Watch every car,
Every gap for pedestrians
Know the width of your bike
Never ride faster than you can stop
Use the facility of a motorcycle to cut down every back road possible and get yourself through the cycle barriers as theres less cars.
Get to the front at every traffic light.
Generally, have your eyes absolutly everywhere. I didn't pay attention to signs, takes your eyes of what really matters, the road and paths around it.
Get a bike with ABS!!! Vital in the wet, on oily roads, with drains and white lines everywhere.
Or you can go the other way, which was to ride like a madman. I had more problems riding at slower speeds than hammering it everywhere!! I had no problems hammering it around town, I could really get a hustle on, but some of those courier boys
Would leave me standing. Still, I only run over 1 person, went over 1 bonnet in 8 years, so once you know what your looking for, faster is better
Don't wait, don't think, just do it. By the time you think, its already happened or you've lost your chance, see a gap, go. If someone doesn't like it, turn round and see what their problem is, give them the bird, carry on knowing you'll be home soon.