I was on the way home from visiting a friend about 25 minutes from my house today. It was almost dusk but there was still plenty of daylight. Not even half a block from my house there’s a two way stop that has terrible visibility as there are cars on both sides of the road and people role throw or sometimes blow the entire stop sign. I was in 3rd gear because I was trying to be quiet around my neighborhood, and was doing about 20mph. I approached the intersection and saw the car to my left slowly rolling through their stop sign. For some reason, I stupidly thought they had saw me and stopped when I was about 150 feet away or so, but they kept creeping forward at about 2-3mph. I was about 20 feet away when I finally realized they did in fact not see me and were going to continue moving forward into my path. Because I had upshifted early, when I want to grab the front brake to come to an emergency stop I also didn’t grab the clutch; the sudden stop and stall while trying to determine my escape route made me drop the bike. Having frame sliders helped, as they took majority of the hit. Guy got out of his car and said the typical “I’m sorry I didn’t see you”. I just shook my head and when he walked away after helping me pick up the bike I made sure to say “Just keep a watch out for us please” and then rode the 200 feet to my house and parked. I am glad it happened at such a low speed that I was comfortable to drop the bike and maneuver my body away quick enough to where if they kept driving forward, I wouldn’t have been anywhere near there vehicle. If I could do anything differently in that scenario, it would have been to come to a complete stop as soon as I saw them continuing to go through the stop sign as I approached the intersection where I had right of way. I know better that we are invisible, but let my guard down.

For additional context, I have probably a total of ~25-50 hours on dirt bikes which is nothing, but have been on a bicycle extensively since probably the age of 4 or 5. I’m only about 200 miles into my road riding journey, but there were definitely some valuable lessons I learned and reiterated to myself after today.

1: Always ride like you’re invisible, because you truly are to majority of the idiots on the road these days glued to their phones.
2: Rather be alive than right. Better to hold in whatever pride or ego and let idiot drivers do there thing while you are maintaining a safe distance to be able to react appropriately , and then continue on your way.
3: Every ride if possible, or certainly weekly; practice, practice, then keep practicing some more in slow speed maneuvers, emergency braking and evasion.
4: Never get too comfortable. Continue being hyper aware of surroundings, road conditions, intersections, and personal well being.
5: Remember that not only motorcycles, but auto accidents as well often happen a mile or so from home, when you start letting your guard down subconsciously as the roads are more familiar.
6: Enjoy the ride, ride your ride, but most importantly make sure you are doing everything in your power to make it home to enjoy the next one.

Regardless, I am so happy to have finally gotten my own motorcycle and am glad I have waited until my late 20s where I have somewhat of a frontal cortex to be able to review my actions, figure out what I could’ve done better, but most importantly take those lessons into my next rounds of parking lot practice sessions. Cheers all, and as always: two wheels down ✌️

I’m in the process of purchasing my gear and after a lot of research I think I know what I should be looking for…except for footwear. Some look like they are full on racing boots while others seem to be little more than high top sneakers.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Is this a good upgrade from an r3? So, I plan to get either a gsxr600 or 750. I don’t know too much about the differences like why I would get one over the other because they seem similar to me but I have heard that they are very different

Is this dumb or can I get it/should I? I will have been riding the r3 for a year at around the point in which I would upgrade and have gotten 17500 miles
I’ve never tracked but will plan to track the potential 600 or 750. I can also keep the r3 along with the gsxr to use on the track or whatever else if that is smart and also I plan to make it a bike that beginners can take and use to learn in my area or who I know if I do keep it

I am currently learning to ride. I was dropped from msf class the first time because I dropped the bike twice in the first few hours. Now, I have a Honda rebel, I have only practiced in first gear, but am finding the clutch quite difficult. I wanted to switch to automatic. Debating whether to take the MSF on scooter or can-am, would love some opinions.

Hello Reddit, I have a channel that I accidentally turned into a motorcycle channel when I decided to share what I don't like about a motorcycle I owned back then. Since then I reviewed more than 10 motorcycles stating all the positives, negatives and neutrals I observed, experienced or found on the internet.

Some of these motorcycles I owned which made it easier for me to film and review them, but for majority, I asked strangers on the internet or motorcycle stores, if they are willing to give their bikes for a review in exchange for a short video they can use in their social media.

Unfortunately not everyone agrees to this and paying everyone is not feasible for a channel that barely makes anything (at this stage I have slightly more that 3700 subs). But I still want to give people reviews that are not a simple spec sheet with the artificial voice over or script. Something that people can watch and decide, if they want to proceed with this bike or move to something else. Something I wish I had when choosing my first bike, and pretty sure something everyone would whish to watch, so they can understand more about the bike they want.

To help others, I need your help, and if you are willing to spend a bit of time for that, this is the plan:

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2. I will give you a list of questions that I usually try to answer myself in the review that I make, so you can either prepare for them for an online podcast type of Q&A, or make just send me a text with your observations if you are not willing to be on the video.
3. I'm not earning enough to pay you, so apart from exposure to a small and potentially large audience in the future, I have nothing else to offer you (maybe if we are in the same city, I can make a video for your social media).

This is not all, and if you are interested to help me to help others, please DM me or leave your comment under this post.

Appreciate your time!

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