Motorcycle lane splitting

[Squeeze]

I love lane splitting. It should be legal in all 50 states. The only problem I ever had was I had to drive a car because of the weather and I started to try and split at the intersection from habit. Stopped just in time straddling two lanes. The Pinto was not going to fit between the pickup and the Caddy.

Well, I know this is BS. Nobody has a working Pinto, let alone one that is roadworthy (unless you're referring to a horse).

[OtterbatHellcat]

Not true...there is a guy with an early 70's pinto, lime green and in basically mint condition...that frequents Monaco Bvld going northbound early morning on school days.

I didn't believe it myself until I saw it the second time...and subsequent others.

[Squeeze]

Not true...there is a guy with an early 70's pinto, lime green and in basically mint condition...that frequents Monaco Bvld going northbound early morning on school days.

I didn't believe it myself until I saw it the second time...and subsequent others.

LOL! That is hilarious! I would've had to do a "double take" had I seen it. Guess the classics never die, even the old bathtub on wheels.

[buffalobo]

Not true...there is a guy with an early 70's pinto, lime green and in basically mint condition...that frequents Monaco Bvld going northbound early morning on school days.

I didn't believe it myself until I saw it the second time...and subsequent others.

I too have seen it on Monaco early morning. Thought maybe I had eaten some bad fish the night before and was just hallucinating from fever.

[Great-Kazoo]

Not true...there is a guy with an early 70's pinto, lime green and in basically mint condition...that frequents Monaco Bvld going northbound early morning on school days.

I didn't believe it myself until I saw it the second time...and subsequent others.

Was he rolling on Firestone 721's

[hollohas]

While we're on the topic of motorcycles, let me ask you folks another question. Why do so many bikers ride the center line? I drove Hwy 126 to Decker's and 67 to Woodland Park Yesterday. And 2/3 of the bikers I passed going to other way damn near rode on top of the yellow center line (and some literally did). Is it their way of playing some twisted game of king of the mountain? When I ride, if you were to split a lane into 3rds, I ride in the right most 3rd (on two lane roads). I don't want to risk an incoming car drifting into my lane, even a tiny bit, and hitting me. Especially on curvy mountain roads when drivers are busy looking at the sights.

So what gives? Why do so many ride the yellow center line? I've heard other riders tell me they don't ride in the center of a lane because "that's where the oil is and is slicker" but that's horse shit IMO. Even if that's true, why not the outside of the lane? My goal when riding is to keep as much space between me and other traffic as possible. The outside of the lane is for me.

[Doc45]

Got stuck on 285 on Saturday a couple miles past Conifer. Dead stop, guy in the car next to me said he’d been there for almost 25 minutes. If ever there would’ve been a time to split that was it. Nah, turned around instead, took Turkey Creek, went through Evergreen, still had a good ride. Wanted to go to Guanella Pass, haven’t been since it’s been paved-maybe today.

[hollohas]

Got stuck on 285 on Saturday a couple miles past Conifer. Dead stop, guy in the car next to me said he’d been there for almost 25 minutes.

I got stuck in the tail end of that too. I think there was an accident near the Kum and Go just after it goes down to one lane. Lots of accidents right there.

[Gman]

Was he rolling on Firestone 721's

That pulled up a commercial from memory. Didn't know that was even in there.



I drove a '72 Pinto Squire wagon in high school. Was great for camping in the Cascades. Seized the engine going through Raton pass during a cross-country family move back in the early '80s.

[TheGrey]

As a driver of a vehicle, I know I am mildly horrified when I see a motorcycle driver "threading the needle." I don't trust any other driver on the road, much less some asshat that may decide to throw open his door so he can spit or dump leftover coffee or what have you at a red light. When motorcyclists "spit the lane" in moving traffic, I just grit my teeth and hope for their safety, because you never know when some idiot is going to drift into another lane becaus they're distracted or using a turn signal simply doesn't occur to them.

Sure, you can say that it's on the motorcycle driver because they chose to take that risk...but there's more than one driver involved. I know I would be inconsolable if I were changing lanes and squashed a motorcycle driver who happened to be zipping between cars.