[Drake]

When I'm riding on a 2-lane highway. I usually stick in the center of my lane. If I'm in the right lane and there's cars coming up on my left, I will usually get to the left side of my line to make my position in that lane clearly visible to them. If I'm in the left lane passing, I usually try to get out of the persons blind spot as fast as I can. I try to make sure I can see their face in their own side mirror, and then when I have room in front of me to pass them, I give the throttle a good turn and accelerate past them back into their main line of site again. Worst thing to do is just sit there in their blind spot for a bit.

You are at no fault with your incident. You have a right to that segment of lane, and they are supposed to be responsible drivers who maintain their vehicle in their own lane. Personally, I only took my old Honda CL360 out on the highway once. The main reason was, I couldn't twist my wrist on my throttle and get out of there. I will not ride on the highway at any speed that would keep me from accelerating out of a bad situation if I needed to. So, even this 1982 GS550M Katana is limited on the highway. I really don't like taking it above 75mph, because much higher and I'm eating into my acceleration range. If you're flat out with your bike trying to maintain the current road speed, then you should really think about finding another route, in my opinion. Nothing against you, just my own way of keeping my options open for defensive riding. I like being able to accelerate, brake, or change lanes to avoid incidents.