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I don't take any hands off the bars. When I shoulder check I kind of lean forward a bit I think, as opposed to being upright and just rotating my head. I find it's easier to twist my head around that way. I keep my eyes on my mirrors all the time though, so I generally am only checking my blind...

I like to go to the place where I took the motorcycle course, they have stuff permanently on the pavement and on weekends there are no cars parked there. Otherwise sometimes I'll go to an empty/rarely used parking lot and practice braking by seeing how many parking spots it takes to stop. Watch...

Just brought my bike out of winter storage... hands = frozen. I took it really easy on the roads, still kind of ugly out.

Hmmm, trying to decide if I should pick the bike up from the shop today or not... (winter storage) Half the battle is staying warm, as most of my gear is for hot weather. dammit.

Since the GT-Air isn't Snell certified does that mean it can't be used at a track? I have an RF-1100 and will probably upgrade over the winter... not sure which, RF-1200 or GT-Air.

It's fine, you didn't damage it.

What would you do, chase him? You don't want to dance with idiots in cages.

I hope this is unusual, as I was thinking of ordering a custom suit from them...

don't bring it up if you value your job.

I got the Forcefield Pro Sub 4 (or w/e it's called), love it. If you want a bit cheaper get the L2 Pro linked above.

Try Allstate

wonder what the real otd price is though. they always try to add ****.

Should get more practice first. Could have easily been a vehicle on the other side of the road.

Fjz8 = fz8 ? Weird, forum keeps making all that ^ lowercase...

People seem to be way more courteous when I'm wearing my hi-vis vest. Maybe they think I'm a cop lol.

If you're braking with 5 fingers you should probably put your left hand back on the grip.

Who are you with? Might be location, but this is my first season riding, insured at 28, 2012 Ninja 250R, about $800/yr for everything with State Farm. I'm out in London though.

RIP. Be careful out there.

Learning to drive is about learning how to deal with other vehicles on the road. 95 percent of the stuff you'd learn in driving school applies to motorcycling.

It's more like this: Pros: - fun Cons: - vulnerable I would think it would probably be a little wiser to get some experience driving a car in traffic first, to develop some intuition etc.