Almost made a Bonneville Panini This Morning

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GO, yes, extra margin would have been available on the CB1100 - better brakes if I wanted to haul it down and stay behind the truck, or drop a gear and get past it quicker than a Triumph. On the CB300R, would have put the ABS into play, passing probably wouldn't be much of an option.

And I just realized, all of my closest calls in traffic, including my one incident of actual contact, on this Bonneville, about a mile from where this truck squeezed me, happened while I was wearing hi-viz gear.

Black or dark jacket, I usually get guys pulling onto the shoulder to make extra room for me. I dunno.

Could be some related to that "syndrome" - like deer in the headlights sort of thing - where the driver sees you, but is now fixated to the point of drifting into your space / direction ... aka "into the light".

Darker cloths have maybe "less of an effect" because there is maybe less to focus on?

The brakes and the acceleration of the CB might of helped you...but perhaps not. However, the RLETs most certainly would have saved you.