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Riding in a group changes how you make decisions on a motorcycle, and most riders don't notice it happening until the leader gets it wrong. In this video I tell a real story from a motorcycle dealership demo ride in Dallas, where the group leader made a last-second wrong turn in heavy highway traffic that sent about fifteen riders cutting across live lanes right behind him. We get into why your brain stops reading the road for itself the moment you start following someone else, the early signs that a leader's judgment isn't as solid as it looks, and how to make your own call in the middle of a group ride without turning it into a standoff. Whether you ride with a club, a dealership group, or just a couple of buddies on the weekend, this is the difference between staying safe and becoming part of someone else's mistake.
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