Rick_Dickert's Blog

You would find that bike tires are like donuts, of course so are car tires. Now if you had a nice fix of Mama's donuts and hot French Cafe coffee in the morning, you would get by without any issues at all. Some to consider. With the glazed donut you get instant energy, with a twist you can get from point "A" to point "B" much faster since glazed twists go in a straight line. With a Bear Claw and cinnamon, you have both muscle and beauty in a donut, and if you find you are driving in a stick situation, you must be eating a powdered lemon jelly.

The key my friend is on a cold morning at 5AM or even earlier, pop over to that little place and get juiced up to take on the day and after work, go and kick back in the shop and relax...you've earned it ;)

Gwinnett Daily Post -- Lawrenceville, Georgia
Immigration status to be checked
Gwinnett officials this week began checking the immigration status of people applying for an occupation tax certificate, which is commonly referred to as a business license. -- The standard puts the county in compliance with a state law passed in 2006. -- "I'm elated," said D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society...

Hey Rick! I am a motorcycle commuter. I bought my bike 2 1/2 years ago when the price of gas jumped up. I was commuting from Rialto to Brea and it was costing me upwards of $800/month to keep gas in my truck. The cost of financing a motorcyclce plus insurance and gas was negligible. Basically, the monthly cost of riding was about the same as what I spent in 1 week driving my truck.

As a person who has ridden, off and on, for over 20 years, this is what I see as the problems regarding the increase in motorcycle riders.

1. Inexperience - too many "young" ridiers are jumping on bikes who don't know what they're doing. Also, the state should require that all riders take a motorcycle safety course before they are allowed to ride. It amazes me that we have to take drivers ed. and in-car training yet all we have to do is take a written test and drive around a few cones for the motorcycle endorsement.

2. Too many "clueless" automobile drivers. I see way too many dirvers who are still paying more attention to their cigarettes or even STILL talking on their cell phones (with their phones up to their ears).

3. Just plain bad/inconsiderate driving. It seems to me that more and more people need a refresher course on courtious driving as well as basic driving laws. I can't tell you how many times I have had an auto jump from one lane to another without signalling or without waiting the requisite 5 seconds before they change lanes after signalling.

Thanks for posting this blog. It's nice to have an open forum to discuss these types of issues. BTW...what's with the DfDepor

Hello Rick,
=)

When I was a kid, my parents had motorcycles. We used to go for long rides... it was good family time. So I understand the fun of being on a bike... however…

My husbands’ cousin used to work building custom bikes at West Coast Choppers and at V-Twin Cities... He was a very safe, knowledgeable rider, and was killed on his way to work on his bike. It was a freak accident; he was in the fast lane on the 55... a man stealing a boat got on the freeway who had only set the hitch on the ball of the trailer... no chain, no latch, no bolt… the first bounce in the road and the boat came loose, it hit a car and ricocheted forward into our cousin. He passed away without ever knowing what had happened. Because of the hazard that those around you on the road can create... no one in the family rides bikes any more.
No matter how much gas a bike might save, a bike can't save your life in an accident. Stay safe.

Hey Rick
Being a new rider myself I choose not to ride
during peak hours computers are busy trying to get where they are going. I can say starting to ride a fifty and being a women as been one of the most uplifting expirences in life. I do believe we need to be more aware of motor cycles and scooters because there are more of them out there.

Sorry if this appears twice, my first one I don't think is going to show...Anyway, I've been riding for about 11 years now. I no longer ride to commute to work, thankfully I do have that choice. People in their cars are just too distracted. I am happy more bikers are on the road, the increased visability does increase awareness. However I think so many new riders are also inexperiened and have never taken the MSF course...which I think would be great if EVERYONE (cagers & bikers) were required to take. Just so they were more aware. The cagers really need to pay more attention to their driving and less attention to their phone, ipod, newspaper, mascara, passenger, etc. then they are too the road. They need to LOOK before they start to change lanes, not mid lane change. Don't cut off a bike and turn in front of them. Cagers need to not have a fit if a bike is lane splitting. The bike moving up between will NOT slow up your commute unless you run them over. But you'll be slowed down for a car accident too. I've been on the road following my husband on his bike...he'll split thru a set of cars, I'll be coming thru behind him and inevitably someone will move closer to the other car so I can't fit thru. Rude, mean, petty... I've ridden bikes and in cars long enough to know thate jerks on both sides of the fence...no matter what side your on, be the bigger person and don't lower yourself. If your a new rider...PLEASE, consider it an investment in your life to take a MSF course.

Rick can always use a Mama's donut to fatten up, so if he takes a spill (Gawd forbid) he would be so fat that he didn't feel it or suffer. See, Rick. If you visit the girls, get donuts and hot fresh coffee, you will be much safer!

Hey Rick, if your hands were more freed up, you would have been able to handle an apple bear claw!

I can picture Rick on one of those three wheeled monsters that Suzanne was on last week. Rick in a gloos black one would be nice. The chicks would chase him forever.