Originally Posted by meach

Seeing as the original quote was aimed at me i must say i do have to agree.
Road presence is extremely important and i try to let as many other roadusers as i can know i am there and what i intend to do. Only this morning some blind fool in a van tried to drive straight into the side of me when i had to stop on a roundabout.
Not having ridden on the road for very long i still have a great deal to learn and that is what most of it is down to-experience. I agree about the scooters though even up here, they tend to ride in the gutter allowing cars to dominate/intimidate them.But yes the XT is ideal for the riding positon it gives you allows to see so much of what is going on around you.