OD on visibility.

[JC Viper]

I just want to share some pics that I promised to show a while back on how I made my bike (or tried to anyway) more visible to cagers in front and behind me. It doesn't seem to work all that well. People behind me still drive like I'm not there.








I think I went overboard and entered the "Dork Zone" by doing this. I've been modifying it to balance out visibility and trying to keep it looking decent. I'll prolly post more updated pics. The front stickers are strategically placed to where the headlights of a car hit when driving toward a bike at night. I will add auxiliary front lights as soon as I get the cash.

I also did this to see how the excuse of the cager who rear ends me the next time holds up. These pics were sent to the governor along with a message to air a commercial to get drivers to be more aware of anyone on the road instead of resorting to lame excuses.

It's pretty late so I may have left out some other things I wanted to say.

[Ninja Geoff]

how the hell do people miss that?

[atom]

sorry dude, but youre pretty far into the dork zone.

I did the same thing on the back of my first helmet and I was never hit by a car while wearing it. As long as you can say you have never been rear ended you can claim a piece of the smart, living, and intact dork zone which isn't too bad a place to be. I'd rather be there than the "flashy, uncomfortable, I've done so many modifications to make my bike cool that its barely ridable" zone.

[scotbot]

The Dork Zone is a pretty safe place to be, much safer than the Complacent Zone or the Idiot Zone.

[flynrider]

The one bike I rode that was most noticable to cagers was a Kaw KZ1000P (the P stands for "Police").

[drumwrecker]

I ride a white VFR750FL and wear a dayglo yellow jacket. It is amazing how cars move out of the way of the cop behind. The jacket is a blouson and blows up and flaps a bit which all helps me to be seen.
On a recent Institute of advanced Motorcyclists (IAM) evening run blue reflective armbands were issued to us and boy do they work well. I had been thinking about somehow fittong a couple of small blue LED's on the front of the bike to help being seen over the car lights.
Also there was a report in the Motorcycle News on some research which showed that reflective blue shows up the best a night.
Hope this is of help.

[KarateChick]

how the hell do people miss that?

They are driving closer to you now cuz they want to see what all that is on your bike?

Just j/k JC don't know how someone could NOT see all that.

[daviking]

You know those LED strobes that are in the back windows of Police Cars.

Were putting some of these on the back of our bikes.

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11293324 ... itive.html

These things are VERY bright. My buddy has two of them on his trike set on random. The lights come with 21 different flash settings.

I highly recommend getting one.

[slimcolo]

This was my Dad's helmet. Top macthed his bike, bottom was red reflective tape. ( HD #1 was reflective also) He wore this from 71 till Colorado repealed the helmet law. In, I think 77. (He still wore in helmet states till 2003, even though not DOT)

http://img.boschnetwork.com/slimcoloDCP_0046.JPG

Sorry so dark, It looked like a lite bulb with flash. Still reflective.

[JC Viper]

You know those LED strobes that are in the back windows of Police Cars.

Were putting some of these on the back of our bikes.

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11293324 ... itive.html

These things are VERY bright. My buddy has two of them on his trike set on random. The lights come with 21 different flash settings.

I highly recommend getting one.

In NY they're illegal since only response vehicles are supposed to have flashing red lights, the same goes for having blue LEDs anywhere on your vehicle.

I've cleaned up the saddle bag area a bit so it looks less dorky but still visible. The neon and silver DOT reflector triangle are taken off the backrest since it made things look so mentally challenged.