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Safety Brief

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If you haven't guess yet, I ride a sportbike. An SV1000s , to be specific. What I love about the bike is, not only can it keep up with the hyperbikes in the twisties of Colorado, but it's comfortable enough for commuting and longer rides. Especially after I replaced the stock seat with a Corbin one. The group I ride with are typically sportbike riders. On any given ride we might have your typical race replicas, big engine bikes like the  Hayabusa's or bikes that don't fit into any particular category like  Speed Triples . More often than not, though, the bikes that show up for rides are superbikes, very similar to their race brethren, just as fast and just as aggressive. Since most of us push the legal envelope when riding we have a pre-ride safety brief before each and every group ride, even when the ride is filled with veterans. For the rides I organize, I like to use these safety tips in my brief: Don't Die That's right. Rule number one is don't die. Yo...