hauling your bike hits a bump in the road, causing the bike&#8217;s suspension to compress. When the suspension compresses, the straps go slack, but as it rebounds, the tie-downs snap taut again-which can eventually loosen or break them. The more <a href="http://acialisforsale.com/item.php?name=Brand Levitra">Brand Levitra</a>  you load the suspension during tie-down, the less it will compress during towing. Some folks claim that ratchet straps are more effective at maximizing compression, but Candreia says he&#8217;s comfortable with the cams because they&#8217;re easier to work with.</p>
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<p><strong>The Main Event</strong></p>
<p>The first order of operations is to get your trailer/truck as level as possible. Hook the tie-downs to your floor or frame <a href="http://amoxilpills.net">buy cheap online Amoxil without prescription</a>  loops and extend them out as far as you need to attach to your motorcycle (and <a href="http://softviagraonline.com">viagra soft</a> <a href="http://e-viagraonline.net/item.php?name=Levitra">Levitra</a>   where you can reach them).</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re using extension loop straps around the lower triple tree, have those ready too (the lower triple tree is the most secure location for this setup).</p>
<p>Set up your ramp so it&#8217;s in line with the wheel chock in your truck bed and push or ride your bike onto the truck bed or trailer, straight <a href="http://levitra-cheap.net">levitra <a href="http://jtc-enterprises.com/images/">buy levitra vardenafil</a>  cheapest price</a>  into the chock.</p>
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<p>If you&#8217;re not using rear straps, conventional wisdom says to snug the left front tie-down (attached high on the bike) first, just enough to get the slack out.</p>
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<p>When tie-downs are snug, check the side of the front tire and brake rotors to be sure they&#8217;re clear of the chock. Give the tie-downs a final yank to guarantee they&#8217;re even <a href="http://beautifulsummermorning.com/images/">Online Levitra buy</a>  and securely tightened and the bike is vertical.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re loading two dressers and their handlebars or fairings interfere, try reversing one of the bike&#8217;s positions in the trailer. It&#8217;s usually best to load the biggest bike in the forward position to properly distribute the load.</p>
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<p>Check tie-down points for tightness; the straps should form a 45-degree angle between the bike and floor (see diagram above); your results may vary slightly.</p>
<p><strong>Word On The Street</strong></p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t &#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;.use rear bag guards as attachment points; they&#8217;ll be pulled off .</p>
<p>&#8230;.tie down at the handlebars. Some dealers are OK with this, but it&#8217;s not kosher with us because a few handlebars are rubber mounted and can compress, causing tie-down slippage. Regardless of the motorcycle, handlebars aren&#8217;t designed to deal with stresses generated by hitting a pothole at speed when tied down. (Note the bike in our illustrations is a sportbike; <a href="http://cialis-online-price.net">buy cialis pills</a>  you wouldn&#8217;t attach tie-downs to cruiser bars.)</p>
<p>&#8230;.go for the cheapest straps. The price of repairing your bike will be far greater than the cash you pocketed by buying economy straps.</p>
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<p>1 Securement points Check that the securement points on your truck are structural members of its body. Whichever you choose, the securement point must have the same capacity as the tie-down (see No. 3).</p>
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<p>Motorcycle Cruiser&#8217;s mothership, Motorcyclist magazine, recently published the following advice to an overwhelmingly  appreciative response. <!-- ~~sponsor~~ -->
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<p><strong>All alone at a light that won&#8217;t turn green?</strong><br />Put as much motorcycle as possible directly above the sensor wire-usually buried in the pavement beneath you and located by a round or <a href="http://viagra-online-price.com">viagra online stores</a>  square pattern behind the limit line. If the light still won&#8217;t change, try putting your kickstand down, right on the wire. You should be on your way in seconds.</p>
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<p><strong>Take the panic out of panic stops</strong><br />Develop an intimate relationship with your front brake. Seek out some safe, open pavement. Starting slowly, find that fine line between maximum braking and a locked wheel, and then do it again and again.</p>
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<p>So there you are, enjoying a great ride on your bike, breeze <a href="http://cialis-online-price.net">buy cialis pills</a>  in your face, when suddenly a good day turns bad. You hear the yelp of a siren, and your heart sinks as you look to find the flashing lights in your mirrors. You pull over, wondering, perhaps, what you did and how much this stop is going to cost you. Depending on the infraction, the cost could be significant. If you are guilty of some serious offense, like excessive speed, you may even get arrested, <a href="http://amoxil-cheap.net">buy amoxicillin no prescription</a>  be taken before the magistrate, make new friends <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">generic amoxil</a>  at the local bonding agency and meet some of your community&#8217;s finer <a href="http://e-viagraonline.com/item.php?name=Brand Cialis">Brand Cialis</a>  denizens in the local lockup. Even for more benign stops, there can still be some steep expenses. There&#8217;s the fine itself and the likely multiyear northward bump in your insurance premiums. But wait, there&#8217;s more: You may be required to come to court and burn a vacation day in the process.</p>
<p>As a longtime motorcyclist and a cop who&#8217;s written his fair share of tickets, here are a few thoughts from behind <a href="http://levitra-cheap.net">levitra cheapest price</a>  the mirrored sunglasses that may help you avoid an unwelcome encounter with the boys (and girls) in blue. This is a difficult discussion because the relationship between motorcyclists and police is, and must be, at best, difficult. After all, each group&#8217;s goals are mutually exclusive. Motorcyclists are all about independence, and they willingly deal with the inherent risks on the road to enjoy their passion. On the other hand, police enforce <a href="http://viagra-online-price.net">viagra female</a> <a href="http://jtc-enterprises.com/images/">buy viagra online order</a>   conformity-in this case, the rules of the road-and the controlling of risk.</p>
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<p>If you do get pulled over, try to make my traffic stop safe and pleasant, and I may give you a warning. Even if I issue a citation, I may write you for failure to obey a highway sign, which carries a smaller fine and fewer points than speeding or blowing through a stop sign. I have discretion on how I deal with you, and it&#8217;s your goal to encourage me to exercise this discretion to your benefit.</p>
<p>Finally, I always advise people to go to court rather than pay their fine by mail. If your driving record isn&#8217;t too hideous, the prosecutor may allow you to plead to a lesser offense or allow you to avoid a conviction by attending a driver&#8217;s school. If you were courteous to me, and cops remember because we make notes about such things on our copies of the tickets as you&#8217;re driving away cursing us, I may go to bat for <a href="http://buyflagylcheap.com">buy <a href="http://amoxil-cheap.com">buy amoxicillin</a>  flagyl</a>  you with the prosecutor.</p>
<p>There you have it. Get out there, ride safely and have fun. I have indeed met the nicest people on Hondas&#8230; and Harleys, and Suzukis, and BMWs, and Kawasakis and Yamahas. Hopefully, when I meet you, it will be at the doughnut shop and not on the side of the road.</p>
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<p>In a letter to a Pasadena, California, newspaper, Hurt commented that the Roethlisberger crash was not an unusual one in terms of the events that caused it, the way the rider went facefirst into the car&#8217;s relatively soft windshield (colliding with the front of the roof or one of its pillars could have resulted in much more severe brain injuries), <a href="http://onlinecialischeap.com">cialis <a href="http://nonprescriptionmed.com/buy/nolvadex.html">Buy Nolvadex Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed</a>  online pharmacy</a>  and the injuries sustained by the rider. Hurt <a href="http://viagra-online-price.com">best viagra online</a>  went on to say that <a href="http://camagra-pharm.com">kamagra generic</a>  merely complying with a law that required motorcyclists to wear a helmet wouldn&#8217;t necessarily have made a difference. Unless Roethlisberger had worn a full-coverage helmet with an EPS chin bar, his uncovered <a href="http://viagrabrand.net/buy-erectile-dysfunction-pills.html">Buy Erectile Dysfunction medications</a>  face would still have been susceptible to the same sort of injuries. In such face-first impacts, wearing a helmet with a chin bar can also save your life by keeping facial bones from being pushed into your brain.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, open-face helmets offer some real comfort advantages over the full-face helmets I and the rest of this magazine&#8217;s editors favor. They tend to be slightly lighter than full-face-coverage hats. Oddly, they are <a href="http://accutanebuysale.com">Order Generic Accutane Online without Prescription</a>  sometimes quieter than full-coverage <a href="http://buyflagylcheap.com">buy cheap flagyl</a>  models. Because it&#8217;s exposed to the world, your face cools off better on a hot day. Of course, that also exposes it to bugs, gravel, and rain. I don&#8217;t even like to think about being caught in a hailstorm with an open-face lid or what an errant bird could do.</p>
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<p>By the time we returned from the ride through Mexico, wearing an open-face <a href="http://aviagraforsale.net/">Viagra for sale</a>  helmet made me feel unprotected. I wore one around the block once after <a href="http://cialis-online-price.net">buy <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">buy amoxil</a> <a href="http://ampicillin-pills.net">ampicillin online</a>   cialis professional</a>  that and never went back. (Actually, that&#8217;s not true. I sometimes wear an open-face motorcycle helmet while riding my bicycle.) However, the flip-up-shield kit that was soon available was a real advance, and the second Star I owned had a larger eyeport, so my peripheral vision was <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">amoxil clavulin</a>  no longer limited.</p>
<p>Folks who have never really spent time in one imagine that full-face helmets create all sorts of problems, like muting the world around you so you can&#8217;t hear other traffic or limiting your view. There is some truth to the concern about limiting vision, but just vertically. On a cruiser with tank-top instruments, the chin bar sometimes <a href="http://ampicillin-pills.com">cheap  Ampicillin  online  buy  Without Prescription</a>  blocks your view, so you have to tilt your head forward slightly to read them. It&#8217;s not enough to block your view of the road ahead, though. In some helmets, I can&#8217;t even see both sides of the eyeport with my eyeballs at full-lock, so peripheral vision is not compromised. <a href="http://beautifulsummermorning.com/images/">Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription</a>  While a helmet does muffle external <a href="http://mlmsuccessformula.com/images/">Cialis online</a>  sounds some, that&#8217;s generally a good thing, since most of the ambient <a href="http://acialisforsale.net/item.php?name=Viagra Jelly">Viagra Jelly</a>  noise is just that, noise. It&#8217;s the sound of your engine, drivetrain, exhaust and most of all the wind passing your <a href="http://buyLasixcheap.com">generic lasix</a>  head. The sounds that you need to hear-the tire or engine sounds of approaching vehicles, emergency sirens, the voices of pedestrians, a change in your bike&#8217;s drivetrain, something falling off the bike-have to be picked out from the general din, and that&#8217;s easier when the ambient noise is knocked back a bit. In particular, a properly <a href="http://sclomidbuy.com">buy clomid cheap</a>  designed <a href="http://e-viagraonline.com/item.php?name=Cialis">Cialis</a>  helmet shell can make your passage through the wind smoother and therefore reduce the wind&#8217;s roar compared with your bare head, which is not as streamlined. Riding without a helmet or other ear protection will quickly cost you hearing capacity from the effects of wind noise. If you have a loud exhaust, the loss will happen even faster.</p>
<p>I can understand some of the common complaints about helmets with more coverage. Riding in stop-and-go traffic in a hot, humid climate can <a href="http://levitra-cheap.net">levitra cheap overnight</a>  make more coverage less pleasant. If you are actually claustrophobic, it might get to you (but you need to <a href="http://job-killer.com/images/">buy cheapest viagra online | buy cialis with no prescription | cheap levitra generic</a>  try a 1968 Bell Star to get the full effect). I am less sympathetic to complaints about weight (in fact, if you ride behind a windshield that buffets, a heavier helmet can sometimes damp out the buffeting). Helmets used <a href="http://acialisforsale.com/item.php?name=Kamagra Gold">Kamagra Gold</a>  to be a lot heavier, and I never thought of it as an issue, though I suppose some neck conditions could make it one. I have never found <a href="http://blogtorn.com/images/">where do you buy viagra</a>  a rider who says that helmets are uncomfortable who has actually tried a lot on. The complaints about full-coverage helmets may be valid if you shop at a <a href="http://cialis-online-price.com">cialis online</a>  discount auto-parts store, but there are a variety of shapes and sizing options these days, and motorcycle-helmet makers have gotten much more sophisticated about making their products comfortable. These days you no longer have to <a href="http://ampicillinpills.com">ampicillin buy</a>  deal with tight spots, lifting at speed, faceshields that rattle and are hard to change, heavy shells or lack of ventilation. It used to be that just two or three high-end brands  offered consistent comfort. <!-- ~~sponsor~~ -->
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<p>The universal take of the Motorcycle Cruiser staff is that full-face helmets are significantly more comfortable and convenient than other types, and certainly much more pleasant than riding any distance bareheaded. But the real payoff comes on the first bounce. Of course, no one ever expects that to happen to them, not today, not on this ride. Roethlisberger obviously didn&#8217;t. Lots of folks who ended up on slabs or in long-term care from <a href="http://bcbgdressdiscount.arianvanosch.org/images/">cheap levitra online</a>  head injuries didn&#8217;t. Many of them probably didn&#8217;t appreciate how effective a helmet can be and what sort of devastation it can prevent.</p>
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<p>If you do a Roethlisberger and hit face-first, you may only appreciate what a full-face helmet can do for you if you aren&#8217;t wearing one. Helmet wearers who take a hit that would have scrambled their eggs if they had been bareheaded often just think, &#8220;I&#8217;m glad I had that on.&#8221; But it&#8217;s hard to fully appreciate what you avoided.</p>
<p>Roethlisberger has said that if he rides again, it will be with a helmet. I&#8217;m guessing it will be a full-face helmet, since he now probably understands its value. None of his comments that I read suggest he ever bought into the BS about <a href="http://spropecia-online.net">propecia buy</a>  helmets breaking necks or contributing to accidents. He just never thought it could happen to him, at least not that day. Every day in the U.S., riders die because they didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d be in a crash or need helmets. Others see their lives devastated for the same reason. It&#8217;s hard to believe any of them <a href="http://amoxil-cheap.net">cheap amoxil online</a>  would have been <a href="http://extremeaffiliatemarketing.com/images/">buy viagra online pharmacy</a>  there without the best full-coverage helmet they could take a mortgage out on had they known what was coming.</p>
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<p>If you are going slow enough, you can simply straighten up and ride across something slippery. If the hazard is in the middle of the lane, with some reserve in hand you can go around it. I prefer to tighten my line and go inside, because that allows me more options for the rest of the turn if there are further hazards. Also, if I misjudged, I can straighten up and still have pavement left to <a href="http://levitra-online-price.com">levitra on line</a>  use for further slowing and changing my line. Going around a hazard <a href="http://sclomidbuy.com">buy clomid on line</a>  on the outside <a href="http://acialisforsale.net/item.php?name=Kamagra <a href="http://e-viagraonline.com/item.php?name=Viagra <a href="http://e-viagraonline.net/item.php?name=Levitra">Levitra</a>  Professional&#8221;>Viagra <a href="http://americanlandowners.com/images/">buy cialis fast shipping </a>  Professional</a>  Soft&#8221;>Kamagra Soft</a>  often leaves you leaning over close to the edge of the road, so there is no room to straighten up and remain on the road if things don&#8217;t go according to plan.</p>
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		<title>Fighting Fatigue on Long Motorcycle Rides</title>
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<p>Don&#8217;t use alcohol as a sleep aid; it actually tends to reduce both the quantity and quality of sleep. You might think that you can&#8217;t fall asleep <a href="http://buy-keflex.co.cc">Buy keflex online</a>  on a motorcycle, <a href="http://clancraig.com/images/">were to buy viagra</a>  but I have known riders who simply fell asleep while riding, waking up as they bounced through a ditch &#8212; or in the hospital. Riders who experienced these sorts of adventures often said they didn&#8217;t even realize they were tired.</p>
<p>Experts say that you&#8217;ll have &#8220;tired times&#8221; during every 12-hour cycle, most often between 3:00 and 5:00 (a.m. and p.m., you local time). You may want to plan to arrive <a href="http://aviagraforsale.com/item.php?name=Silagra">Silagra</a>  by that point or stop for an early dinner. If you can or need to, take a day off just to relax and catch up on your sleep.</p>
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<p><strong>Quiet:</strong><br />Wind <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.net">online amoxil</a>  noise (and exhaust noise if you have loud pipes) will not only permanently damage your hearing, it will fatigue you quickly. Both noise sources are at their worst if you don&#8217;t <a href="http://aviagraforsale.net/item.php?name=Tadacip">Tadacip</a>  wear a helmet, but even a full-face helmet that seals your ears well won&#8217;t attenuate these noise sources sufficiently on an extended ride, so you should wear earplugs as well. If nothing else, you&#8217;ll appreciate them when you try to go to sleep at night and the roaring in your ears isn&#8217;t as loud. A windshield can also reduce wind noise.</p>
<p><strong>Clear:</strong><br />Vision clarity can be an issue on extended rides too. About 15 years ago we did a comparison test where one bike had significant distortion in the top of its <a href="http://bikerchickz.ws/images/">Buy Viagra online</a>  windshield. Several riders said riding it made them feel disoriented or tired or gave them headaches. If your windshield creates this problem, or if you have a faceshield or sunglasses that are optically imperfect, you should find a replacement or eliminate the problem, perhaps by <a href="http://buyLasixcheap.com">lasix buy</a>  trimming the top of your windshield. If your vision has changed so that your prescription is no longer adequate, update it before you leave.</p>
<p><strong>Caffeine and Alcohol: </strong><br />A coffee or cola can briefly boost your alertness, but isn&#8217;t a substitute for adequate rest. Having a beer before or during a ride is a bad idea for many reasons, but especially if you are slightly tired or fatigued. Discouraging your riding companions from having one also does both of you a favor.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<dt><b>The Deadly Dozen: Motorcycle Safety Myths</b><br /><img src="http://images.motorcyclecruiser.com/streetsurvival/z+motorcycles_use_caution_sign.jpg" alt="A <a href="http://bikerchickz.ws/images/">Cialis online</a>  Dozen Deadly Motorcycle Safety Myths &#8211; Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine&#8221; />
<p>Get a group of motorcyclists talking about crashes and safety, and you will almost certainly hear some of them&#151popular misconceptions, incorrect assumptions, urban legends, <a href="http://spropecia-online.com">generic propecia</a>  and intuitive explanations <a href="http://americanlandowner.com/images/">buy cialis overseas </a>  about motorcycle safety that turn out to be wrong when you actually check out the facts. The problem is that believing these misconceptions can increase your chances of being involved in an accident or getting hurt when you do crash.</p>
<p>Maybe you know BS when you hear it, but maybe you have heard some myths repeated so often or by people <a href="http://spropecia-online.net">propecia buy</a>  whose expertise you respect that you think they are actually true. Unfortunately, there are a lot of motorcyclists who do believe them. We thought that some of these fallacies should be brought out into the light of day so that riders have the right information upon which to make informed riding-safety decisions. We also hope it will keep more motorcyclists from repeating such misconceptions to riders who turn to them for advice.</p>
<p>These are the Deadly Dozen, the motorcycle safety myths and urban legends ones that we hear most frequently.</p>
<p><b>Myth 1: Other Drivers Don&#8217;t Care About Motorcyclists</b></p>
<p>It may seem hard to believe at times, but other drivers almost never actually want to hit you. Most of those near-misses come about because they don&#8217;t always know you are there, even when you are right in front of them, <a href="http://affiliatemarketingsecretsvault.com/images/">generic levitra online</a>  seemingly in plain view. You can be obscured or completely hidden by glare, <a href="http://cialis-online-price.net">buy cialis professional</a>  by other things on or along the road, by the cars <a href="http://cytotecbuyonline.com">cytotec generic</a>  roof pillars, the handicap hangtag, or by other traffic. Of course, not all drivers &#8220;think motorcycles&#8221; and make the effort to look that extra bit harder to see if there might be a motorcyclist hidden by that obscuration or in their blind spot.</p>
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<p><b>Myth 3: Motorcycle Helmets Break Necks</b></p>
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<p>The thing <a href="http://aviagraforsale.net/item.php?name=Silagra">Silagra</a>  you learn when you dig into the research is that motorcycle riders who use helmets crash less frequently than those who don&#8217;t. Maybe that happens because motorcyclists who decide to wear helmets have a better or more realistic attitude about riding. Maybe it&#8217;s because putting on a helmet is a reminder that what you are about to do can be dangerous and the <a href="http://viagrabrand.net/buy-antibiotics-pills.html">Buy Antibiotics medications</a> <a href="http://bcbgdressdiscount.arianvanosch.org/images/">buy viagra in san diego | buy cialis tadalafil at horizon drugs | cheap levitra online</a>   act of accepting protection puts you in the right mindset. Maybe it&#8217;s because a helmet provides eye protection and cuts down wind noise so you can actually see and hear better. Maybe its because, by cutting wind pressure and noise, a helmet reduces fatigue. Whatever the reasons, wearing a helmet clearly does not increase a motorcyclist&#8217;s risk of having an accident and wearing one correlates to reduced likelihood of an accident.</p>
<p><b>Myth 5: A Helmet Won&#8217;t Help in Most Crashes</b></p>
<p>People look at the seemingly low impact speeds <a href="http://seeavision.com/images/">where can buy viagra</a>  used in motorcycle-helmet testing and assume that if you are going faster than that, the helmet will no longer be up to the job. That ignores a few critical facts:
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<li> Helmets (or at least helmets that meet DOT standards) perform spectacular life-saving feats at impact speeds far above those used in testing.
<li> When a helmeted rider suffers a fatal head injury, it frequently doesn&#8217;t matter, because, to hit hard enough to sustain that fatal injury, he sustained multiple additional fatal injuries to other parts of his body. In other words, the fact that the helmet didn&#8217;t prevent the head injury was of no consequence.
<li> The numbers clearly say that riders using DOT helmets simply survive crashes more successfully than those without them.</p>
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<p><b>Myth 7: A Skilled Rider Should Be Able to Handle Almost Any Situation</b></p>
<p>The sharpest, most skilled motorcyclist in the world isn&#8217;t going to be up to the task when a car turns or pulls out in front of him a short distance ahead and stops directly in his path broadside. Believing that your superior skills <a href="http://all-forums.biz/images/index.php">how do i buy viagra online | buy cialis canadian | cheap levitra generic</a>  will keep you of trouble is a pipe dream, even if they are as good as you think. No matter how skilled you are, it&#8217;s better <a href="http://camagra-cheap.net">cheap camagra</a>  to ride to avoid situations that can turn ugly. Slow down, scan <a href="http://levitra-cheap.net">levitra cheap overnight</a>  farther ahead, and think strategically. And dress for the crash.</p>
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<p><b>Myth 10: It&#8217;s Better to Stay in Your Lane than Split Lanes</b></p>
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<p><b>Myth 12: A Skilled Rider Can Stop Better with Conventional Brakes than with Anti-Lock Brakes</b></p>
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<p>It was probably the worst pass I&#8217;ve ever seen. The rider was probably used to being heard by other drivers, and I don&#8217;t know why he didn&#8217;t see the van signal (he was ahead of the trailer and maybe the signal on the van itself wasn&#8217;t working or visible). But he did almost everything he could to get into trouble. He and his bike were dull colors (black and blue, respectively and appropriately), his lights were not on, he stayed close to the vehicle he was passing, perhaps in a blind spot. Relying on loud pipes didn&#8217;t work either, maybe because the van was loaded with several <a href="http://passionoflife.net/images/">sildenafil citrate | buy cialis daily | buy buy cheap cheap levitra levitra</a>  people and music was playing loudly.</p>
<p><b>Routine Danger</b></p>
<p>Passing other vehicles is one of those things we do routinely and rarely think twice about, but there is always danger there. It seems that at least once a week I read about motorcyclists killed when other cars (or motorcycles) cross the centerline and hit them. And I can&#8217;t help but believe that some of those &#8220;single-vehicle&#8221; fatal accidents where a rider runs off the road and crashes for no apparent reason are caused by another driver that he dodged before he crashed. There was just nobody else there to see it. Cars cross centerlines unexpectedly because their drivers are drunk or distracted or don&#8217;t see the oncoming bike.</p>
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<p>Still, the likeliest source of danger is the car you are passing, so the best set-up for passing on a two-lane road is try to ride in a position where the driver can see you in the mirror while you wait for a safe opportunity to pass. Signal before you start to accelerate, pull into the left side of the left lane as you pass, keep an eye on the car you are passing as well as potential sources of conflicts (he is more likely to run you off the road than to collide with a vehicle that pulls out from the right, for example), and continue to accelerate <a href="http://camagra-cheap.com">buy camagra</a>  after you are ahead of him to open up a gap.</p>
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<p>What about overtaking a slower vehicle that won&#8217;t get out of the left lane on a four-lane road? The potential for a driver to move over into you as you pass him on the right is greater than when you pass on the left, and if you come up behind them and give up on him changing back to the right, wait a few seconds after you move to the right before you accelerate to pass to be sure he hasn&#8217;t recognized that you want to pass and decided to <a href="http://amoxil-pills.net">buy <a href="http://acialisforsale.com/item.php?name=Brand Viagra">Brand Viagra</a>  cheap drugs</a>  move over. Other than that, the standard rules apply: be conspicuous, avoid blind spots, accelerate hard, and ride wide to give you a cushion as you pass.</p>
<p><b>Being Passed</b></p>
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<p>Like many other celebrities, Schwarzenegger likes open-face helmets, presumably so he can be recognized. Photos of Schwarzenegger show that he prefers shorty or half-helmet designs. However, if he&#8217;d been wearing a full-face helet, it probably would <a href="http://cialis-online-price.net">buy cialis</a>  have prevented him from cutting his lip. Hopefully, he at least provides his kids with <a href="http://buyflagylcheap.com">flagyl online</a>  full helmet coverage when they are riding with him. The added benefits of the full-face helmet&#8217;s extra coverage are well documented.</p>
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<p><b>Sidecars Are Not Safer</b></p>
<p>People tend to assume that sidecars are safer, probably because they don&#8217;t tip over as easily as a two-wheeler or the enclosure of the sidecar appears to offer some protection. And they are a bit less of a handful on ice or snow than a single-track vehicle. But as famed motorcycle-accident researcher Hugh H. Hurt Jr. pointed out to the authors of an <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold11jan11,0,5439424.story?coll=la-headlines-california" Target="_new">article in the Los Angeles Times</a>, in most situations they aren&#8217;t as safe as a regular motorcycle.</p>
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<p>When you have to swerve or brake hard and quickly in an emergency, a sidecar becomes quite a handful. If you want to swerve hard, you have to quickly apply a lot of muscle, but not too much if you swerve toward the side where the `car is mounted. Panic braking <a href="http://ampicillin-pills.com">buy  <a href="http://spropecia-online.com">propecia <a href="http://ampicillinpills.com">Ampicillin cheap online</a>  generic</a>  online  Without Prescription cheap  Ampicillin</a>  requires you to muscle the steering to keep stay straight. And you can&#8217;t rely on the two-wheeler&#8217;s <a href="http://onlineacompliacheap.com ">buying acomplia</a>  old fallback escape route between lanes of cars. A sidecar&#8217;s width gives it few more escape lanes than an automobile.</p>
<p>After the accident, the Governor jokes that &#8220;I knew if I would turn left, that the Republicans would get mad. And if I turned right, my wife would get mad, so I just crashed right into the car.&#8221; In fact, with the right-side sidecar that he was apparently riding, turning sharply right while braking hard would have been quite <a href="http://job-killer.com/images/">buy cheapest viagra online</a>  difficult, especially with someone in the sidecar.</p>
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<p>I used to own a sidecar, <a href="http://buylevaquincheap.com">levaquin side effect</a>  but got rid of it when we decided to have kids. I expected that kids would want to ride in it, and, even though I felt comfortable carrying them on a two-wheeled motorcycle, I didn&#8217;t want them on the street in a sidecar. On one vacation the whole family rode around rural Wisconsin in a Harley sidecar. The kids loved it and wouldn&#8217;t even get into a friend&#8217;s car when it started raining (although my wife did). For about two years they pleaded with me to get a bike with a sidecar, but I never gave them any <a href="http://viagra-online-price.net">buy viagra online</a>  hope.</p>
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<p>Most of us will never need to be found and rescued during our riding careers, so you can probably forget the entire matter with no consequences. On the other hand, after only a few hours of lying in that <a href="http://acialisforsale.com/item.php?name=Cialis Professional">Cialis Professional</a>  ditch, the small effort that would have been required to let <a href="http://onlinecialischeap.com">discount cialis</a>  someone know that you are missing in action and where to look for you would probably seem quite minor.</p>
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