{"id":3611,"date":"2012-12-20T12:01:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2012-12-19T22:02:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:02:03","slug":"getting-really-invisible-on-the-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/getting-really-invisible-on-the-motorcycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Really Invisible On The Motorcycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"headlight<\/a>

Who knew the bulb blew?<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Safe riding promoters tell you to ride as if you were invisible, because for the most part you are. Well, I took that one step further recently, I almost really was invisible, although I didn’t know it at first.<\/p>\n

I recently started a regular day job–something I hadn’t had in nearly four years–and frankly, I don’t expect to ride to work very much. The direct route takes me up I-25 to 6th Avenue and then west. The part on I-25 is a bear, with really bad stop and go traffic. That kind of thing is murderous on your wrists on a bike, as I’m sure you know.<\/p>\n

But I have ridden twice. On Wednesday before Thanksgiving I knew traffic would be light, and it was supposed to be a beautiful day. It was, and I rode.<\/p>\n

Then the following week, also on Wednesday, it was going to be another gorgeous day so I decided I would take a longer route that would help me avoid the really bad traffic. That worked out OK.<\/p>\n

So that evening I was heading home, and it was dusk, getting darker all the time. I started noticing that my headlight wasn’t doing all that good a job illuminating the road in front of me, but I could still see OK so I wasn’t concerned.<\/p>\n

But it kept getting darker. And I was starting to have a suspicion that something was wrong. I suspected that my headlight was out. I flipped on the brights and there was definitely light. I flipped them back off and there did not seem to be any light. I wanted to pull up close behind a car and see if I was shining a light on it but couldn’t really do that at highway speed. Finally I just decided that oncoming traffic, I apologize, but I’m running with my brights on. And when I finally did get off the highway and pulled up close behind a car there was nothing when I flipped the brights off.<\/p>\n

So essentially, I had been riding in the dark with no light to tell other drivers that I existed. Talk about invisible. And how long do you suppose the light had been out? I don’t ride at night a lot so it could have been a good long time. Now I know; all I have to do is remember to do something about it.<\/p>\n

Recent from National Motorcycle Examiner<\/strong>
\nGoing over the edge of the Grand Mesa<\/a><\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

When in doubt, PIN IT! It may not help, but it’ll sure end the suspense…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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