Watch out for school buses

[krustindumm]

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/47308037.html

[Ricky]

yeah i saw that.... did you read the part where it said "He looked down as he was changing gears, and when he looked up, there was a bus" looked down to shift? must have been new to motorcycles

[ZacFields]

Yeah could have been new. The only real reason to look down ever is if you're stopped and you're trying to get it into neutral. Even then, as long as you know what gear you're in you should be able to feel it go into neutral.

[krustindumm]

Yeah, still the bus drivers fault, so the guy must not have been speeding too much.

[Roosterk0031]

Maybe legally, but if he doesn't learn to not run into a bus he won't be riding long.

[Ricky]

Yeah could have been new. The only real reason to look down ever is if you're stopped and you're trying to get it into neutral. Even then, as long as you know what gear you're in you should be able to feel it go into neutral.



or when your chain grabs your jeans..... i looked down for that. Dont really want that to happen to me again... kinda freaky

[Drifte]

worst case scenario your riding without pants...

[ZEE]

Big yellow school buses are kinda hard to see.

[ZacFields]

Yeah could have been new. The only real reason to look down ever is if you're stopped and you're trying to get it into neutral. Even then, as long as you know what gear you're in you should be able to feel it go into neutral.



or when your chain grabs your jeans..... i looked down for that. Dont really want that to happen to me again... kinda freaky

Bikes still have chains on them these days? ;) LOL J/K

I just had a vision of myself on the highway and my pant leg getting caught in my chain and my bike ripping my pants completely off.

That would be hilarious.

[krustindumm]

chains >shaft

(and I have a bike with shaft drive)

[Ricky]

worst case scenario your riding without pants...

haha that would feel nice some days

[s13kid]

Holey shit. That is a friend of mine from highschool that was riding the bike!? What a small world. He's had a bike for a few years now btw.

[sLoWnStEaDy]

I'n trying to figure out who I knew that went to prairie with the last name Sedlacek....


as for the looking down to shift gears thing... Officer probably made that shit up off the top of his head. I remember the VERY first time I was ever on a motorcycle, I didn't have to look down to do anything so I doubt someone who has been riding a couple years would.

[Ricky]

i have looked down a few times checking out my chain and tires. I guess somethimes things happen. I dont like to think about that when i ride