Night rideing

[sidewinder]

Dont laugh but im slowly building up the courage to ride at night time.Up till now i was a little bit worried about it.but i am slowly doing a bit more.So i was hoping you could give me a few tips to enjoy it more.I know i should mtfu but some words of wisdom would be gratefully received.
Thank you sw

[Shaun]

Switch your headlight on.

[Muscle Bike Rider]

Dont stare at oncoming headlights, keep focused on the road ahead, make sure your visor dont have a lot of scrathches, lights are clean and working, road position I tend to move a bit in my lane so that my lights dont merge with the lights of cars behind me making me invisable, I wear hi vis and keep a greater distance and wrap up more than through the day as its colder come night time. upgrade your headlight bulbs, makes a big difference I find.

When stopped at traffic lights if theres hot tottie in the car beside you all glammed up for a night out, get a good luck before pulling away. Always makes me enjoy a night ride
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[Hetzer]

Cane the fuck out of it and don't be where they were going to smush you.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[Llama-Farmer]

Most of the riding I currently do is at night, people order pizza in the evenings, evenings are dark.


- Move around in the middle 1/3 of the lane, so your headlight moves with it. Moving objects are easier to spot, and so a moving light will stand out compared to car headlights.
- Flick occasionally between high and dipped beam, again a "change" in something will draw attention. When approaching corners, even if it's fairly well lit, flick high beam on and off, this'll usually be noticeable to cars coming the other way so they can anticipate another vehicle.
- Wear an extra layer, or a few, it's colder, especially in winter.
- Wear a reflective high vis vest or jacket.


And lastly, and perhaps most importantly, as there are much more of them at night, particularly friday and saturday night, WATCH OUT FOR F***ING TAXIS AND MINICABS. They do what they want and to hell with the consequences. They don't use their mirrors, they turn without indicating, they stop suddenly regardless of whats behind them, they go from driving 15mph if you're behind them, to 45mph if they're behind you.

Seriously, 90% of the near misses I've had on the bikes at work have involved a black cab or a minicab. Assume they're going to kill you and give them a real wide berth.

[Shaun]

[Llama-Farmer]

[Hetzer]

Do you really think anyone is going to notice the relative movement over 1/3rd of a lane? Tosh.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[Alpha-9]

I find everyone's lights piss me off at night

Even some brake lights, WHY SO BRIGHT BRO
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Fzr-600 1999

[soforene]

[UnspeedySam]

[Alpha-9]

[Teflon-Mike]

[Alpha-9]

And rudeboys in general

They all come out friday night and wanna race
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Fzr-600 1999

[Llama-Farmer]

[Ayrton]

[sidewinder]

Cheers for all the help guys
I will be venturing out tonight after dark to give it a shot.Wish me luck

[Jayy]

Night riding = best type of riding.

Roads are empty but there are some cons...

If riding on a Fri/Sat night, you have a more increased chance of people drink driving.
It's harder for people to see you in the dark.
Police like to hide and wait.
You can't tell if the car behind you is plod or just another car.
Wheelying is only possible on street lit roads or everything disappears when the front end is up in the air.

[Fairies attack]

Not sure if has already been said but...

IF some ignorant arse is coming at your with full beam on give them a flick of high beam to let them know, and if they still don't turn it down stop and pull over. Some of the new headlights are silly bright.

[Louise]

Dislike riding in the dark totally...
Im like a new rider on the road - Just cant shake it.
I seem to 'loose' the road ahead and panic
Only once pulled over from a high beam, which was seriously bright

[Llama-Farmer]

[Shaun]

I suspect you haven't seen any other bikes doing it, all you've seen is their suspension compressing and changing the angle of the headlight slightly as it does so.

[Shinigami]

night riding is a bit daunting the first few times but you'll get used to it. I had to learn to ride at night from the go from doing my cbt at the end of october it was always dark before work and after work so this daylight riding thing is new to me!
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[Ayrton]

[Llama-Farmer]