Thread: Road Presence
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Old 12-08-09, 23:18
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Originally Posted by ManicMic View Post
the most important thing, it's loud and scares the crap out of car drivers. Nice! I'm a great believer in loud pipes save lives.

Glad i am not the only one who thinks this way. I have only been riding my XT for a week now and have found a blip of the throttle an effective way of notifying a car driver of your presence on more than one occasion!

I would never condone relying on this entirely but the riding position makes you bigger and therefore easier to see - Stuey sitting bolt upright on his XT has a damn sight better chance of being seen by a car pulling out from a side road than the other bloke crouched down on his sports bike.
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