My Top 10 Motorcycle Safety Practices--Please Share Yours

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Lots of great tips, thank you guys.  If I can't find a level spot to park, I try to point it uphill even if this means misaligning the bike with the parking spot.  I put it in first gear and use the kickstand.  I figure this is better than aiming down or across the slope.  I like Gone's method of stopping in the left part of the lane when behind a car.  When stopped, I sometimes flash the brake light a couple times as the car behind me approaches, if I can do so without rolling.  I like Magna's stopping drills and I also like to pick a spot on the road and swerve left or right of it for practice.  I also like to find an empty parking lot and do tight oval and figure-8 turns at slow speed, trying to stay within the lines of, say, two parking spots opposite two other spots (using those four spots like the rectangle in the MSF course).  Because my CB1100 front brake is more effective than my other bikes I use my index finger only, to avoid snatching too much in a panic.  One finger always seems to be enough.  I slow down when riding through a forested area where the dappled sunlight is causing a strobing effect, and where the shadows on the surface prevent me from seeing the road condition.