7 Things Only Bikers Understand Part 4
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2024
- Motorcyclists have some distinct advantages and disadvantages on the road but there's no doubt that bikers understand things that car drivers can't get unless they have ever ridden. That's what we'll talk about today as I give you more things that only bikers will understand.
#harleydavidson #motorcycle #motorcycles
I bought my first bike after my wife passed away and it helped my depression and anxiety a lot.
Sorry for your loss Bro.
Riding is glorious, glad you found a release❤
You have my sincerest condolences and I'm glad you found a healthy way to cope.
Condolences to you in the passing of your wife. I've also learned how helpful and therapeutic motorcycle riding is. Continue to ride safely and enjoy. By the way, what motorcycle do you ride?
I read one dude say, “In a car, you drive through the scenery. On a bike you ride IN the scenery, a part of it”
I agree
It’s as close to flying as I can get because even in a plane we’re totally enclosed
Have you considered an ultralight aircraft? They make some very open models.
Our 18 year old two years ago came down with an illness. We have been told we’ll be his caretaker’s for the rest of our lives. Ever since then, the bike has been my only real escape. The stress and anxiety just melts away. There is no medication or meditation that matches the stress relief of riding. If anyone is reading this and has a lot of stress and or anxiety. I highly recommend learning to ride.
drove truck for 30 years, i would always think they should make cagers have to know how to drive a semi rig. riding a makes you a small object to pick up seeing. only plus is that a bike is a very maneuverable ride. unless you know what to do and when to it, it doesn't help much. I've been riding since the 70s. im 72 have never laid any of the bikes down or crashed. i owe it being a semi driver. 80,000 lbs takes a lot of concentration.
Same here driver.
One nice thing about both trucking and riding is that it helps you with situational awareness in many extra aspects than your average driver.
Trucking helps you notice pretty much everything from a good vantage point and you focus more on road signage than the average person might.
Riding helps you keep your head on a swivel and be aware of, well also EVERYTHING around you haha.
But I always felt that being both a biker and a semi driver has very much helped me to be an all around more aware driver on the road.
And after years of trucking, you get to the point where you pretty much know what drivers around you are gonna do with fairly decent accuracy (never 100% though because people are crazy 😝)
All that combined has made me a safer driver. With only one drop on my first bike when I was about 18-19.
Never any vehicle accidents or other bike accidents (knock on wood)
But I’ve often felt the same as you, I wish all drivers had to take a CDL course or at least have it somewhere in the process of getting your license how trucks and motorcycles work and how to properly drive around those vehicles.
Some people are just absolutely lacking in the general understanding of how physics works in heavy vehicles, I have literally heard someone tell me once “Well you have way more wheels than my car so you should be able to stop a lot faster!”
Scary stuff…
Drive and ride safe! 👍
@@NorthwestHeavyI couldn’t agree more, driving otr definitely has helped me anticipate what four wheelers are going to do before they do it. ✌️
@@MeanGreenJK At this point I sometimes make it a game.
“This guys gonna merge without a signal in 3…2…1…”
You go a little stir crazy on the road sometimes and this is what we do 😂
Hours upon hours of monotony, followed by moments of sheer panic = Lomg haul ❤🤨👍
I don’t drive a semi but I have driven a 23,000 lb service truck for the last 20 years. It makes you drive differently
18:03 I think people that started out on dirt bikes are better on the street when they get their first cruiser.
or when they get their first ANY street bike (I started on dirt bikes and now ride a cafe racer 35 years later)
I raced MX and MXGP and traded in for a Road Glide ST
Great series, Hegshot. One more for the list. Was rear-ended with a passenger on 4 July '22 on A1A here in Florida. Totaled the bike (I rebuilt it; still have it) and both my passenger and myself were lucky that it didn't total us. Since then, I've developed a new habit (several, actually, but one in particular), which is that when I come to a stop at a light, I will cheat way off to one side of the lane or the other or, if there are cars stacked up in front of me, I'll sit right on the lane boundary (so as to have a straight shot between the cars in front of me). I've escaped two woulda-been rear-endings since that wreck. Seems like half or maybe a little less of people get what I'm doing. Most of the rest seem not to get it, but are happy to give me a wide berth. There is a small percentage - maybe 1 in 10 - who don't get it, and think "well he's not in the way so I'm gonna pull right up next to him". I'll admit my feathers get pretty ruffled when this happens, and my responses to that so far have probably been less polite than they could have been. But, even with that irritation, the additional safety is well worth it.
First issue you listed has a fix/hack. I put strong magnets on the bottom frame, near the front. The magnetic field ,at the traffic light ,makes the sensor think the motorcycle is a car. I’ve been using this for twenty plus years, and never had to run a red light. Give it a try. Cheap fix.
Right, rated 65 lb pulling force is plenty, and a set of 10-12 are like $15 or less.
@@2K_Unlimited Yep. I wouldn't suggest it, but I got mine from a broken microwave. Two magnets in there. One for each side.
I'm in the mountains of Western Maryland. Where do you ride?
Another trick for the lights with the magnetic sensors is stopping right on top of one of the lines for it. It's not foolproof for smaller bikes but it works most times.
Totally agree, especially with your last point. I am constantly looking as far ahead as I can, not only with what’s going on in or on the road but, who’s doing what on the shoulders. One thing I see too frequently is if a cop has pulled someone over or is rendering assistance, people are slow to give that cop space to work
Yep, looking three cars ahead has allowed me to avoid issues while in traffic.
Parking. Is it sloped? Which way? What’s the surface like? Is my stand going to sink in?
Is it going to rain along my route? Where should I stop to gear-up?
Wearing earplugs. “Whaaaat? Sorry, I got earplugs in.”
I’m sure there’s plenty more.
I love the biker wave.
I have no idea how it started or Why but, pretty cool
In Florida the law says after two cycles of the light not registering, it is considered defective and is treated as a stop sign.
Same in Illinois.
The key to being a good rider and a Not so good biker is being Patient.
I started riding motorcycles back in the early 1960's when they were no helmet laws.
The one big difference between yesteryear compared to today's time, is there's literally millions of drivers on the road than ever before.
I had a friend who told me about when he first started driving a car in the 1940's, he got pulled over by the Local Police for swerving while driving, the Cop figured he was drunk. It turned out he was changing Radio channels. The policemen said distracted driving is illegal.
3 years ago I was waiting for the Traffic lights to change for a left hand Turn when another driver was turning left off the main Highway on the Cellphone almost run me over.
One trick for getting the traffic lights to change while riding is buy a magnet and hang it underneath the engine, so it will help change the lights faster.
Been riding motorcycles for 63 years come June of 2024. Started when I was 6 years old. The first 30 years of riding motorcycles, (riding off road motorcycles) I learned how to crash and not get hurt, that didn't work out too good, lessen learned. The next 30+ years I've been learning how not to crash, I've had better resolute.
The Art of being a good cycle rider is simply, paying attention, and plenty of Patience.
Having some Comman sense goes along way to. Last but by far not the least Command Curiosity. When I was growing up, (not old enough to drive) when riding with my Dad down town and someone stopped in front of him, he'd stop to, the vehicle in front was doing a parallel parking maneuver, if you are Tailgating this is not going to go well, especially if another vehicle is behind you. Always keep a good distance while fallowing is the best thing to do. Even in in all vehicles of any kind.
Ride Safely Today and You'll be Riding another day Tomorrow.
I would spend $20k on a bike and not even think twice. I’ve been driving a car for 6 years that I paid $2800 for.
2:00 1977 I took my 75 KZ-400 from Seattle to DC, down to Miami and back to San Diego in 57 days. Since 2015 its a Road King, much better ride.
I picked up a 2005 Honda VTX 1800 last summer with 9,000 miles for $4200.
New exhaust
Full LED light upgrades
Front and rear suspension
Saddlebags and rear bags
Phone mount
Stainless bolt kit
Smog delete
Etc
Still only in it for about $6,500 but I'm sure that'll go up.
Great find. Great bike.
Regarding traffic light sensors, they are not pressure sensors. Weight is irrelevant. They are effectively metal detectors which presents two problems for motorcycles. 1) not much metal to detect from underneath the bike. 2) the detection field may not be tall enough to pick up the bike. At a traffic light, you will often see a box cut into the road with a cut running through the center. Try to position your bike over that center cut. It may improve your chances of being detected.
Thank You Brother... You Speak Helpful Truth Bro...
I just got stuck yesterday at a light that would not change, on a rainy day. Been riding for 55 yrs. These traffic lights can be adjusted for motorcycles. In California, you can proceed thru a red light if the light will not change and you wait a reasonable time ,and yield to all traffic . Retracting your side stand on sensor wires [if your stand is steel] works sometimes .
I will always move over to the line at a turn light so I can move if a car don’t stop or I will run the light if I’m there too long I always park my bike in between pols where cars can’t hit it
I’ve had abs one two bikes so far, and so far. I’m not a fan. I gave it a fair shot. I had an 18 Honda Africa twin. A deer jumped out in front of me. That abs did nothing. The back tire locked up. Also, unrelated to abs. The tip sensor on that bike. During spirited riding in the canyons. The engine would sputter out if I leaned into a corner too low. The lesson I took from that bike is I don’t want any of these wizzbang “features “ my 04 Road King has a speedometer, and a gas gauge. That’s all I want, and or need.
I just dropped about 2k on suspension. I totally understand bike mods adding up. I’ve got two bikes, one with ABS and the other without. ABS on a bike is amazing. The trick is to be good enough not to need it. But it has saved my ass once. The worst is always having gloves on then needing your keys. I don’t ride as much as I used, being a disabled vet is rougher on some of us. But man do I love it. One of my favorites is the spring rides when you can smell the world around you coming back to life from a long winter. When it comes to charity, my favorite is hitting up a lemonade stand on the side of the ran by a couple kids. I usually give them whatever I have in my wallet. The guys I ride with usually do about the same. It really means the world to these kids. A Biker should be the last thing a kid should ever fear, but they don’t know how much a Biker will help them. You mention riding motorcycles makes a better driver, that’s why I want my daughter to ride. I don’t want her on the back seat unless she wants to be. I really like that HUD on the new bikes. I want in on my Vrod. 🍻
Wind therapy, don't look at the scenery become part of the scenery. Been riding for over 56 yrs, still riding the wind keeps me young
I have a few more years than you. Glad to hear your still riding! In 69 from Alaska.
Great video 💯💯💯💯
#1 - In MN it is legal for motorcycles to go through red left turn lights if these conditions are met
The motorcycle, bicycle or moped has come to a complete stop.
The traffic-control signal remains red for an unreasonable time.
The traffic-control signal is apparently malfunctioning or, if programmed to change to a green light only after detecting the approach of a motor vehicle, the signal has apparently failed to detect the motorcycle, bicycle or moped.
No vehicle or person is approaching the roadway to be crossed or entered.
Approaching vehicles or persons are so distant that they do not constitute an immediate hazard.
My ‘07 CVO doesn’t have ABS. I’ve managed to navigate several very close calls, when traffic came to a screeching halt.
ABS would be nice, but having the skill to stop your bike as quickly as possible at any speed is crucial!
I’ve considered upgrading to a newer bike, but this one is built and tuned to my riding style and needs. I simply don’t want to go through that again.
I owned a bike before a car. The result is my “driving” habits were built on 2 wheels. Till this day I can’t take my eyes off the road/direction I want to go when driving my truck. If I like left/right that’s where the truck goes.
Makes rubber necking impossible lol, overall a good habit to have regardless of your vehicle of choice.
All well said! I am a bit disappointed to learn I can’t nap while riding. I guess I’ll quit that.
Great video. Yes, that's exactly why I ride it relieves anxiety. Can you tell me what helmet that is you are wearing ?
@@Diesel6Power
Thanks
Thanks man......its a Ruroc Atlas 3.0
Yeah, when I’m at a red, that’s exactly what I do, pull forward.
There’s a law call “dead red”. If a biker sits at a red for more than two cycles, many states allow you to run the red if safe to do so
I wish my 99 Harley had ABS but sadly that didn't exist back then. But I'm getting use to how touchy the breaks are and haven't had but two issues with the back tire locking up on me.
Been riding for 40 years. I love it when people say "How can you spend $30k for a motorcycle?" do which I say, "How can people spend $100,000 for a Tesla electric golf cart?" That usually shuts them up, even if they don't own a Tesla.
in the eu ABS is mandatory for every new bike since 2013. the US is very late on that point
Just my opinion...
I think that when learning to drive, potential drivers should have to take an MSF course (in U.S) or CBT here in the UK.
I thought I was quite aware of what was going on around me as a car driver... until I started riding. I'll openly admit... I didn't have a clue.
A real driver isn't just driving their car. They watch everywhere and drive for everyone around them. We see motorcycles. I even give the salute when I pass motorcycles when I'm driving a car. That's the way I've driven for the last 30+ years.
People these days aren't taught to drive. They don't have to. There are so many things like abs, cruise control, detection systems that light up your side mirrors when something's there... Self driving cars! Technology has bred lazy drivers.
The “itch” reminded me another one. For those with long hair…. That ONE hair that somehow stays right in the middle of your face after you put on your full face helmet and all your friends are ready to go. It gives you all kinds of itches and even tickles y your eyes. Boy … only God knows how much I hated that
I’ve taken to braid my hair and using a do-rag because of that damned hair. Yeah I might look like a bearded Pocahontas from the hood but man, that hair drives a sane man mad.
In Tennessee it's legal to run the light if it doesn't change for you.
"the itch" also happens the second you get your hands covered in oil while working on something.
I am a long time rider and I don’t get spending 30 or 40K. My too bikes in total are under 12K. I can ride hundreds and hundreds of miles many times over on the money I didn’t blow on a bike
People see me reaching down and wonder. Well I'm not rubbing one out. I'm warming my hands on the motor. Been averaging 20 degrees for lows here. And keeping my mitts warm is paramount.
I've always preferred to ride completely alone. My pace, my music, my stops. I can get into conversations with people and have a good time, but when I ride, I'm concentrating and listening to MY music and dont want company. An MP3 player with over 5000 songs from my personal collection is my idea of companionship. After over 50 years of mini bikes, motocross, cruisers, and now my first bagger, stupid drivers have always been there. Now, with cell phones, texting, selfish, and the "entilted," it's worse than ever before. It is now and will always come down to looking out for yourself.
Don't ride center of your lane. Those that just use mirrors can see that as a space they fit. You sit taller let your lights those that might want your lane see that you are there.
My lights all bright leds. Most street signs glow back at me on the brightest of days.
Safe riding to all.
I can say maybe once or twice someone didn’t stop and ask if I was good. It would catch me off guard there for a while.
Ive had one knee replaced and the other is ready now. I dont have a problem with one foot down. I do use tge hand break at stops. Its not comfortable with foot on brake and you do get more stability with both feet down.
I put strong magnets 🧲 on the bottom of my machines and that will make the light change nearly every time first cycle through the lights .
So when pull up to light try to be over the seams for the sensor especially if there is one in the center
I often ride with no hands and change lanes with no hands just can't do it for too long because I don't have a proper cruise control on the sporty😂
You should do a video over the hand signals bikers use
Thanks man , I will put that on my list
I'll never understand the obsession with louder pipes. Extra extra loud exhaust pipes especially like on a lot of Harley Davidson bikes, in fact do NOT save lives! Why? Because all that extra noise is directed BACKWARDS. Plus a horn is designed specifically to be HEARD in all directions! All you're doing with those loud-ass pipes is ruining everyones hearing.
Me personally, if the sensor doesn't recognize that I'm there at the red light for an extended period of time, I'll flash my brights a few times and it seems to work pretty well.
I generally hate Illinois, but one of the good things about this state is that we have a state-wide "dead red" law. If you stop at a red, and it doesn't change within a reasonable amount of time, such that it's clear it doesn't sense you, you can move through after yielding to traffic. Basically, treating it like a right turn on red
I always say 93 octane is cheaper than therapy. After 13 years Active Army and 3 deployments to Iraq, Summertime riding is my relief.
OH DAMN!
I’ve opened my visor on the freeway to get that itch😂
Even if it meant stuffing the glove in there.
Or moving the helmet like I’m trying to pull my head off😂
Therapy is EXPENSIVE BUT WIND IS CHEAP!! RIDE ON
In Kentucky if you have to sit through two light changes and your light still doesn't change you can cautiously go.
Lights at side streets have no visible cycle or changes with the main road constantly green until someone finally trips the sensor.
In PA we can go if we "have reason to believe the device is malfunctioning"
The magnet is SO much better -then it's no longer malfunctioning.
Yes I've run red lights so I can go. I'm the only person on a corner and light won't change!
used to be transportation as well as a sport now paying seems to be the sport i saw a handlebar option that cost more than my new 750 honda in 73 sport yea for rubbies ultra suede not flat black the thought of spending 34k plus intrest for 8-10 yrs is absurd for a sport
Some states actually have red light laws I live in Myrtle Beach sc and we have one you just got to look in to them and make sure you do what it says
Always watching for deer, amazing how many the ladson, N. Chas area have. On the bike I always watch for the 3 Ds. Dogs, Deer and dumbasses.
30 or 40 thousand dollars??? Nope. Concours 14 or FJR - superb sport touring bikes, both under $20,000.
Often misunderstood is my propensity for leaving appropriate distance from the vehicle in front of me. People don't understand that and think it is for them if evidence is to be believed.
I think blipping the throttle is misunderstood. I always feel more confident if I blip the throttle a time or two before I pull out.. It;s not the sound.. It's just a real hate for stalling out the motor pulling out.
I've had so many times where I was at a red light and I signaled to the car behind me to pull up so it can trigger the sensor, rare when they listen so I stopped doing it for my own sanity.
Turning off your bike and restarting will often trip the sensor. The sensors are not weight related, they are circuits .
I'm trying that out on my next ride, thanks for the heads up.@@carlbruhn1772
Once had the passenger jump off and hit the crosswalk button. But Washington has passed the three cycle rule, you wait through three cycles and then can safely proceed through the light on the fourth cycle. Tricky law though, If ticketed, you have to prove the sensor was broken to get the pass. Haven't been ticketed yet.
Pull up into the crosswalk
Nice back drop 😎🫶🥃🥃🥃
Hello from Indiana.
Lol, My buddy and I bought our bikes new at about the same time. We've both done upgrades but he's definitely done a lot more. I haven't kept track of the cost of mine, but he told me he's got roughly another 30k just in mods and upgrades!😂
I didn’t spend 30 or 40K USD on my bike. I bought a 1994 Evolution powered ElectraGlide Classic. I didn’t want all those bells and whistles like on the new CVO bikes.
Modern day Moto culture/community is really f'n special, fo sho!! Ride what ya brung Brother's and Sister's, you are welcomed and loved.
ABS on Harley-Davidsons are awesome until you have to take it in ro Harley-Davidson to get them bread out.
Yup!!
Also brother... I only ride the Harley for the quality and ride. The image .. doesn't mean anything to me. Just a superior motorcycle and I've have 32 cycles in my history... Nothing like a bagger...
Been riding over 50 years, Never owned a cage until I got married at 31. I'd rather spend 30k on a bike than 80k on a cage
If you have a ten cent head, get a ten cent helmet.
Indiana, you can take a red after 2 minutes
I got my harley for 5k... and put 30k aftermarket work in over the course of 4yrs 😂😂😂
Make sure if you’re bike is not working on the side of the road please put your helmet on road beside the bike this shows other bikers you’re having trouble hopefully they will stop and help you 🎉
i agree. ma says motorcycles are dangerous i says a lot of things are dangerous all anyone can do is be careful that's life.
Wind therapy is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
Was this your first "Press Event"? What was it like hanging with the other big dogs?
it was my first and it was cool to hang out with the others
@HegshotRides
It was good to see you in that crew. I've been subscribed to your channel for a while, and you deserve it.
Be safe, brother.
A good part of the civilized world has mandatory ABS, at least on the front.
2013 Victory XCT! I will Never sell this bike!❤🤨👍
after 120seconds u can proceed if the light won’t change.
I hate doing that tho. Not trying to see the police
Holy crap it doesn’t sound like you’ve been riding very long.
I tell my non biker friends that being a biker made me a better car driver by far
My channel is just me having fun going to rallies and events
Comfortable? $25k for a street glide and they got 2" a rear suspension travel...
On another note..., humans are hunter-gatherers so they are supposed to go outside once in awhile not spend all their time in boxes. I think thats why riding feels so good.
2024 has 3"
🤠✌️
Watch 'em advertise that as 50% better ride...
It's legal to run the red light where I am.
Detroit or Gary?
@@marcuscreed3903 NC
If you look for motorcycles you will see a car
I get the same freedom with just $8k and not have a shitty Harley 😂
There should be some smart abs if the rider stomps on the rear brake it engages the front brake to save all the dumdums who don't know how to emergency brake
Yep. Most bikes today have linked brakes and it takes care of that.
@@bradrick72 - sorry, but no. Most bikes do not have linked brakes.
The VFR has linked brakes, and I like it. I don't have ABS, and I like that too.
I have ABS on both brakes, but also rely on strong regenerative braking.
If I have a motorcycle budget of $40,000 I'm going to have about six motorcycles not one that's why I don't own a Harley overpriced and overrated!!!
Nobody cares what you think.