People who ride motorcycles are stupid
 

Just got off the phone with someone I know who is visiting the Florida institute of neurological rehabilitation and she says that 90% of the people there were in motorcycle crashes. 85% of those will be retards or veggies for life. Wow.

Several guys I work with have motorcycles. Every one of them has had at least once crash that has put them in the hospital. One of them is still in really bad condition after more than a year.

Bad shit happens.

Riding is awesome. You should try it some time before you call anyone stupid.

maybe people that drive cars are assholes?

If you are going to ride, you are going to crash. Be as Safe as you can.

Love to ride, unfortunately idiots are everywhere... Some of them ride bikes, some of the drive cars, some of them fly planes...

Some of them start polarizing threads on message boards... :winkwink:

People in cars kill more bikers than any other single reason

http://www.motorcycleaccident.org/ma...cle-accidents/


I've crashed twice, I expect I'll crash again, I have no plans to sell my bike

Ride Safe :)

+1 :thumbsup

Probably a good idea to crash in your driveway first to get that out of the way.

The biggest problem with motorcycles is the crotch rockets - they are very fast and very cheap; You can spend $10k on a crappy used car or $10k on a brand new fast bike. Toss in some experience and it's a deadly combination.

I used to ride daily.... Never had an accident, thankfully.

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54 years old been riding for 40 years, still haven't been injured and certainly haven't been killed. What I think is stupid is someone that calls Bikers stupid for being free and enjoying life to it's fullest. What's stupid is being afraid to do things like riding a bike because you might get hurt!

the old guy is going to be mad :1orglaugh white beard like santa

I have ridden bikes all of my life (I'm 39). I got my first bike when I was about 5, and probably had a couple dozen since, including various dirtbikes (and 4-wheelers). I've done some incredibly stupid things over the years, but I have never been down. I've been rear ended and forced off the road, but never went down. Florida absolutely sucks for owning a bike... those snowbirds will look right at you then pull out in front of you.

For the first time in a long time, I actually no longer have a bike. Sold mine last year (Suzuki GSX-R 1000) after losing two friends in separate accidents in a couple weeks. Wife was spooked, bike was sold... sold hers, too.

But, been itching for a while, and was thinking about getting the Aprilia RSV1000. Great looking bike, and I need my fix. :-)

If you lost 2 friends or even 4 in car accidents would you quit driving? Sorry I truely believe when it's your time to go it really doesn't matter how, enjoy life and do what you enjoy! :2 cents:

anything is dangerous if you aren't dumb about it. i've had some close calls, and its because people driving are careless. i've also been in an accident where i was at a stop light and rear ended at 40mph by a drunk driver. can't live life scared

Yep, like I said, it sounds like YOU are the asshole.

I fucking hate motorcycles. Not only are they dangerous, they're extremely loud and annoying. Nothing sucks worse than when you're trying to have a conversation with somebody or just enjoy a nice, quiet day and some homo on a Harley drives by at 1,000 decibels. I was at a red light earlier and the douche on a motorcycle in front of me kept revving their engine for no good reason. It's like, "hi, notice me." Stupid.

It was more of a request from my wife. She put hers up for sale, and asked if I'd sell mine, too. Pretty please with a blowjob on top. I gave in, then bought a boat a month later. Now I'm thinking of getting another bike...

there Mongols or hells angels in this thread?

Me I would have kept the bike and got a bj elsewhere...shhhh I cant' let my let my wife hear that. LOL Hope you get back in the wind! :thumbsup

Not all of them. may be few of them. I ride too and it feels awesome.

Yeah douches in cars do that too

I have a Harley with loud aftermarket pipes, they do sound cool, they set off car alarms. But when I pull up next to some dip shit wearing ear buds checking out his nose hair in the rear view, he knows I'm there.

He may have some issues with his bike, you don't know. I rev the bike to check for anything coming loose. You can feel it


I doubt it, BTW, they hate each other.


I wear a new high tech helmet that has a brake light built into it that works off a blue tooth transmitter I installed in the tail light

Wonder what the stats would be if there where better drivers that got better driving education (not from mom and dad) and if you lost your license when you lost your time of reaction, sight ect. If you get in the car and take more than 5 minutes you should lose your driving licenses. (just kidding but you know what I mean) this thread started about death in FL hmmm where do all the old folks go to die that can't see or react in a timely manner?

I own a hot tub (drowning risk), boat (drowning risk), guns (shooting risk) and plan to buy a motorcycle soon. I'm also black male. So I'm clearly fucked.

So true. When I was in my teens it was no big deal. Now I'm... somewhat older... it's a big fucking deal. A broken leg, for example, would keep me from working and living life as usual for maybe six months.

yeah i know :)

Ride every chance I get. Once put more than 50,000 miles on in 18 months.

I quit doing anything on 2 wheels because too many people on 4 wheels are doing everything but watching the road:Oh crap

Not just paranoia, got slammed off a bike by an idiot flying through a stop sign coming out of an apartment complex. It threw me clear, then he backed up over my bike trying to dislodge it before taking off:mad:

So you ride bitch?

:1orglaugh

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but a broken leg can put you down WAY longer than that I broke my tibia just below the knee in Oct of 2011 Im still not 100% back and probably never will be, the break caused trauma induced osteo arthritis in that knee...Its a bitch Im still getting better but it hurts every day even at that i do low impact cardio 3-4 times a week for 45 mins....stationary bike, cross country skiing thing and some stairmaster kind of contraption with handles....

Oh and I ride every day If you dont count the six months i was in a wheel chair from the broken leg I put 40K miles on the bike in 2.5 yrs

and no the broken leg wasnt related to the bike.

Everything carries danger, I scuba dive too but these things arent going to stop me from enjoying my life by doing the things I love

The OP is just being a divisive asshat, If the open road or the sensation of being able to fly appeals to you by all means take a riders course and enjoy it...

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Probably most of the injured might not have had the experience or proper training to drive those rice rockets.I only like the dirt bikes

Do today's young people read this book anymore?:

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I guess the Motorcycle Diaries is more contemporary - the book was released in 1993, and the movie in 2004 (although the diaries were written by Che decades ago back in the 50's)...



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ADG

doesnt help most of them never wear a helmet im sure.. cant believe how many i see around without them.. i couldnt imagine riding my bike without one

Now there's a novel thought :winkwink:

Murdercycles are not for me. I don't get it. Never will.

Have you ridden one?

I thought the same thing about guns. Fired one..and was hooked.

Thought the same thing about bikes. Rode one. Loved it.

Though different strokes for different folks.

It is not for everyone.

I rode a dirt bike off road for a few minutes. I didn't really have fun doing it.

I would never ride a bike on a public road. Some cotton top in a land yacht blows a light or merges suddenly and you are a grease spot. In a car, at least I have a chance.

Took me the better part of a year to get off of crutches/cane when I broke my tibia and lateral malleolus. The tibia healed OK but the lateral malleolus was non-union forever and they thought I might have to have it pinned. It finally healed but I have a prominate groove at the fracture site which still aches depending on the weather and my activity:Oh crap

:2 cents:

Everyone I know who rides, has crashed. Some more than once. It happens.

It's big danger, but i would not call them stupid, most of time other people do the mistake, and they got hurt

That is incredible. You're very lucky.

no but you can easly weight the risks and benefits and judge from there if its really worth it or not. i'd say its not simply because no matter how good you are it won't stop other idiots from fucking up. i would at least avoid busy highway driving. i don't trust people when i'm in a car, you're basically putting your life in others hands when you're out on a bike.

i just got took the class (8 hours road, 8 hours classroom) and got my motorcycle endorsement in florida. i really enjoyed riding on the course, and know i would on the road, but the shit i see people doing in cars all day makes me pretty hesitant to get a bike.

what i really want to do is go out west into the mountains, black hills, see nature and ride there. seems much less dangerous in my mind, less cars, more to see. ill probably end up taking a week or so to do that and just renting a bike for that time out there. i NEVER plan on using the bike to get from point A to point B on a regular basis though.

You see the idiots riding around in my state with no helmets. Even crotch rocket guys.

If you ride, eventually you're going to eat it. It's only a question of when.

When you shoot a gun, you're not on the highway with the chance of being creamed by an 18 wheeler.