G'day mate. My pearls of wisdom
, would go something like this.....
1. Plan ahead. Always keep in mind, 2 or 3 escape routes, and plan new ones, constantly to meet the changing situation. I also like to sit at reasonably high revs to allow instant acceleration out of trouble.
2. Watch drivers, hands, and heads, and body language as well. This can tell you a lot about what they may be about to do.
3. Don't just rely on braking to get you out of strife. You can accelerate, and the bike takes up small amounts of space, so you can dodge out a lot of the time. Remember your horn, can help too.
4. Keep scanning constantly.
5. I take the laws with a grain of salt....being in the right doesn't make you heal any faster.
6. Try and keep some space between you and the big hard things with people in them that can hurt you. If this means getting out ahead at the lights, then that is an option, even if filtering is not strictly legal where you live (see no.5).
7. Keep your bike well maintained and do regular checks of tires, brakes etc. You may be needing them.
8. Avoid the diesel lane on hills. Trucks and buses etc. use the slow lane, and drop oil and plaster the road with diesel. I also like to avoid the slow lane where there is a service station, on a hill or near a bend as some people like to overfill their tanks, and there is often a trail of spillage in such places.
9. try to avoid manhole covers, and lines (especially in the wet).
10. Place your bike in a position in the lane, where the biggest danger likely to hit you can more easily see you. For example, coming up to a set of lights, and someone is turning across in front of you, and there is a car between you and them, just move across in your lane far enough to be seen.
11. Use other vehicles as protection. I like to use other vehicles entering an intersection to run interference sometimes....that way if someone wants to hit me they need to smash their way through the big 4WD first...lol.
12. Learn the roads. Track knowledge is a big portion of the picture (this is especially true on the roads), and eventually you will learn which lane you need to be in to avoid places where people suddenly stop or do weird last minute manouvres a lot. It'll help you decide where to position you bike in your lane to avoid that "nasty pot hole in the road, that surrounds that manhole cover".
13. Check your mirrors a lot and don't let people come up beside you and cut off one of your escape routes. I'm not sure why, but around here people feel the need to try to catch up to the motorbike, and sit just next to it. They don't go past...just fly up next to you and sit there....like they want to kill you:spank:.
15. Check your mirrors if you are thinking of stopping fast to avoid something....people often sit too close to a bike, as they don't realize how quickly you can stop...and don't care 'cause you are soft.:spank:
16. Relax, and enjoy yourself...lol. It's not all bad. Just stay alert, and you can stay out of trouble more often than not, and you can get where you're going quicker, and with joy of riding a bike:rockon:.
17. In the twisties don't ride faster than you can see/avoid/stop, for gravel, oil, water etc. This will depend on your tires, the road surface, temperature, and loading of the bike, suspension and skill level. So take learning slowly. Head out with some more experienced, but not insane riders, and get them to show you the ropes a bit.
18. Stay on your side of the road....the other side can get nasty fast.
19. Don't sit too close to other bikes on group rides. Give yourselves some space, to avoid collision, target fixating, and having them block the view of something nasty on the road coming up.
20. Don't let your ego make you do rash things. I've overtaken folks after waiting for a safe spot and so missing out on some prime twisties, only to have them fly back past me on a straight bit, 'cause they've got something to prove, and then had to watch them nearly die, at the first sight of corners, 'cause they can't ride. Or they speed up when they see you come up behind them, instead of just moving over a touch and waving you on through...then nearly die again
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Phew...I have typer's cramp...lol.
Listen to your instructors. They probably already told you all this stuff...lol:thumbup:.
Hope some of this helps. Remember, you are relying on you to keep you alive, so don't trust the cagers.
I agree, disregard what tcmalker said earlier 
