Today for the first time I got on the highway to get to Toys
R Us on my bike. Initially I thought of riding on the streets but 9 minutes vs.
17 minutes, kinda hard not to jump on the highway.
It not like I haven’t been going over 60mph, but on the
highway you have road hazard and faster car, SUV and trucks. While it was a
little overwhelming at first, but especially on my way back I was more relaxed.
Number One, truckers tends to be more cautious and generous
to bikers than the average Joes. I suspect part of the reason being, a lot of
truckers themselves are riders. During the move every single trucker, loader I
met are riders. Thinking about it, sorta makes sense. After driving a big truck
for days on, it only makes sense to ride a bike rather than another box. It may
also be that, truckers know any accident with a truck and I don’t stand a
chance. I very well may not make even a dent on his truck, but I am sure will
be dead.
Number Two, thanks to me paying attention on the road. I
remember once seeing a biker in IA getting on the highway on his sports bike and
tuck behind the windshield, bending over. On my way to Toys R Us, I didn’t tuck
down and the wind was hitting me pretty hard and the bike too felt kinda
wobbly. If I tried to go over 60mph, it would be feel unstable.
On my back, I tucked more out of curiosity than anything
else and amazingly the bike is more stable. Make sense and I didn’t have any
issue going up to 70mph. Did miss my exit though and had to do a U-Turn at the
signal light.
