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re: How dangerous are motorcycles for those of you who have them?
Posted on 5/12/18 at 7:42 am to dragginass
Posted on 5/12/18 at 7:42 am to dragginass
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If you want a Harley then you never really wanted to ride, anyway....
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Posted on 5/12/18 at 7:53 am to Deactived
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yea because your bike has springs to leap off the ground when granny just leaving piccadilly after her dilly plate runs the light and waylays you with her caddy
dum dum
Ok, and you would likely be dead in a car as well? I'm not saying they are dangerous, but there are several ways to alert cars that you are there to make the experience safer. Up to 80% of motorcycle accidents could have been prevented by the rider. Many people freak out and cause or worsen their own accident, because they aren't properly educated. In many instances, people slam their brakes or slide their bikes, when a simple defensive manuever with some throttle will easily get you out of the situation...
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:11 am to baseballmind1212
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The scary people are the idiots that are riding bikes way too big. I routinely talk to guys who have been riding less than 6 months and their every day bike is 1000cc+. Those guys barely know how to maneuver evasively, yet they're riding something that can go from 30-100mph in a couple seconds.
Exactly my thoughts. I found a bike that I could learn on and still enjoy 5 years down the road. 650cc parallel twin cruiser with ABS. 0-60 in 3.5sec, but light enough to throw around if I need to. I put around 7000 miles on it my first year. Didn't die once...
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:19 am to iamAG
I saw a guy put his Harley underneath a trailer. Actually. Just recently. I know one of the guys whose building the new jail in thibodaux. One of their hands was riding his street bike from Houma to work. Rouses van pulls in front of him around gray. Kid starts sliding. Van was pulling a trailer with a man lift in the back. Somehow this fricking thing takes this kids head right off. So no. I won’t get a bike. What’s even stranger is that no one has heard about this story. The paper didn’t even cover it. Donny doing some shady shite.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:21 am to Rebel
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the risk is just not worth the reward.
there are safer ways to get an adrenaline rush like sky-diving.
I guess this. Though skydiving is not close to the rush you can get on a street bike.
Right after college I moved to Atlanta. New friend I made had a GSXR 750. He let me ride it, I had never been on a street bike before. I was instantly hooked. I went and bought a Honda CBR two weeks later.
Two years later, I had gone down 3 times, road rash on legs, hip, arms, shoulders, elbows. Concussion from lick on pavement that cracked helmet and shattered visor. Fractured ankle. Got the bike fixed each time and back on it immediately. I loved that bike. Would pet it talk to it, etc. It was my buddy. I also road like a fool. 160mph up and down 400, would fly by people in traffic around 285, etc. I would not learn, then something tragic saved me.
My friend wrecked his (the first bike I ever sat on a couple of years earlier) on 285 and was immediately run over by an 18 wheeler when he went down.
I never rode again. Never got on my bike again. Sold it. Seeing the remains of my friends bike, then him in the casket at 25 years old was it.
This post was edited on 5/12/18 at 8:22 am
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:28 am to iamAG
I oversee a large trauma program at one of the major trauma centers in the country.
In short, do not buy a motorcycle.
In short, do not buy a motorcycle.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:33 am to iamAG
I've always wanted one but my wife would never allow it. When I was a kid my parents wouldn't allow it.
If you want a motorcycle and have a place where you can enjoy it why not buy a motocrosser or enduro bike?
At least you lose an argument with a car.
If you want a motorcycle and have a place where you can enjoy it why not buy a motocrosser or enduro bike?
At least you lose an argument with a car.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:41 am to Big Block Stingray
I would imagine most people in the medical field wouldn’t be fans of motorcycles.
If you are gonna get one....make sure you at least sign up to be an organ donor.
If you are gonna get one....make sure you at least sign up to be an organ donor.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:44 am to iamAG
I had a little Honda Rebel 300 back in the day. I loved it until I had a deer run out in front of me at night.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 8:50 am to iamAG
I have a close friend that lost his Dad to a accident on a bike. From my knowledge of the accident it was a low speed accident and several things combined to cause the accident. I worked with 2 different guys who died in accidents. One was because of inexperience and the other was because the guy was running from the cops and thought he was immortal I guess. My brother also rides and actually took a trip to Texas this weekend on his bike. I will not be shocked one bit when I get that phone call. I am not sure of his skill level. He has been riding for about 10 years now. When he got his first bike I tried to buy the Harley Davidson riders course for him. He absolutely refused because he said he didn't need it. Even though he had only rode dirt bikes when he was young. It is the complete arrogance that he thinks he doesn't have anything to learn is why I will not be shocked when he gets killed on the road.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 9:13 am to lsunurse
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I would imagine most people in the medical field wouldn’t be fans of motorcycles.
If you are gonna get one....make sure you at least sign up to be an organ donor.
I think many do feel that way, though there are outliers that know the danger firsthand and want to live on the edge.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 9:17 am to iamAG
If you get one, please sign your organ donor card/license.
They don’t call them donorcycles for nothing.
They don’t call them donorcycles for nothing.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 9:19 am to iamAG
A friend of mine always said it wasnt the cars that worried him as much as the cars ahead of him changing lanes and having a four foot wrought iron coffee table make an appearance.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 10:44 am to lsunurse
Every poster in the medical field has said don't do it.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 10:45 am to iamAG
Had a friend who died on a bike and another who was riding with me that missed death by about a foot. My son was also hit but escaped serious injury. I only logged around 1,500 miles on the street, then after acting like an arse and running from the cops at 100+ mph I decided to stop street riding. Started trailering the bikes to the track and did track days every month. It’s one of the greatest thrills I’ve experienced, and omce I did it I had no desire to ride on the street again.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 12:07 pm to iamAG
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How dangerous are motorcycles for those of you who have them?
I will never ride a bike on the road, but I race dirt bikes and absolutely love it! It’s the best way to forget about everything and let your mind be free.
I have a 2018 Yamaha YZ250FX and love it!
Posted on 5/12/18 at 12:17 pm to iamAG
They are really fun to take out on rides.
But dangerous af. Its not just the other cars that might kill you. Its everything in the road. man hole covers are slick when you are in a turn.
I had my ducati for a few years. Sold it when I had my first son.
I might get another bike one day. But it will be a cruiser.
But dangerous af. Its not just the other cars that might kill you. Its everything in the road. man hole covers are slick when you are in a turn.
I had my ducati for a few years. Sold it when I had my first son.
I might get another bike one day. But it will be a cruiser.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 12:38 pm to iamAG
Only two types of motorcycle riders. Those that have wrecked and those that are going to.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 12:41 pm to iamAG
I have known probably a close to equal number of people get killed on motorcycles and in cars, but the list of people I have known that received permanent, life altering injuries as a result of motorcycle crashes is too ling to list here.
Posted on 5/12/18 at 1:39 pm to ClarkGriswold
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What I've noticed most trying to teach adults about riding is that because of waiting so long to learn to ride, they don't have the instincts that I've developed over the 37 years of riding that kick in and have helped me avoid accidents on the road. The classes are great and I always recommend people take them, but the "instincts" are something that have to be developed from time and experience. Most, not all, of the people I've spoken to that have been involved in motorcycle accidents did not start riding until late in life or made poor choices such as darting in and out of traffic or drinking.
Exactly. It’s why I have had my son on a dirt bike since he was 7. I am thankful to my dad for teaching me about how and where to ride.
I much prefer riding in the dirt over the street.
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