On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:42:48 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

Any small vehicle has the same issue, that the US roads weren't built
for them and traffic is often too aggressive. It's a major problem for
power wheelchair users, too. Around here about the only motorcycles
seen are Harleys with big dudes on them. I retired my smaller Honda
years ago after being cut off and tailgated too many times, and I
didn't ride slowly or timidly at all.

But not true in many cities, like DC. A smaller cross section would
give it advantage manuevering in many of the streets during rush hour
or early morning when the trucks double park all over the city. It
also has the same advantage the small Merc has when it comes to
parking - no minor issue around areas like, say, Dupont Circle.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...