re: Why kids don’t ride motorcycles anymore

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Joke with my daughter all the time “You stole my truck. Who taught you to drive stick?” ‘I only stalled it twice. Did I hurt your toy?”

I was in the hospital for a week with pneumonia and pleurisy. Almost losrt me. She rescued my truck. “No, you took advantage of my hospital stay and the tank I bought you, using my truck instead.”

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I am not comparing the activities!

It's the logic that because someone might die on a motorcycle, I simply won't ride a motorcycle. That's a simplistic way to approach life. That's like saying, the only way to choke on hard candy is to eat hard candy; therefore, I shall not eat hard candy.

It's jumping past a lot of things that mitigate harm.

Going back to the swimming example. While it's true that not entering water is a way to avoid drowning, one could also ... learn how to swim! Or exercise caution during riptides, wearing a life preserver or always having a lifeguard around. One doesn't need to completely avoid the water to not drown.

I'm saying the way people act, you'd think just riding a motorcycle is like spinning the chamber on a revolver and pointing it at your head. It's just absurd fear mongering.

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Most don’t even know what a clutch is, much less how to use one.

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Joke with my daughter all the time “You stole my truck. Who taught you to drive stick?” ‘I only stalled it twice. Did I hurt your toy?”

I was in the hospital for a week with pneumonia and pleurisy. Almost losrt me. She rescued my truck. “No, you took advantage of my hospital stay and the tank I bought you, using my truck instead.”

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What?

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Lordy, if that’s living a life, I’d feel more than just cheated. I’d feel abused.

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Victim mentality is strong

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The logic is that avoiding the thing itself (motorcycle) is the only way to avoid dying on a motorcycle in the city. That's a silly jump to conclusions. There are a variety of ways to avoid death and dismemberment that fall short of simply not ever riding a bike. In the same way that there are a variety of ways short of simply not entering the water is the way to avoid drowning.

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You can smoke crack without dying. Should we all start doing that too?

This one hits close to home;

Beginning of last month, my nephew, who is 19, was on his bike riding on a 2 lane highway with a 55 MPH speed limit. Minding his own business when a woman in a van coming off a side road pulls right out in front of him and broadsided him. Next thing he remembers is waking up in the hospital with a couple of broken ribs, a plate in his mouth, a concussion, and a broken arm. Doctors said the riding gear that he was wearing saved his life. He had an angel on his shoulder.

My point is, a lot of times it's not the bike riders, it's the other drivers on the road that you have to worry about because most times they don't give a frick.

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OT boomers- the streets and highways are full of Nissans running red lights and going 25 over the speed limit while texting

Also OT boomers- why doesn’t anyone ride motorcycles anymore?

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These are the same people who will go to the mat that it's downright irresponsible parenting to NOT track your wife and kids at all times via a phone app.

What does that nonsense have to do with kids not riding motorcycles?

Young people don’t even leave the house anymore much less ride bikes. Motorcycles are boomer behavior for dentist and lawyers … or young “culture”