The_Dog33
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Loc: NE PA USA
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Not before I posted that I just finished it.I still say you wouldn't last a day.Good ol' boys wouldn't care , the gang bangers and city people do
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Dwight
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Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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THOSE would be the "Gumbas", Ian.
(...however, I gots me a feelin' that there probably ARE some "Good Ol' Boys" back there that "might" find their "culture" threatened a mite IF somebody would have the "audacity" to lane-split 'round THEIR locations TOO!...I ain't THAT naive, ya know!)
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ladisney
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Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 3165
Loc: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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When I was in California last fall I worked up to lane splitting but nothing like the guys on those skinny little mid sized sport bikes. The handlebars on the BA are at least twice as far across as theirs.
I took the coast highway from Long Beach to Santa Monica Blvd and went through Beverly Hills on my way back to my buddies house in Alhambra. I got stuck in a traffic jam just East of Rodeo Drive and couldn't get more than a few feet every several minutes for about half an hour. Luckily I had the oil temp gauge to tell me that the hot smell was certainly me. I had to shut off the engine each time I stopped and only started it long enough to move with traffic and then stopped it again. I couldn't lane split because of the narrowness on the street, I couldn't get off the street because there were no cross streets for a space and I couldn't park because all the spots were full. When I finally got off Santa Monica and stated moving again the bike took forever to cool down. I would vote for lane splitting in a second. The drivers in California seemed to be fine with it as well. Here in the Midwest it would take them a little while to get used to the idea.
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Two_Wheel_n
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Reged: 08/02/09
Posts: 1092
Loc: South Coast, MA
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Now what your saying Dwight, is that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks?"
Disclaimer: This does not imply anything toward Dog_33 
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Dwight
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Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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Yep, ya see Larry! It's just like that New Yorker Woody Allen said in "Annie Hall":
"There's only ONE positive thing that California has ever added to the American Culture, and that was being able to make a right turn on a red light!"
(..of course, that scrawny little New York egghead who evidently likes 'em REAL young, never rode a motorcycle as far as I know, so apparently he was unaware of this SECOND "contribution to American Culture" known as Lane-Splitting...though, as I've mentioned before here, apparently America isn't ready for THIS "contribution"!!!)
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The_Dog33
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Loc: NE PA USA
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Only good thing about CA is it may eventually fall into the ocean! 
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Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Soren
Should be Riding
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 12034
Loc: Beaverton, OR
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Here in Oregon, a few pro-motorcycle groups have been trying for several years to legalize lane-splitting. ODOT and Oregon State University did studies on lane splitting (using California and the U.K for their examples) with positive results. Unfortunately, with the "we have to protect you from yourself" mentality and "we must restrict everything that may be positive and give you freedom of choice" attitude of the government, it'll never happen (as much as I wish it would).
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Dwight
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Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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Quote:
Only good thing about CA is it may eventually fall into the ocean!
Spoken like a true "Good Ol' Boy" there, Ian!
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Dwight
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Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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Quote:
Now what your saying Dwight, is that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks?"
Disclaimer: This does not imply anything toward Dog_33
Perfect, Steven!
(...EGG-ZACK-LEE!) 
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tcv
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Reged: 01/13/05
Posts: 1232
Loc: Cape Canaveral, FL
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When I lived in California (1981 through 1983) I split the lane all the time, and I was riding a 1980 Honda Goldwing. It was much safer splitting the lane than staying in the flow of traffic. Several times if I hadn't moved in between the lanes I would have been rear ended. Back then it wasn't people talking or texting, but rather reading the morning paper, a book or putting their makeup on.
Splitting the lane in city traffic was the best. I could get anywhere in half the time, plus I spent 90% of my riding time with no traffic around me. When cars were around me they were all stopped. It's very hard to get hit by a car if it isn't moving.
Almost every European country allows Lane Splitting or as they call it Filtering, and the traffic in most of those countries is much worse than anything you could experience in the Northeastern US.
Tom
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Edited by tcv (08/14/11 03:00 AM)
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