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Edgydrifter
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 02:08 pm: | 
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On the other hand:
"It's always good to see young people taking an interest in danger. Now a lot of people are going to be telling you you're crazy, and maybe they're right, but the fact of the matter is: bones heal, chicks dig scars, and the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!"
--Captain Lance Murdoch |
Hr_puffinstuff
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 02:18 pm: |
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around here, it's deer or beer....or both
i once hurt myself trying to get a yzr50 started, after having it out with a bottle of Jose Cuervo. the bottle won.
bike + booze = no riding
therefore: me - booze = more riding
i felt bad that George lost a riding buddy, but i couldn't raise a glass....too ironic. |
Tm74
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 02:33 pm: |
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If your gonna have a good off the best scenario to be in is to not get hurt(obviously), be stuck with a bike you can still ride, and be far away from home. That'll get you back on the horse in no time! 
Not that I would know anything about that. |
Howieshotrods
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 02:50 pm: |
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I hate the stats, they are always spun for whatever cause someone wants. They are also incomplete, how many more motorcycles are on the road....which makes me wonder how many fewer cages are on the road.
Not that it really matters, more pedestrians and pedalcyclists were killed than motorcyclists. So its just as safe to walk as it is ride a motorcycle!! |
Gschuette
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 03:42 pm: |
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Lest we forget the press, for the most part, hates motorcycles. They especially hate sportbikes. So anytime one of us does something really dumb you can bet they are going to run with the story and give all bikers a black eye. |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 03:47 pm: |
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Life is dangerous. Worried about it? sit your butt down on the couch and suffer the slow long trip to the grave from obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and liver dysfunction. You can wear a helmut if it makes you feel better. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 04:06 pm: |
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there are more new and returning cyclists.
I quit for 10 years because of a BAD near miss.
I would be one of those 50 somethings that returned to riding, I see folks riding after drinking too much to be safe, new riders going to fast with no gear,
"nothing new under the sun"
but what about all of the new tech cell phones with talking & texting GPS recievers that grab the auto drivers attention.
Then too some of the youngsters that I have spoken to recently have horrific attitudes and I have to wonder about.
the new bad stats its a combination of many things, it does not change the facts,
there are 2 things that any rider will experience if they ride long
1 they will "Fall off"
2 they will "get wet"
all of the other concequences are optional with the exception of #1 in a street environ as the cages have an input.
heads up, Eyes out, stay focused
the one that will get you is the one you don't see.
"He who sees first wins" |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 04:20 pm: |
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Can't remember who said this:
Every motorcycle rider will get killed eventually. Your goal is to ride intelligently enough to put the inevitable off until you die of old age first. |
Swordsman
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 04:57 pm: |
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"Really, if "THEY" wanted to have fewer people killed in any type of motor vehicle accident, the best and easiest way would be to make getting a drivers license way more difficult to get, as far as displaying actual driving skills. "
No kidding! I was shocked when I first discovered that to get out on in traffic, all I needed was to take a written test! You could literally not know how to balance a bicycle, and be legal to hit the streets during rush hour. Seems like that's just ASKING for trouble.
~SM |
Teddagreek
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 06:16 pm: |
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People just hate Sport Bikes today...
Just as much as they hated bikers before it was commercialized..
I hate the whole Cruiser/Sportbike double standard.. |
Igneroid
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 07:17 pm: |
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I've found that it takes several months after I've dumped a bike for the "muscle memory" of the sensation preceding the dump to fade.
That can happen with a near miss as well, minus the pain. Im one of those 50+ returning riders(about a 30 year hiatus). I got a little rambunctious on the M2 last Sept about a month after buying it and suffice to say, the only reason I didnt go down(front tire unhooked from pavement while leaned waaaaaay over with improper body position...the dumass technique) was because I pretty much froze and the bike took care of itself. I have since got all the gear, and read a few books(Total Control among others) on riding technique. I cant say enough about educating one's self on riding. I feel much safer and quicker after reading/practising proper riding tech, and when Im not sure about somthing, I find out about it before continuing on as opposed to my previous "I can figure this out myself}" attitude.
Concerning the title of this thread, I am to blame. Im just lucky. |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 10:41 pm: |
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People have been hating bikes since the time that they spooked horses.
Gear Up, watch out, Get gone. |
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