Everytime I've set in a riding class or a a riding safety presentation, the instructor/presenter at some point always stresses that it is imperative when riding a motorcycle that you have to stay alert. Communting on a motorcycle in a large city reminds one daily why that is important. A couple of months ago, I set in a riding safety presentation presented by a deputy sheriff from Tampa, FL. He related an incident where he had been riding and turned a corner on a city street. Suddenly he was on his back sliding on the asphalt. He hadn't seen anything on the road surface. He hadn't been struck by another automobile. Once he was up on his feet trying to determine what had happened, he smelled diesel fuel. He realized that although he couldn't see it, there was spilled fuel in the interection that had caused his spill. Last week, I turned at an intersection and Rosie flinched in the middle of the interection and a quick instinct move righted us. In my mind I was thinking &
