I am not familiar with the 405. I thought it was legal in CA to split lanes? A frequent poster on this forum says he does it all the time. Slipping the clutch and overheating would not be an issue?
Just asking.
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I live in Denver, where traffic can be a real bitch rush hour, but lane splitting isn't "legal". But I tell you what, if traffic is stopped and there's a shoulder, I'm riding on it. I never go faster than 30 mph to be safe, but it sure beats standing still on a hot ass day with my cast iron twin cooking my crotch and legs. And, I've accidentally passed cops doing this a few times. They have never harassed me. Then again, I learned it from them, the bike cops that is.
Anyways, I've always had the mentality that scooters are for kids and queers. (And I have gay friends so I'm allowed to say that LOL
) And I know there a lot of grown men out there that are proud to ride scooters, and to each their own. But I wouldn't want to trust the HP of a Vespa to get me up into the mountains. Nor would I trust the handling of a scooter to get me out of a bad situation. Plus I've seen Hardley Ableson riders be real dicks to guys on scooters, for what ever that last statement is worth.
Why would you NOT want to take the C5?
Scottie