Parking

[SuperG]

Motorcycle parking is usually designated to take *advantage* of the smaller spaces motorcycles use. If you take more than one spot - you're basically going against that principle. You might be obeying the letter of the law by being designated a motorcycle when parking in a narrow marked motorcycle spot, but certainly not the spirit. i.e. how about parking in a motorcycle spot while pulling a trailer? You'd have to park across half a dozen spots of so, maybe taking them all.

 

[CopperSpyder]

opinion is fine lets not make it augmentative. We can have different ones.

 

[Wahrsuul]

If I was towing a trailer with the Spyder, then I'd have no choice but to use a car spot. The cycle spots are too short.

 

[steviep]

At work i park in motorcycle parking, we have a couple of small parking lots that are designated MC parking lot only with plenty of parking. On the other hand I'm not allowed to park in the parking garage , no MC is allowed. Most places though I use a car spot.

 

[grumpyoldretiredcop]

Where I work, I park my Victory Cross Country on the walk in front of the shop door. Usually there's a couple or three bikes there in good weather as the company president rides as do a number of us. When I'm riding the F3, I use a car space. I could probably get the F3 up there without scraping anything serious, but it seems rude to me to take up space that two bikes could fit into. I pretty much feel the same way in parking lots and so forth.

 

[Hentch]

I feel if the state required me to get a class M motorcycle license to ride a Spyder it is considered a motorcycle Legally by the state. Therefore I can legally park in a motorcycle spot.

 

[PMK]

It's rude to park in a narrow marked motorcycle spot with the Spyder. Taking more than one space shouldn't be done. Use a car spot.

Agree that taking two spots is wrong, however if the Spyder fits between the painted lines designating the parking spot, in a moto parking zone, the Spyder gets parked there.

My obvious gauge is the lines painted on the ground.

 

[Joel The Biker]

If riders of bikes with sidecars and trike conversions can park in motorcycle only spots, so can we.

 

[foxtail1]

My Spyder is considered a motorcycle on my campus, so I will park in MC spots if that's all that's available. Normally, I use a full car spot, but if there isn't one available, there's a nice big (unlined) faculty motorcycle only area that I use. I try not to use the narrow lined motorcycle spots, but I wouldn't hesitate if that's all that's there. (We have ample motorcycle parking on campus.)