Planning on riding a motorcycle

[titanic3]

Get the fastest bike you can and ride like this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpwqpE

Definitely a good idea

  

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Get the fastest bike you can and ride like this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpwqpE

Definitely a good idea

Heh when he makes the headlines as yet another moto-tard that crashed and died I'm going to laugh.

[bj229r]

You are learning to drive too? If you have no experience on the road, wait a few years before you get on a motorcycle.

what he said. 90% of bike fatalities are people in the OP's demographic

[mechanic]

Heh when he makes the headlines as yet another moto-tard that crashed and died I'm going to laugh.

Yeah, I just hope he doesnt take out anyone's loved ones in the process

[Arlo]

Here you go:

[Midway]

  Thanks guys, will take caution and take it slowly.

“Per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists are about 35 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in
a traffic crash.”

That means your risk of death is 3,400% greater than if you were an occupant in a car... and I think most of us know someone that died in a car crash, if not multiple people.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810990.PDF

Always remember you're only hearing from the bikers that are still around... the others... well they can't give you their thoughts any more.

[Scherf]

3) Drivers don't see motorcycles.

^ this


I never really"got" it until I turned across a guy (car) coming out of a building which has been a non-functioning building site for several years. "Cars don't come out of that laneway, ergo there is not a car coming out of there now, ergo I am not going to hit him."

He braked, and I near shot myself when I got home as I had the family in the car and had really, genuinely ****ed up.

Drivers are looking for cars, in places where they always see cars, and so they just don't see bikes.

Also what others have said re: gear. You will put the bike down on the day you aren't wearing any. And if you want to go fast, take it to the track.

As the saying goes, you can be an old rider or a bold rider, not both. Life, as they say, is good.

[guncrasher]

lots of good info here.  I have been dreaming about owning a bike since I was a young kid.  I wont ride it much but at least I know where to start now.  my friends suggested I buy the top of the line harley with a big engine.  I guess I'll get something else to get me feeling comfortable.  after all I can always buy another bike later.


semp

[spammer]

Riding a Bike and Flying are both great risks. I'd choose a larger and louder bike, let your presence be seen and heard. Any mistake made when riding is yours and yours alone, you need to anticipate and avoid all situations that might put you at risk. (It's a full time deal) Never ride aggressive and always, always, ride defensive.

Some of my favorite times in my life were logged on my Hog. "Live to Ride"...."Ride to Live". Brain bucket optional in most states.

Good Luck and don't let these guys talk you out of it.

[Wiley]

Drivers really don't see bikes.  I'm an excellent driver, never been in any kind of an accident outside of a parking lot, but the only time in my life I've created a close call was one day I came off a freeway, shoulder checked to merge, and came over into what I thought was a clear lane.  To this day I don't know where the bike came from, but he laid on the horn and was quite irate as he veered around me.  I felt terrible, because something like that had never happened before.  Or since, for that matter.

I'd put my SA in a car above 99% of what I see on the street, and I still missed seeing a bike.

Wiley.

[icepac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qROwMqCLAw

[Sol75]

I posted this earlier ina ntoher thread, but thought you bikers and future bikers might enjoy it.  Created from video I shot from my helmet cam last week.

Why Do I Ride?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_YE0JbPsdc

[Curval]

Point taken. Although I wonder, does anyone actually only ride bikes?

I ride one every day.  Not a big bike, only a 125cc, but each and every day I take my life in my hands and head out to work on it.  Rain or shine.  Here we are only allowed one car due to the small size of the island, so my wife drives our car.

Bikes are dangerous, no joke.  Be very careful out there.

[bmwgs]

I posted this earlier ina ntoher thread, but thought you bikers and future bikers might enjoy it.  Created from video I shot from my helmet cam last week.

Why Do I Ride?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_YE0JbPsdc

Good Video

Here is 5 minutes of why I ride.

http://youtu.be/02QyA4kzDQw

Fred

[Sol75]

Damn that is gorgeous, we dont have any scenery like that here in Ohio unfortunately, maybe someday ill visit the west and get to ride some roads like that!