Preaching to the Choir

[safiri]

This link was in the AMA magazine. Pretty good video about why we ride and the risks that exposes us to.

http://www.livefreeridealive.com/

Personally, riding lets me sense (sights, sounds, smells, temperature, etc) what is around me.

[troy]

I watched the entire video and looked at the stats pages. Very well put together, but I felt the overall message was kind of anti-motorcycle. I mean, obviously the people they interviewed love riding, but I kind of left the video thinking, "Wow. I don't want the problems and sadness these people have to deal with. Maybe I should sell the bikes." Of course then I washed the sand out of my vag and fired up the vstrom.

The stats actually made me feel a lot safer because a HUGE % of the accidents and fatalities involve alcohol. I don't drink. That's one stat in my favor! The downside is I don't drink--which means I'm sober as I deal with the world's shite!

Speaking of selling the bike...

[Stu]

Troy,

I do drink beer, craft beer, not the light stuff. However, I only do it at the end of the day after I have put the bike away. I tried to drink a couple of beers before a race about 30 years ago. Disaster. Never again. I would add that when I brush a tree at speed and don't crash it is a great day. The opposite results in bruises that resolve. Off road riding makes it!

Stu

[safiri]

Troy, I agree the message could be taken as a negative toward motorcycling. However, what has stuck with me is the sport bike riders talking about their inexperienced friend crashing b/c he was screwing around and trying to ride like he had the experience of his friends. That and all of the HD riders telling it like it is: "if you haven't crashed, you will, so wear the gear."