South West Bikers | Motorcycle Forum

Roundabouts are simple.

You tell everyone that the exit from the roundabout WILL be marked.

SO, slow down when you approach one,
on approach look at the sign to see how many exits there are,
look at the bike in front to see which direction their indicator is flashing,
if it's right then it's not gonna be the 1st exit,
look for other bikes exiting the RB,
look for a stationary Bike, (can't be too many of them hopefully),
check for vehicles approaching from the right that want to kill you.

Then fifty pence it round avoiding potholes, glass, oil and diesel to then smack the throttle open and pin it off down the road.

Put all that into operation and job done.

ptolemyx wrote: ↑Apr 26th, '19, 13:40 The only way to maximise the group staying together at roundabouts is to junction mark at the exit, even when going straight on. That way everyone will expect a junction marker at the exit who will be clearly marking the exit so approaching riders have clear advance identification of the exit and, of course, the junction marker is placed so as to not cause any inconvenience to other road users.

Or use your mirrors to keep the rider behind in view so they can clearly see the exit you take, which is fine on a "friendly" ride but can spoil a "making progress" ride.

Yep always known riders to park at the needed exit.
I always approach a roundabout with the intention of going right the way around if necessary to see where the exit is. (Why risk a dodgy manuver if you haven't got to)


Marking coming onto the roundabout could be sketchy in its own right especially if a fast road and then blocking the view and or the roundabout has 3 lanes going to it where you may want to mark the centre lane is not possible.

It seems best if all exits on roundabouts are marked to reduce confusion. Thanks guys.