Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
Always, and I mean ALWAYS watch your rear view mirrors when at a stop.

ALWAYS.
+1. Twice on this bike, watching mirrors at a stop (and staying in 1st gear) have saved me. Both times, I was able to spot the driver behind me failing to stop in time, and pulled ahead between cars. Seeing the car sitting almost bumper to bumper with the one that was in front of you afterward is sobering.