06-28-2004, 04:44 PM
ok i'm going to try not to come off like a dick... and basically tell everyone what motorcycles are about.
generally speaking, most motorcycle accidents happen without cars involved. I'm not saying this poor guy was goof'n around when he got hurt... but thats how you generally will get hurt without it involving a car. case in point... my jackass roomate. he's been riding as long as i have. roughly 8 or 9 years. he's dropped a bike here and there.... but never wrecked. he entered the on ramp to 95 slightly hot... started to drop a knee when the rear end started fishing on some gravel (he was running slightly wide because of how hot he came into the on ramp). he tried to correct the fish but it caught too much traction and he high sided his BRAND new GSXR 600. he was only 500 yards from a hospital and only had to get stitches put in his hand. so much for armored gloves ;-).
if you eliminate accidents that happen when you are "goofing off" then motorcycles are almost as safe as cars. you have to have a maturity level to ride and not get hurt. accidents do happen... they happen in cars, boats, trains and everything else we travel in. its not even safe to say i'll goof off around here because i've riden this road a hundred times. my roomate took that same ramp to 95 everyday to work for 5 years. learn mechanics on the street... how to brake with a bike, how to shift and move with it. you learn to go fast on a track... something i might actually take up since road riding is getting slightly more dull.... hence my need for a new bike.... AND a beater ;-) *i really miss having a bike and i think that is causing all this bike and track talk*
i'm not saying while i was in highschool and community college i didnt do stupid shit. God knows i did REALLY stupid shit on a bike while i was still learning. for that matter i am still learning. everytime i ride i learn a little something new about that bike, bikes in general, or about riding with/around traffic. just dont dick around and your odds of survival are great ;-).... be a jackoff like my roomate and throw 6200 out the window (it was a great deal on a 2004 GSXR with only 28 miles when he bought it).
you still drive a car .... but you know people that get hurt in car accidents. just dont by a bike until you are sure you are responcible enough to ride safely.... and you wont have to worry about "getting hurt." well no more then you do when you drive your car on the beltway.
generally speaking, most motorcycle accidents happen without cars involved. I'm not saying this poor guy was goof'n around when he got hurt... but thats how you generally will get hurt without it involving a car. case in point... my jackass roomate. he's been riding as long as i have. roughly 8 or 9 years. he's dropped a bike here and there.... but never wrecked. he entered the on ramp to 95 slightly hot... started to drop a knee when the rear end started fishing on some gravel (he was running slightly wide because of how hot he came into the on ramp). he tried to correct the fish but it caught too much traction and he high sided his BRAND new GSXR 600. he was only 500 yards from a hospital and only had to get stitches put in his hand. so much for armored gloves ;-).
if you eliminate accidents that happen when you are "goofing off" then motorcycles are almost as safe as cars. you have to have a maturity level to ride and not get hurt. accidents do happen... they happen in cars, boats, trains and everything else we travel in. its not even safe to say i'll goof off around here because i've riden this road a hundred times. my roomate took that same ramp to 95 everyday to work for 5 years. learn mechanics on the street... how to brake with a bike, how to shift and move with it. you learn to go fast on a track... something i might actually take up since road riding is getting slightly more dull.... hence my need for a new bike.... AND a beater ;-) *i really miss having a bike and i think that is causing all this bike and track talk*
i'm not saying while i was in highschool and community college i didnt do stupid shit. God knows i did REALLY stupid shit on a bike while i was still learning. for that matter i am still learning. everytime i ride i learn a little something new about that bike, bikes in general, or about riding with/around traffic. just dont dick around and your odds of survival are great ;-).... be a jackoff like my roomate and throw 6200 out the window (it was a great deal on a 2004 GSXR with only 28 miles when he bought it).
you still drive a car .... but you know people that get hurt in car accidents. just dont by a bike until you are sure you are responcible enough to ride safely.... and you wont have to worry about "getting hurt." well no more then you do when you drive your car on the beltway.