Figure it this way: The bucks are the same up front. However, you're not putting out money for stress meds (liquor), therapists, or other silly expensive hobbies. Riding sounds like a winner to me!
That's pretty much my story, I rode off and on for 38 years. For my street riding, one serious crash the first year I was riding and still foolish. After than one minor dump at about a year later when I hit some ice. Other than that I don't recall ever going down while moving.quote:
Originally posted by OMCWankel:
I rode for 30 years on the street, most of it commuting, as well as pleasure riding. Commuting requires good protective equipment, and rain gear. Always wear some kind of jacket and gloves, as taking a stone in the chest or hands really hurts (and that is with the protective gear). I quit recently due to age, reflexes that are slower, and not as much of a commitment anymore. Riders like me, with that many years on the street and no accidents, are not common.
One last thought: Do not demand your right of way, yield to everyone. In any accident, even a “minor” one, the motorcyclist will be the one that is seriously injured.
Excellent post, XS650quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
It disturbs me to keep hearing rider complain about homicidal maniac drivers who don't see them. It's the riders obligation compensate for brain dead drivers. If you can't do that you shouldn't be riding. They can whine all they want about lousy cage driver, but in the end all their whining doesn't matter. You either learn to deal with traffic as it is or eventually deal with it in a painful way.
By the time I was 60 my reactions and edge were getting to the point that traffic was starting to occaasionally surprise me when in the past my mental radar would have kept me aware of the situation.
Now that I'm a retired olde pharte, I've stepped down to an old mans car, a Corvette.
man... I wish the kids today riding these sport bikes would realize that... Nothing more frustrating than trying to make a quick lane change, etc. in traffic, only to have a bunch of kids buzzing between cars on their bikes at high speeds, or driving fast and having kids weave in and out of the cars very fast. Some day one is going to fall off and I or someone in a nearby car is going to run them over.quote:
Originally posted by OMCWankel:
One last thought: Do not demand your right of way, yield to everyone. In any accident, even a “minor” one, the motorcyclist will be the one that is seriously injured.