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• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum Ride Stories:

  June 22, 2011

  Nearly hit today...

   Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest...  more Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest stop on 476N (turnpike), I'm in the passing lane, next to the cab of a white truck pulling a flatbed trailer and we're going about 85 mph, when he suddenly puts on his turn signal and pulling into my lane! I'm riding a Triumph America (800cc), so it isn't a tiny bike and I'm beeping like crazy - he just keeps coming... I hit my brakes & downshifted as fast as I could safely while riding closer and closer to the concrete barrier - I felt the wind from the back of his trailer on my right hand - he literally came within less than a foot from me! After nearly hitting me, he's riding and swerving off one side of the road and then the other, then he goes to pass two tractor trailers and nearly hits them, as well,...    less
• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum Ride Stories:

  June 22, 2011

  Nearly hit today...

   Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest...  more Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest stop on 476N (turnpike), I'm in the passing lane, next to the cab of a white truck pulling a flatbed trailer and we're going about 85 mph, when he suddenly puts on his turn signal and pulling into my lane! I'm riding a Triumph America (800cc), so it isn't a tiny bike and I'm beeping like crazy - he just keeps coming... I hit my brakes & downshifted as fast as I could safely while riding closer and closer to the concrete barrier - I felt the wind from the back of his trailer on my right hand - he literally came within less than a foot from me! After nearly hitting me, he's riding and swerving off one side of the road and then the other, then he goes to pass two tractor trailers and nearly hits them, as well,...    less
• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum New Members:

  June 20, 2011

  Greetings from NEPA

   Hey all, Female rider of both a 90 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 and an '03 Triumph America (800cc) (the Triumph being a fairly new purchase and my primary ride these days). I ride with Soldier's Angels and alone or with a friend or two...  more Hey all, Female rider of both a 90 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 and an '03 Triumph America (800cc) (the Triumph being a fairly new purchase and my primary ride these days). I ride with Soldier's Angels and alone or with a friend or two occasionally.  Tend to be a bit of a loner when I ride.  I've done and will again (I'm sure) bigger bike runs with groups, but prefer riding alone or with one or two others. Been riding since 2008, when I bought my first bike, a 2007 Q-Link Legacy (Chinese, automatic, 250cc - great starter bike, but I outgrew it in two weeks) and took the MSC at Blocker's in Parryville, PA.  I recommend the course to *everyone* I talk to who wants to learn to ride.  In PA, the MSC is free and really helps new riders realize the details they might not even be aware exist.  Bought the Vulcan in October of 2008? 2009? and sold the Q-Link that same year, and then bought the Triumph this April (2011).  Now my garage is complete......    less
• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum New Members:

  June 20, 2011

  Greetings from NEPA

   Hey all, Female rider of both a 90 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 and an '03 Triumph America (800cc) (the Triumph being a fairly new purchase and my primary ride these days). I ride with Soldier's Angels and alone or with a friend or two...  more Hey all, Female rider of both a 90 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 and an '03 Triumph America (800cc) (the Triumph being a fairly new purchase and my primary ride these days). I ride with Soldier's Angels and alone or with a friend or two occasionally.  Tend to be a bit of a loner when I ride.  I've done and will again (I'm sure) bigger bike runs with groups, but prefer riding alone or with one or two others. Been riding since 2008, when I bought my first bike, a 2007 Q-Link Legacy (Chinese, automatic, 250cc - great starter bike, but I outgrew it in two weeks) and took the MSC at Blocker's in Parryville, PA.  I recommend the course to *everyone* I talk to who wants to learn to ride.  In PA, the MSC is free and really helps new riders realize the details they might not even be aware exist.  Bought the Vulcan in October of 2008? 2009? and sold the Q-Link that same year, and then bought the Triumph this April (2011).  Now my garage is complete......    less
• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum Biker/Motorcycle Humor & Jokes:

  June 20, 2011

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• JaydeRaven replied to a topic in the forum Ride Stories:

  June 20, 2011

  Nearly hit today...

   Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest...  more Riding home from Cape May, NJ, to nearly an hour north of Allentown, PA - which is approximately a 3.5 to 4 hour drive with my kids & SO following in the car behind me (they wouldn't fit on the bike).  Just south of the Allentown rest stop on 476N (turnpike), I'm in the passing lane, next to the cab of a white truck pulling a flatbed trailer and we're going about 85 mph, when he suddenly puts on his turn signal and pulling into my lane! I'm riding a Triumph America (800cc), so it isn't a tiny bike and I'm beeping like crazy - he just keeps coming... I hit my brakes & downshifted as fast as I could safely while riding closer and closer to the concrete barrier - I felt the wind from the back of his trailer on my right hand - he literally came within less than a foot from me! After nearly hitting me, he's riding and swerving off one side of the road and then the other, then he goes to pass two tractor trailers and nearly hits them, as well,...    less