Motorcycle rider baws of the ot

Your life expectancy just dropped ten years

It's not a question of if, but when you put your bike down.

I think a lot of it depends on where you plan to ride.
Operating the bike is done almost on a subconscious level. What you are actively doing is watching everything around you. As long as you are acutely aware of what's going on around you at all times you can be very safe.
Where I live there are plenty of places to ride to without much traffic. But I would never ride around in central Phoenix. Or Baton Rouge.

1. Take a motorcycle safety course.

2. Buy a $1500 dirt bike.

3. Ride it for the next 3 years on every dirt road and trail you can find.

4. If you still are having fun, buy a dual sport bike and start exploring some <50 mph highways. Do this for 5 years.

5. Consider buying a larger bike and have fun.

Sign your organ donor card

All fun and games until that first accident

These cagers here will tell you it’s a bad idea but there’s always room for a prospect in my mc

Just make sure you donate your organs.

If you're a first time buyer/rider I'd strongly advise you to buy a used bike somewhere in the area of size and how you plan to use it. No sense getting one new off the showroom floor since your chances of scraping up the shiny stuff is pretty high the first year of ownership.

Insurance will be cheaper on a used bike as opposed to new. Take the MSF course before you go buy a bike too as it will help familiarize you with how bikes work and what to look out for when riding. Riding a bike is not at all like riding in a car, and that is what I love about it.

I've been riding bikes for closing in on 50 years now and I don't even know how many miles I've got on them, but suffice it to say, it's a lot. You need to ride like everybody is out to get you and know you can do some stupid shite to get yourself if not careful.

Good luck.

You’ll likely give an arm and a leg on the bike too.