Although it has taken me a little while, I finally realize why most COGgers avoid the slab like the plague...besides flattening tires. But when you’re not retired (I hate you retired guys :nananana: okestick and need to get home, it is sometimes unavoidable.
I got on 75 south below Atlanta yesterday coming home from the SE BTH rally, in hopes that I could make some time. It was the typical highway non-sense…cagers not having a clue about the rules of the road...thinking they own the left lane at 65mph, riding in truckers blind spots for miles, getting on the highway like they’re driving down main street, etc., etc., etc.
I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the times the left and center lanes were congested with idiots waiting to die, but the right lane was literally clear for miles so I would get on the throttle and run the right lane hugging the line/shoulder until I had to get back in, which I did safely without cutting anyone or riding up on anyone.
But it really doesn’t matter, the fact is I became a frustrated rider on a bike that has power to spare and power to get you in trouble if you don’t respect it. Most of you know better than me…frustration and riding is a bad recipe.
What do you do in a situation like that?
Do you ride with the rest of the lemmings and hope you don’t get side-swiped by an inattentive driver, or do you use the skill, experience, power and nimbleness of the bike to get away, even if it means running the right lane? What is safer?
I need to talk to a Zen Master about achieving a better mind-set in the saddle, regardless of conditions.
I got on 75 south below Atlanta yesterday coming home from the SE BTH rally, in hopes that I could make some time. It was the typical highway non-sense…cagers not having a clue about the rules of the road...thinking they own the left lane at 65mph, riding in truckers blind spots for miles, getting on the highway like they’re driving down main street, etc., etc., etc.
I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the times the left and center lanes were congested with idiots waiting to die, but the right lane was literally clear for miles so I would get on the throttle and run the right lane hugging the line/shoulder until I had to get back in, which I did safely without cutting anyone or riding up on anyone.
But it really doesn’t matter, the fact is I became a frustrated rider on a bike that has power to spare and power to get you in trouble if you don’t respect it. Most of you know better than me…frustration and riding is a bad recipe.
What do you do in a situation like that?
Do you ride with the rest of the lemmings and hope you don’t get side-swiped by an inattentive driver, or do you use the skill, experience, power and nimbleness of the bike to get away, even if it means running the right lane? What is safer?
I need to talk to a Zen Master about achieving a better mind-set in the saddle, regardless of conditions.