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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Harley Man says how to motorcycle In the midnight sun

Ride cautiously at night
At night, your ability to see and be seen is limited. With one
headlight, it is hard to see the condition of the road or something lying
in your path. At night, other drivers also have a hard time picking your
headlight and taillight out of the stronger lights of other cars.
When you ride at night, here are some things that will help:
Use your high beam. Get all the light that you can. Use your high
beam whenever you are not following or meeting a car. You should be
able to stop in the distance that’s lighted.
Reduce your speed. If there is something lying in the road ahead,
you will not be able to see it until you are very close to it. If you are
going too fast, you may not be able to avoid it. It is important to reduce
your speed at night, particularly on roads that you don’t know well.
Use the car ahead. If there is a car ahead, use it to your advantage.
Its lights can give you a better view of the road ahead than your own
lights. Car taillights bouncing up and down can alert you to bumps or
rough pavement.
Increase distance. You cannot judge distance as well at night. Make
up for this by allowing extra distance from the car. Leave more room on
either side of you when riding alongside cars. Give yourself more distance
to pass another car.

Unless you are a the Yukon ride '05 then the sun will be up all night long

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