Most accidents can be avoided

[jomei]

AlphaFire X5:

I have been looking at one of these.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2009002/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2009002/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=air%20horn

Pantablo:

Yea.. cacao coffee sucks, the decor sucks, the dirt on the floor sucks, and the people (except pete) generally suck.... but they have caffeen and internet until 3am. Plus, every once in a while there are hot chicks there. so....

[roguegeek]

The one big thing I remember taking back from MSF was not to ever call an accident an "accident". It's a crash and if it ever happens, it's never on accident because there's no such thing as a crash that can't be avoided by a motorcyclist.

The very title of this post pains me.

[dbNnc]

This morning I was slowing to make a left turn in the left-turn lane from one parking lot street onto another. A car approaching from my right and turning left onto the street I was on decided to cut the corner and nearly ran into me. She ended up making her left turn through the right-turn lane beside me.

Notice I said "she."  :lol:

[jomei]

I would classify getting smashed by a helicopter, or getting hit by a car in the same way.  Both accidents. If it is your accident, or the accident of another that caused the plight. Yea.. I can not get on the bike... this would keep me from getting into a crash..

I then avoided anything that might happen.

This is just my two cents though. You can take them, or leave them in the "give a penny, take a penny" tray.

[Badger]

I was getting on a highway exit ramp last night that normally backs up during the commute.  I was stopped behind everybody else...the traffic on the road is usually pretty good about letting people in.  It's a one lane ramp.  Nonetheless, some woman pulls up alongside me on the right and moves to cut me off.  She's in her car staring straight ahead, working hard to ignore me, so I honk my wee horn so I can politely ask her to get the f**k out of my lane (we're all still stopped).  No acknowlegement.  I pondered knocking on the window (she had eased her way left so that she was squeezing me out of the lane and was now within knocking distance), then I considered kicking a keepsake dent in the door.  I resisted, in favor of accepting fate, not wanting to make a bad situation worse, and practiced zen breathing while I conceded my space.

The worst part was that when she finally got to the end of the ramp, she turned left (the ramp only empties to the right), and cut me off as well as two other cars that were nice enough to give her some space.  Not once did she look over at me or acknowlege my presence.  Made me reconsider my decision not to thank her with a little auto body damage.  Also made me reconsider my decision to wait in line...I probably should have split to the front of all the traffic, but I was trying to be considerate and law-abiding.

That'll teach me.

[pantablo]

Yea.. cacao coffee sucks.... but they have caffeen and internet until 3am. Plus, every once in a while there are hot chicks there. so....

desparate times demand desparate measures.

[Alphamazing]

Yeah, an air horn would be nice, but those are just so damn ugly! Bright red plastic trumpet shapes? Puh-lease. Plus, air horns require mounting a compressor and wiring tubes. I don't think the GS has enough room.

[RVertigo]

They make thins cool thing called vinyl dye...  Make 'em any color you want.  

[Alphamazing]

Yeah, but where could you mount them without ruining the lines? If you mount them along the sides of the frame they'll stick out a considerable amount. They could be easily hidden under the front fairing on the F model, but with the E it's a lot harder.

[RVertigo]

I'm sure you could find a place for them...  They're 134db...  You could put them under the seat and they'd still be loud.

[Alphamazing]

134dB under my ass. Holy crap that would be hilarious.