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At what speed are you lane splitting?

Even though it is illegal to lane split in my state, I have always done so at speed below 25 mph when traffic is at near standstill speed. I have lane splitted passed my State Police Cruisers a few times on the busy highway that’s bumper to bumper traffic, never once they’ve turned on their lights and come after me. I’d like to think that’s be cause I lane split at speed well below speed limit and do so in a safe fashion.

At my lane splitting speed, I have never clipped any mirrors. Seems to me that once you clipped someone, you should stop or at least agknowledge the impact with the drive face to face; if not, you just might be giving motorists reasons to hate motorcyclists.

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Preferably covered bridge with roof structure and windows on the sides.

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If you like the bike, go for it, $3000 isn’t too high of a price, considering the mileage and exhust.

Carb. version of the Ninja 250 could be found at well below that price range and just as reliable.

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Durability highly depend on which bike, engine configuration and serive performed by previous owner(s).. usually, thumpers, single cylinder engine would require more frequent cylinder rings replacement than twins, triples or four cylinder engines.

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I spend a 1/2 hour in one of these near my house every few month..

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Actually, this is what I do sometimes in the winter:

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My local BMW riding club has a parking lot gethering in the beginning of the riding season every year. All it takes is a decent size lot with some safety cones. Object is not speed, but smooth.. clutch control and balance is key.. fun to watch old timer BMW riders scraping pegs and side luggage in a parking lot.

There is even a slow race, riders go head to head against each other on a grassy field bowl shape circuit with elevation change, rear tire may slip on the uphill section if you give it too much throttle; too little throttle you have to put your foot down and DQ. Fun event to master your bike…

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I find myself giving the bike more throttle on the grooved pavement sections, if there is no traffic ahead.
Acceleration tend to lift the front end of the bike just enough to cancel out the tendency for the grooved pavement to steer the front tire, more speed also keep the bike more stable in a straight line as suppose to slow the bike way down on grooved pavement.

Lincoln Drive is particularly bad because there has been too many moto related accidents in the past, seems to me PennDOT intentionally grooved that road so motorcyclist would either avoid that road or slow traffic way down to avoid thrillseekers to ride that frequent that road, such a shame.. it was a great road to ride when it was nicely paved couple of years ago, I enjoyed it many times.

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Used 1st Gen SV650 seems to fetch good money for some reason, even more than 2nd gen FI SV650s when considering the age depreciation, mileage doesn’t seem to matter, these little V-twin engines seem to run nicely with high-mileage and proper maintenance.
I still kick myself for selling my 2002 SV650S w/62xx mi. just to make a profit.. I bought it for $2200, sold it for $3750 6 months later. That was a fun bike that could have last me for a long while.. and still make a decent profit later. Oh well, I guess the Gladius would have to do for now.

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When you spin around enough, you will loose track of where you bike is when you get off from it.

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What? no KTM? no BMW test rides?

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When you feel like a hero someday, give these a try:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWaq0zOaAVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp-ZRiVslbM

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Properly tuned carburators would allow the engine to run just as fuel efficient as fuel injected engine, perhalps even more efficient.

The main drawback of caburated engine is when the ambient temperature is cold, or the engine has sat over a period of time without running the carburation requires significant different air/fule mixture when compared to an engine at operating temperature. Therefore a manual choke is required to start a cold caburated engine. Combine that with the poor fuel quality or lean jetted carb from the factory, starting a carbed engine after it has been sitting for a long time (few weeks or months) may be challenging.

Personally, I feel carburated bikes runs just as wsell as fuel injected bikes, they may take up more maintenance if the bike is not ridden very often. But if you keep running the bike every few days, keep the fuel in tank fresh, they can be just as reliable as fuel injected bike.

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