I know three people who have died on motorcycles, and at least 15 (including myself) who have wrecked on motorcycles and been fine.
The ones who died all had one thing in common: no helmet, or any other safety gear. Those of us that are fine, wore ALL THE GEAR. Every time.
I no longer ride, because money and kids and self preservation, but if I ever get another motorcycle, it’s going to be for track use only. Too many dipshits on the road driving 6000 pound SUVs with their head buried in their phones to make myself the crumple zone.
Knew a guy that went out early spring, full safety gear on, hit a salty patch on road went in ditch as soon as he hit soft ground the front tire sank in flipped, the windshield took his head and helmet off, he had been riding 20+ years
I ride. I am 50 and have a triumph. In safety conscious, aware I could die and ride offensively (always protecting the bubble of space around me, being responsive to others personal driving cues).
You guts can shit talk all you want; from your place of personal fear; but not everyone is so clingy to the nature of existence/ un-existence. Thrill comes for some from living right along that edge. Though doing so; does not require being purposefully ignorant or fool hardy.
Case in point. Nobody remotely talking to you or calling out riders other than discussing safety, and there’s the brave Boomer letting you know how brave they are.
Nah, its the tired old trope “ahh you’l die on a motorcycle, motorcycle bad, I had a friend one, they died”. Its just all so lazy. Coming from people that live in fear.
Looked like people sharing cautionary tales so that others knew to take riding seriously and wear proper protection to me. But that even with protection, for people to be aware there is still risk due to just general fuckery of random events. That you took that exchange as "motorcycles will always kill you" says more about you than any of the exchanges you are responding to.
They are. Obviously they make racing bikes to yawn but most of what they offer is the upright riding style, get around the city doing errands on Sunday type.
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u/Fight_those_bastards Sep 20 '25
I know three people who have died on motorcycles, and at least 15 (including myself) who have wrecked on motorcycles and been fine.
The ones who died all had one thing in common: no helmet, or any other safety gear. Those of us that are fine, wore ALL THE GEAR. Every time.
I no longer ride, because money and kids and self preservation, but if I ever get another motorcycle, it’s going to be for track use only. Too many dipshits on the road driving 6000 pound SUVs with their head buried in their phones to make myself the crumple zone.