If you live where there's snow and ice in the winter, be very careful riding early in the spring. In Wisconsin they use sand on the roads, and it takes a couple of good spring rains to wash it all away.

Watch out for gravel on blacktop roads during the summer. On a lot of rural blacktops they occasionally spread fresh pea gravel (called "chipping the road" here). The gravel gets smooshed into the blacktop over time, but can be pretty dangerous until then.

'03 America in black and silver, AI and airbox eliminator kit, BuB pipes.