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garygid
04-19-2008, 10:37 PM
The bottom, back part of the rear-wheel skirt is black,
in contrast to the upper and forward part of the skirt.

Is this style, or is the black (dark) part flexible so that it
will easily deform over a curb when parking back-in.

In CA, it seems that parked motorcycles are required
to have one wheel or fender "touching" the curb, if any.
SpyderMike
04-20-2008, 04:28 PM
In CA, it seems that parked motorcycles are required
to have one wheel or fender "touching" the curb, if any.


I have my motorcycle endorsement and this is news to me. I don't think it is a requirement; it is a good practise however to prevent the bike from rolling back (no parking brake) and falling over.

Mike
garygid
04-20-2008, 05:13 PM
Curb Parking

22502 (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22502.htm). (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter
every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where
there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with
the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within
18 inches of the right-hand curb, except that motorcycles
shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching
the right-hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound any roadway,
right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.
...

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This is the code that I found.
What do you think?
SpyderMike
04-20-2008, 08:17 PM
yet another law - like the speed limit - that I do not follow.

Thanks - I learned something today.

The motorcycle handbook suggest that the bike be parked 90 degrees to the curb with the rear wheel touching...although they don't cover parking very well in that manual.
garygid
04-20-2008, 08:47 PM
Well, now the good news.
It is not infrequent that I hit the curb (usually gently)
when I back my van into a curbside parking spot. :eek:

So, it seems that I will be already well practiced to back
the Aptera into the with-curb parking spot. :mad:

Still the question: Is the bottom rear part of the back
skirt made of some flexible, curb-tolerant material?

And, should the bottom outside of the front wheel
skirts be made out of such a curb-tolerant material?