My new tires needed to be "scrubbed" in, so I took a little ride yesterday evening and cutting into my first tight blind twisty (almost a 90 degree bend to the right) a ratty assed pickup truck off on the shoulder pulled straight out to the left across my entire lane. With no where to go I quickly and almost simultaneously tapped the horn, (the truck thankfully stopped but it was now blocking the entire right lane and just over the double yellow line), picked my escape route, straighted the bike, scrubbed off enough speed so I would not slam into the guardrail on the otherside of the road and swerved to the left to avoid then back to the right to straighten up the bike and missed the trucks bumper by about 2 feet and the guardrail on the left by about 5 feet. Lucky for me there was no other approaching vehicle, but that is why the pickup pulled out in the first place! The driver apparently checked both directions but did not then face and turn towards the direction they were heading otherwise they would have seen me coming around the bend. (high beams, running lights on, Hi-Viz stich too!)
All this took about 2.5 seconds or even less. So for this I say, you always have to prepare for the best by practicing for the worst.
All this took about 2.5 seconds or even less. So for this I say, you always have to prepare for the best by practicing for the worst.