re: My 18 yr Old wants a Motorcycle "BAD" !!

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My best friend I grew up with spent all his childhood on dirt bikes and bought a motorcycle after college. Lived in Dallas and was doing everything right, an idiot hits him on the freeway and took him 2 years to be able to walk again and now can only walk with a cane since he was mid 20’s. Not a day goes by he wishes he never bought a bike

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It sucks what happened to your friend. I've seen some terrible accidents too. I know what can happen.

I'm not saying it isn't a risk. I'm saying that some people are going to do it no matter the risk, so you might as well come to terms with that and steer him toward a more safe environment.

I looked at it as I'd rather die young and experience some things than die old in a nursing home wishing I'd done more.

Tell him not to do this.

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