Pray for my friend

[Ryan T]

but as a mature rider... you have to read traffic like that much more on a bike then in a car... its something you learn to do. i would say 90% of motorcycle accidents are with sport bike riders... and it could be higher. the first time you have someone cut you off or try to run you off the road in a bike.... you learn the lession about being seen. black bike + black clothes and helmet = rookie. the track you take on the lane you are in will also tell me how much you have riden. maturity as a rider will keep you safer from other "people" in cars then you think.

But being an experienced rider will only take you so far. You can never prepare for everything. There is a town cop who works security for the grocery store I work at. He works a few nights a week and he's about 35 years old. He's been riding motorcycles since he was 12. I would consider him to be the best rider I've seen. But a stupid driver not paying attention still caused him to lose his R1. He was merging onto interstate and was merging into the right lane. As he was doing so a Honda Accord swerved over into his lane before he even had time to react. Her car hit his pegs and launched him off the road. He was wearing all his leather and he had no injuries. He tumbled and slid in the grass and stopped just in time to see he bike snapped in half be a tree. It took two trips in his truck to pick up his bike.

No matter how good of a rider you are, you can only read traffic to a certain extent. On a lighter note, he did buy a Ducatti 916 which is badass.