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as someone who just got back from a nice motorcycle group ride: lol
by jeron 3mo ago
as someone who just got back from a nice motorcycle group ride: lol
- antonvs 3mo agoThat's a bit like saying "I don't wear a seatbelt when driving a car, but I've never had a problem."
- ProllyInfamous 3mo agoStay safe, young grasshopper. You can be the best rider in the world and still have a bad day/week/month/year/life.
- PenguinCoder 3mo agoCan never predict your future. Enjoy what you will, when you can. I was in a motorcycle accident in 2021, TBI, hospitalized for 3mo, induced coma, and rehab for 9 months after. I am back on the horse. It is just a zen and still relaxing time, albeit more anxiety while riding, than before. Thankful I can still ride, and I do.
- ProllyInfamous 3mo agoSafest travels. Glad to hear you humped back on 'er.
- qmr 3mo agoYou were in a crash sir. I'm glad you're better. Tenacity.
- coldtea 3mo agoAnd you can be the best car driver and still sway off or have some idiot crash into you head-on or miss a red light...
- qmr 3mo agoAt a minimum you're belted in surrounded by a cage. More likely you're belted in your cage and surrounded by airbags. Apples to orangutans.
- ProllyInfamous 3mo ago>surrounded by a cage THIS is the major difference, protecting even the best motorcyclist's abilities. Some US highways are posted at 85mph [137km/h] – unprotected flesh doesn't stand a chance!
- klibertp 3mo ago> Some US highways I'm sorry, but from a European perspective, this is the problem, not bikes. If your roads and driving culture encourage driving a tank for safety, that's a bit less than ideal. I commuted to work for 5 years on a moped. I never used a highway, almost never exceeded 50km/h, and had 2 accidents during that time; both resulted in just a few scratches and bruises. In another post, you said: "maybe speed was a factor" - actually, it's the only factor. If you never go too fast and never use roads where others may go too fast, you're safe - at least from life-altering tragedies. If, on the other hand, it's generally impossible to get where you want to without using highways, or the sheer distance forces you to step on it - then yeah, don't buy a motorbike. Just note that it's not the bike's fault!
- mothballed 3mo agoI lack the commenting impulse control to say this in a politically correct way so my apologies for the outrage that will follow, but to put it crudely there is someone in my extended family who became a retard after falling off their bicycle at roughly walking speed and with a helmet on. It's rare but you can easily die just from walking and slipping on a banana peel. While you're right about slower generally being safer, you should still treat it like a life-altering tragedy could happen at any time and like you're going 200 kph.
- qmr 3mo agoI don't see the appeal of group rides myself. Always seems to be some stupid shit happening. Half of the group rides I see are to "honor" or "remember " a rider who died doing something stupid as well.