http://www.msgroup.org/DISCUSS.asp
Anyone else find this web site?

Great sight.
I forworded it to my entier unit as a safety bulliten for motorcycle safety. I am in the Air Force and we take riding safety very seriously. If more people knew about sights like this one we would all be alot safer.
Thanks,


KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP! :tour

Excellent-thanks.

Kim

Thanks, Ill be having a good look through that.

very informative

I also bookmarked it, gonna have to look at that when i have more time this weekend


:wonderlan ESCO :wonderlan

JohnnyV, thanks!

Lefty

JohnnyV

Thanks, Very Good Stuff!!! :clap :clap

Johnny V



Looked it over, pretty informative.:dankesaig

Nice link thanks!

Gary

Not only informative but lifesaving. Something to read and digest on those long winter nights.

Even the guy who 'Rides Alone' can learn something there.

Dang !!!! I just spent 3 Hrs over there....Good stuff.

Thanks
:clap

Who stole my morning? (again)

Lots of things in there it took me years to learn the hard way.

very nice. Looks like the guy that wrote it put a lot of time into it. Very well written.

Even the guy who 'Rides Alone' can learn something there.

... and so can all of us. I spent some time in there last night. Though tempted to read it all, I held back. One article at a time, read and properly digested is about right, at least for me.

Last night's read was about high sides and locked brakes. Very informative and I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of us haven't experienced that thrill. What I would like to have seen is more on AVOIDING that pitfall.

As motorcyclists, we're far more vulnerable than cars and far more likely to be seriously injured in an accident. Knowing that, we often tend to be in a state of constant acceleration. Add to that the (sometimes false) confidence we build, the joy of lane splitting and manuevering and we're statistics waiting to be compiled. Take the defensive driving techniques of automobile driving and multiply them by about 5 or 10. Riding is a fun but risk filled undertaking.

Highly informative :clap :clap

A must read for everyone who rides motorcycles no matter how experienced.

We should all absorb as many of those tips as we can. I know, like Davo said, many of us have learned many of those techniques from other riders or on our own,'the hard way', hopefully not at the expense of our bikes or our bodies. But as we get more experienced, we tend to do things automatically, without really considering the 'why' of what we are doing, or sharing that information with newer riders, which are getting very numerous these days. Face it, lots of people are riding their very first bike out there. Think about your first bike. For alot of us it was possibly a dirt bike, alot smaller than most of the bikes these 'new' riders are riding. We probably had the luxury of getting pretty damn good at controlling that beast, sliding it, and lord knows what else before we ever got into traffic. We were most likely one with our bikes and able to concentrate more on the traffic, having already mastered,(relatively speaking), the mechanics of the actual riding. I know for a fact, my first streetbike was not anywhere near as heavy or as powerful as a Sportster, and that seems to be what alot of the new riders are hitting the streets with. There are far too many riders out there who are over their heads, on the streets, in traffic that's way too heavy for their experience level and obviously not comfortable with the task at hand. So I would like to say to all of the experienced riders out there, review those tips and the ones you've picked up on your own. Take a new rider under your wing and share as much of your knowledge and experience as you can. Go in two or three bike groups, on rides away from lots of traffic and let them become one with the ride. If you think real hard, you might just remember being in their shoes.

This should be back at the top for a while.

GREAT READING! I spent a few hours going through it, very informative and a great reminder for some things I "knew", but didn't "remember".

:bump :bump :bump :bump
I thought this was worth the bump! Good information to look over before the spring riding starts!

Good Idea Harp! I also sent this out to my girlfriends sportbike friends and they posted it on their forum. Good info for all!

Reading about rider safety tips is ok. But only riding your bike in all kinds of traffic, weather etc. will help you.
Oh ... forgot the most important one ... experience! :shhhh

Excellent - I also bookmarked it!

Great site! Registered, and also passed it on. Experience is a great teacher, but knowing what to expect can help you avoid some of the more unpleasant ones.

Great site! Registered, and also passed it on. Experience is a great teacher, but knowing what to expect can help you avoid some of the more unpleasant ones.
The whole point behind the MSF and/or Riders edge courses. Experience is a great teacher but there's some experiences you can live with out.

..........but there's some experiences you can live with out.

Like starting a thread harassing Texans...........:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh


Seriously, while the courses are excellent............I've taken them............and remember it's money best invested to take them every so often as refreshers...............experience "on the road", where every re-action you take is, in response to an opposite and more likely than not deadly action on the part of another, the best teacher. The courses only, hopefully, prepare you to re-act properly and safely in response to that action. The rest of the equation is always "the rider", and his/her mental and physical state.:tour

I have read and learned from the subject sight. I have even previously posted the web address in support of a past discusion.

I thought I would bump this back to the top for our new arrivals/new riders!

Holy Crap!

Go to #178- Finding Neutral Is A Start-up Activity - (Leave it in gear)

http://www.msgroup.org/DISCUSS.asp

and watch the police car video. That's one of the scariest things I've ever seen!!! Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiit!