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How many mirrors have you hit?

How many mirrors have you hit while lane splitting?

  • None

    Votes: 58 34.9%
  • 1 or 2

    Votes: 64 38.6%
  • 3 - 10

    Votes: 29 17.5%
  • Lost count

    Votes: 15 9.0%

  • Total voters
    166
2legs2wheels said:
1024 times...

i'm calling you 'megabyte' from now on. :p

anyways, 4 times for me, though i've never caused any damage.

-1st was on my yamaha zuma scooter when i was a n00b.

-2nd and 3rd were on my 700 nighthawk, due to the aftermarket handlebar extension mirrors (hate those things!).

-and 4th was on the 1100xx the day after i bought it... wasn't used to the dimensions yet. :blush no damage though, just a slight tap each time. also, every time was coming up to a stop light, never in moving traffic.
 
Veefer said:
I haven't hit any, but someone has hit mine (cage) intentionally...


......did ya learn to stay in yer own lane? Cause I could do it again!!!:teeth
 
I get tics now and then, not enough to move the mirror, I only whacked one pretty good.....things get tight in the tunnel. I make sure to cut it close to the dorks that just gotta ride the line, or "wander" over at an inoportune time
 
Hit .....None......... Kicked ....1..... F@$k that A$$hat in his benz who just cut me off shrugging his shoulders like I don't know....Well now you know F@#Ktard...
 
orange_dog said:
I'm doing some research about lane splitting. Someone posted this same poll on a smaller forum I use, so I thought I'd ask everyone here the same question.

Who are you?
 
Re: Re: How many mirrors have you hit?

Wrong Way said:
Who are you?

The name's Ray. I recently created www.startriding.com, a site for motorcycle noobs. The site's still a work in progress but lane splitting/sharing was a hot topic so I posted an article about it. I'm still gathering data/info to amend to the article from time to time.
 
What the heck is lane splitting? I lane SHARE alot.
You guys who have lost count are scaring me. I drive cars, too.
 
Ive lost count. I havent hit any in the last month or so, but I have clipped more than my fair share. The fronts of both of my mirrors have many a tap-mark from cage mirrors.


Of course, I basically lanesplit for a living.


I've never tapped anyone so hard that it moved their mirrors or did any damage.
 
Twice in first 1.5yrs. First time I was a total newbie and was too unskilled to pull over and fess up - dumb. Felt bad.

2nd time in Santa Monica. Pulled over, guy pulled over ready to tear me a new one. I profusely apologized, we checked for damage(none) and both of us moved on. He apologized for blowing up at me.

I take full blame - have not done in in the last 2yrs. Just stop if I can't get through.
 
I've lost count. The Duke's mirrors line up with truck/suv height, and I usually wag the bars to sneak through if I can't straightline the gap. Every now and then there's a millimeter error and a tap. Big deal.

Bonus points for making the gap by braking and getting fork dive.

Extra bunus points for gassing it up and over the mirrors. :shhh
 
I've never hit a mirror before, but i hit the back of a semi w/ one of my bar end mirrors about a month ago... could of very easily been my hand...
 
3 times.

All three were light brushes, no damage to either mirrors.

atek3
 
orange_dog said:
I'm doing some research about lane splitting. Someone posted this same poll on a smaller forum I use, so I thought I'd ask everyone here the same question.

How will the research data be used? Where will they be published, if at all?
 
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If I do hit a mirror...

I hit it on purpose wit my carbon knuckles.
 
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