Don't laugh but here's a newbie question for you...

[Martylaa]

Ok, so I went out last night with a friend on the bikes and I was behind a quite slow moving car on a 60 mph road, I overtook safely but on pulling in I got it in my head I need to avoid hitting the cat eyes and white markers or I might lose grip and wobble, as a result of this brain freeze I stayed in the outside lane for way longer than I should...

My tyres on the bike are in very good nick with loads of tread, seriously would running across a cat eye/markings at speed cause any wobble?

I expect ridicule at this question tbh lol...

[Andy_Pagin]

Short answer no, you're more likely to upset the bike by faffing around with the steering trying to avoid it than you are by being in contact with a cats' eye or road marking for a millisecond.
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[Martylaa]

[stinkwheel]

I usually dip the power momentarily as I cross the centre line if it's wet. Not enough to make the rear unload/front dive, just enough so the bike keeps a level trim and there's no risk of the rear spinning up. But that's on a high power sportsbike, in the wet, when I have the hammer down.

You shouldn't even be looking at cats eyes, you should be looking well ahead to where you want to be, not at where you are.
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[kgm]

I've had slips when on the power hard on freshly painted white lines but it lasts a fraction of a second and is over before you can react. Not a drama. Most of the time in normal riding it has no effect.

[jeffyjeff]

[Weisse Schlange]

Unless you are doing less than 2mph the cat eyes will barely register.

Eyes up btw. If you're looking at it you'll hit it.
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[to v or not to v]

maybe find a bit of quiet road and deliberately ride over the cats eyes to get a feel of how the bike responds.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Barnoe]

As others have said look ahead at where you want to be.
The bike will ride out any bumps and such as long as you relax.

A horse rider once told me that if you panic the horse knows and panics too....
Might sound silly but think of your bike the same way, if you tense up bad things are possible.
not looking far enough ahead and holding on too tight, are the main 2 things new riders do wrong.

Also if you ride your bike all tensed up, your gonna end up aching after a decent ride.

trust me, that cats eye doesn't give a shit
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