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    If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqVVUnMZHU

    The Yamaha Nouvo scoot is light and skinny, but I'd hate to try that kind of lane-splitting in Toronto. I hope he has kneesliders for bouncing off car doors.

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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    Quote Originally Posted by Android Cat View Post
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqVVUnMZHU

    The Yamaha Nouvo scoot is light and skinny, but I'd hate to try that kind of lane-splitting in Toronto. I hope he has kneesliders for bouncing off car doors.

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    Why do some ppl try to block you when lanesplitting in Downtown during gridlock? It felt so good to lanepslit through lakeshore last night...
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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    As soon as I saw the way the cagers drove I knew the vid was set in Turkey even though they're not nearly as bad as their truck drivers when they hit the roads in Europe lol
    In any case that kid definitely has a good traffic survival instinct, which can't be taught in school. You either have it, s.t.f.d. or you crash.
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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    Quote Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT View Post
    In any case that kid definitely has a good traffic survival instinct, which can't be taught in school. You either have it, s.t.f.d. or you crash.
    Throughout the video you can see him split right through where a car is obviously about to move into, and yet he doesn't get squished. Either he's got perfect timing, super lucky or the drivers actually see him coming and hold off. The last would never happen in Toronto.
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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    I'd say it's his instinct that's allowing him to do the right things to survive the dangerous situations he's putting himself into.
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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    lol, that guy is gonna kill himself someday
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    Re: If bicycle couriers had 115cc motors...

    Nah when you got it, it never screws up.

    Some people are just able to see traffic like no other.
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