1. Give way to delivery riders (pizza, foodpanda delivereat etc) these guys are riding for a living to a schedule and they don't wanna be stuck behind the numpty who thought taking his versys/GS with panniers as wide as a car in rush hour traffic would be a good idea.

2. Give way to anything going faster than you, whether its a 50cc kapchai, vespa or whatever. You don't know why they are going fast (might be a personal emergency) so don't let your ego force yourself to stay in their way (because small bike cannot potong big bike everrrrr!!1!11) or try to keep up with them. Let them go and ride your own ride.

3. Don't overtake other riders unless its safe (straight road which you can see quite far ahead) and they wave you by. Applies to both group and solo riding. Never overtake other riders on blind corners.

4. If you have to use your horn, do multiple quick beeps (like a machine gun firing) rather than one long beep; IMO from experience this works better at getting drivers' attention.

5. If you see a car enter your lane from a junction up ahead, watch out for 'copycat' drivers who will try to follow them into your lane even though its no longer safe (because you've traveled much closer during the time). Don't assume that the car which just entered your lane is the only one.

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-second_rule

7. https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/pace
https://www.cycleworld.com/2013/09/16/becom...d-riding-skills

8. When riding above the posted speed limit in an area; assume that all other road users in the area are assuming that no one else is traveling faster than said speed limit. If you're going 100km/h in a 60km/h zone, assume that everyone else is only expecting people to be travelling at 60km/h, resulting in different expectations of margin of error which you need to be prepared for.

9. Ride like everyone is trying to kill you.

I do wonder how many of these riders actually own their bikes, as opposed to having them on some insane loan with no hope of repayment.

Another issue with t-shirt and jeans on sportbikes is that the wind tends to lift up the back of the shirt at speed...been exposed to way too many buttcracks this way

Yeah this is a really good point, about taking responsibility for yourself rather than putting it in the hands of other road users.

I used to use the horn quite often until I read a post on reddit which explained that using the horn takes valuable time/brainpower away from braking. I think the comparison was something like this:

Use horn but no brakes >> no guarantee that car will stop >> car doesn't stop >> you crash into car while horning.

Use brakes but no horn >> no guarantee that car will stop >> car doesn't stop >> shit your pants from the shock but manage to stop before hitting car because you started braking earlier.

Now I focus more on planning ahead and slowing down in advance. It's less stressful, fewer nasty surprises and feels smoother. No difference in overall travel time either. Still save the horn for the more competence-challenged road users when its safe to do so though.


More patches = more ablative material between you and the road if end up crashing and sliding...

This post has been edited by deadwolf: Sep 19 2018, 11:00 AM

Personally I prefer to ride to work in bike gear and change at office.

Imagine all that shifting while wearing your best smart shoes...

@Cyphereza has a nice compromise - wear bike shoes/boots while riding and switch to smart shoes at the office.