I was a motorcycle cop for 22 years of my 30 year career. I was very fortunate not to have incurred serious injuries although I had my share of broken bones and road rash. Not fun. You can be the best rider in the world but when granny makes a left turn in front of you, you are doomed.

What would be a fender bender in a two car crash often ends up in a fatality in a car-MC crash.

I rode my own BMW motorcycles for 40 years. Quit riding a few years ago, just too damned dangerous out there.

My daughter's boy friend is now in a cast after having two screws and a plate put in his left ankle. The doctor says he will have trouble with it for the rest of his life. He will be out of work for two months. A 80 year old granny made that left turn in front of him. He is lucky.

If you like living and love your family and are not ready to get busted up or killed, don't get a motorcycle. Don't have tombstone courage...it can and will happen to you eventually.

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"Life is tough...it's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne


Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD