How Motorcycle Riders Can Stay Safe On Colorado Roads

There are a few other precautions that we highly recommend to keep you as safe as possible while you get in that much-needed wind therapy. Start by checking to make sure all of your lights are working before going for a ride. Most motorcycles have very small lights for turn signals and brake lights which means if one of those lights doesn’t work, you could be drastically increasing your odds of getting hit by another vehicle. Of course, the headlight is also a major light that needs to be checked often to make sure it is bright enough for you to clearly see the road at night and also so that other drivers can see you coming.

Our next recommendation for rider safety would be proper riding attire. This means a jacket & pants that were built to protect you during a high-speed fall, so a leather jacket or kevlar with padding on the back and arms should be work any time you ride on the streets. Some jackets even come with metal plates on the back in order to keep the road from destroying all of the precious fabric that separates your skin from the asphalt. Road rash is no joke and can be extremely painful to clean out and a quality riding jacket will help prevent most if not all of this from happening in the event of a slide. While it may not look very fashionable, you can also get a reflective vest to wear over your jacket to help improve your chances of being seen at night.

Next up is gloves and boots. Gloves help you ensure your hands don’t get too sweaty and slip off of your grips while riding, but they also give quite a bit of protection against road rash or burn injuries if your motorcycle catches on fire. Boots do the same, except they protect your feet from road rash, burns from your tailpipes and help give you stability when stopped. If you wear some old running shoes with little grip on them, you could very easily slip in some gravel and drop your bike. While this might not be an injury, it sure can injure your ego when you drop your motorcycle.

This last one can be easy to forget but is very important. Use your turn signals properly and remember to run them off after you finish your turn! Most motorcycles are not equipped to turn the blinkers off after making a turn due to the leaning of the motorcycle instead of turning a steering wheel. We are used to our cars turning the signal off automatically after we turn but motorcycle riders often forget to turn off their turn signals and it causes confusion with the other drivers which can ultimately lead to an accident.