Quote Originally Posted by KestrelBike View Post
I've wanted to "complain" about this for a long time, finally a suitable thread to derail into:

How do motorcyclists here stand not being able to split lanes? (when safe, of course) As being another state's native, and having ridden bikes there for 3+ years (until I sold my bike to save up some $$$), it just boggles my mind that I have never seen a single person split a lane. I know it's illegal, but still.

Everyone magically obeys the law not to split lanes here! Harleys, Standards, Squids (ie the t-shirt/shorts/sandals/sunglasses guy on the hayabusa), I have not seen one of them go between cars.

I've thought about getting a bike here, but I don't have a garage (and having had a bike stolen before, it's a real kick in the ass to come find your bike gone) and I just can't imagine sitting in bumber-to-bumper traffic while the bike overheats and there's nothing you can do about it. At least where I come from, you could legally, slowly, prudently coast between lanes of cars and get to where you needed to go. Without that, there's almost zero traffic motivation to own a bike. (and much of the denver highways being 55mph don't help, either).
Come to the springs and watch all the stupid joes and their new crotch rockets. They'll split a few.