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    Watch your mirrors!!!!!

    Originally Posted by XSBell View Post
    after seeing what happened in Phoenix yesterday you just never know what the idiots around you are going to do...just can't be defensive enough when riding.
    Story and video....

    http://www.azcentral.com/community/n...rash-abrk.html
    Hey, this was in another thread and just thought I'd repost so everyone could see it.

    Make sure when you stop your watching the cars behind you in your mirrors, at least until the one directly behind comes to a stop. If all or some of this group had seen that truck not slowing this could have been avoided....of course it could have been avoided if the truck driver was paying attention like he should have been too.

    In my MSF course they talked about watching your mirrors at stops, and its something that a lot of people forget or never learned. They also talk about leaving yourself an out, don't pull up so far that you can't move around or between the cars in front of you if you see they guy behind not stopping...
    1979 xs1100 Special -
    Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

    Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

    Originally posted by fredintoon
    Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
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    Page not found....
    You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

    '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
    Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
    Drilled airbox
    Tkat fork brace
    Hardly mufflers
    late model carbs
    Newer style fuses
    Oil pressure guage
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    • #3
      crazy, I opened the page with that link 2 minutes ago and now it doesn't work...

      http://www.azcentral.com/community/n...rash-abrk.html
      1979 xs1100 Special -
      Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

      Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

      Originally posted by fredintoon
      Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
      My Bike:
      [link is broken]

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      • #4
        This is a really good tip. Saved my butt once. I'm on the highway, and traffic stops. I stop. The car behind me apparently didn't notice everyone else stopping and was still coming pretty fast. I see this in my mirror and duck off onto the shoulder. The car that had been behind me then rear ends the car that had been in front of me. Had I not been looking in my mirror, I would have still been between the two and would not have had a good day.
        1980 XS 1100 Standard
        1980 XS 1100 Special
        1982 XJ 1100
        1972 Honda CB 350

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        • #5
          Although it may cause wear to your clutch, good idea to stay in gear at stop lights until you have a suitable buffer behind you, so that you can move quickly if need be.
          1980 XS1100LG

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          • #6
            I allways look in my mirrors, and continue checking, even after the car behind has stopped. You never know when the dummy behind you is watching the light for the turn lane, and wants to go when it changes. Having said that, leave plenty of room between you and the vehicle ahead, so you can move quick if needed. I never put the bike in neutral at a stop.
            1980 XS1100LG Midnight
            1991 Honda CBR1000F Hurricane


            "The hand is almost valueless at one end of the arm if there be not a brain at the other"

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            • #7
              I agree

              I saw that story and it horrified me , the driver was oblivious
              91 kwaka kz1000p
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              • #8
                Originally posted by XSBell View Post
                Although it may cause wear to your clutch, good idea to stay in gear at stop lights until you have a suitable buffer behind you, so that you can move quickly if need be.
                A clutch is a lot easier to replace then a life....
                1979 xs1100 Special -
                Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

                Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

                Originally posted by fredintoon
                Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
                My Bike:
                [link is broken]

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                • #9
                  not to mention

                  all the harley farkles
                  91 kwaka kz1000p
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                  ( Insert clever quote here )

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                  • #10
                    Also remember it's "YOU" that needs to get out harms way, and sometimes the best thing to do is jump off the bike and run. A motorcycle can be replaced.

                    Don't ask me how I know...

                    Larry
                    Inventor of the YICS Eliminator. Want one? Get it here.
                    http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...399#post183399

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                    82 XJ1100
                    80 XS1100G (Project bike)
                    64 Yamaha YA-6
                    77 Suzuki TS-185

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by psycoreefer View Post
                      A clutch is a lot easier to replace then a life....
                      Definitely! You should NEVER be in neutral while on the road!! You need that option at a split-second's notice to get in gear and out of the way. Remember that the only thing that is "working" in the clutch when you have it pulled is the springs and the cable.
                      1980 XS850SG - Sold
                      1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
                      Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
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                      • #12
                        Is NO wear on clutch disc having it disengaged and in gear! All of the above stated a good idea, specially leaving in gear at a stop where there's traffic. No matter which direction, helps reaction time moving out of harms way. Have see this prove itself out many a time!
                        Last edited by motoman; 03-26-2010, 12:32 PM. Reason: add info.
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                        • #13
                          That is crazy and terrible. What is even more crazy is that i heard about it from you guys on here, and I LIVE in phoenix. In fact, I have ridden that same route many many times. And my girlfriend's dad is a member of that same club. Luckily he was not there...
                          That must be why my mom called me yesterday, she always gets worried when she hears about a bike wreck...

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                          • #14
                            Yeah I keep lookin even when they are stop as I have had them sneak up - not paying attention & they take the foot off the brake - that's happened a few times & very nervous situtation, I have turned around & glared & hit the horn - that wakes them up. This is b4 it gets too tense that I have to take off. - Dan
                            '81 XS1100 LH - Midnight Special - been lookin' a long time for this one.
                            1179 big bore kit, 80SG motor
                            Rebuilt head, valves
                            TC Bros Forward Controls (Brass Pegs)
                            Tkat Fork Brace
                            T.C. Spade Fuse Box
                            Dyna Coils & wires
                            Mikesxs shocks,controls,& bars (special)
                            ISO grips with stelleto ends
                            4 into 1 black Bassani exhaust
                            Bridgestone Spitfires
                            Tuned by Tinman905
                            & a will to keep it.

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                            • #15
                              That's why

                              Here in Can't-afford-ya we usually pull up between the cars, that way the distracted guy hits two cars, not you. I know some of you, like Texans, don't have that option.
                              You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

                              '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
                              Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
                              Drilled airbox
                              Tkat fork brace
                              Hardly mufflers
                              late model carbs
                              Newer style fuses
                              Oil pressure guage
                              Custom security system
                              Stainless braid brake lines

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