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| Found second gear by accident ![]() Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: 1996 Shadow ACE VT1100C2
Location: 50 miles south of Lexington, KY
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| My wife and I were taking this morning and I happed to think Motorcycle riding has to be safer than Snow Ski'ing, or some others listed below Mt climbing Rock Climbing What can you add ?? |
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Depends how you define "safer". Snow skiing hardly kills anyone, but I've seen my share of sprains and broken legs (not myself - I'm an expert). I'd say that other, less regulated motorized sports such as snowmobiling and ATVs top the list. After that, I just don't know. You should probably come up with a different argument to convince your wife to let you keep riding.
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| Administrator ![]() Joined: Sep 2003
Bike: SV650S '05 (Blue)
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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| Playing chess can be dangerous Of course, motorcycles have inherent risks, but if you do it with safety in mind you can reduce risks. Air planes are the safest mean of transportation but people die in crashes. Crossing the road canbe very dangerous, but if you are careful and take the necessary steps (look both ways just like your Mommy told you) you can reduce those risks right?
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
Bike: several
Location: Decatur, GA
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| Riding a motorcycle is very dangerous. According to the latest study I can find, there are 13 TIMES as many fatalities per mile on a motorcycle than in a car. But other vehicles are more dangerous than a car also: 18 wheelers have twice the deaths per mile as cars, as do bicycles. SUV's are involved in only 3% of accidents, but account for 30% of the fatalities due to their tendancy to roll over. You can make riding a lot safer. 90% of people involved in motorcycle accidents have no formal training. 50% don't have a motorcycle license. Almost half of all motorcycle fatalities involve alcohol. Get trained, pass the skills test to get a license, and stay sober, and the accident rate drops considerably. And compared to smoking, riding is quite safe.
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
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| Found second gear by accident ![]() Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: 1996 Shadow ACE VT1100C2
Location: 50 miles south of Lexington, KY
Posts: 339
| I mean as in injeries period not just fatalities, no alcohol, not trying tricks just strieght forward riding I dont have a problem with wife letting me ride, it was her suggestion as a means of saving on gas, we run our son to college 3 days a week, 16 miles one way. Take him there in the morning and go get him late afternoon. I figure it cost about $140 a month in our Van vers $40 a month on a bike. |
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| Dogs Best Friend(admin) ![]() Joined: Jul 2004
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| May 2007 Member of the month ![]() | Motorcycling is safer than sticking your head in an alligator's mouth and sleeping with scorpions.
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| Fourth gear and illegal ![]() Joined: Oct 2005
Bike: 05 Red M50
Location: Iowa, riding in the Rain!
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+1 that!
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| Third gear and cruising ![]() Joined: Feb 2006
Bike: Buell XB12Ss Lightning
Location: York, Pa
Posts: 521
| Prescription drugs are pretty risky too. Lots of narcs abused out there, jut the same as a motorcycle being "abused". Ladders seem to assist quite a few falls and broken necks per year. Other than stabbings and shootings in the city, motorcycle accidents are def up there in numbers for critical patients. Sure, we have alot of car crashes, but that number is expected to be a little higher due to the number of cars on the road. |
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Uggh!
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| Ditch Magnet ![]() | drinking water and eating food are extremely dangerous, you are placing air blockages RIGHT next to your airways! are you people insane! oh, and breathing by the way, WICKED dangerous, what if you inhale some toxi chemicals or asbestos.... I'm telling you, the only way to be safe in life, is, well, to die, then you cant be hurt or die, cause you already have that part taken care of. And on a side note, I got a splinter from the stick in a corndog on wednesday, so those can be dangerous too, I was thinking of sueing the corndog company for the momentary annoyance between said splinter introduction to my finger and the time to pull it out with my other hand.....
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Lol!
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| Antebellum Mod ![]() Joined: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
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Peeing in a Outhouse in Surrey BC is more dangerous then riding a motorcycle. Peecycles and stampeeding moose.
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| Throttle Jockey ![]() Joined: Apr 2004
Bike: '05 Boulevard C50
Location: Central Kentucky
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| The things I see that raise life insurance rates (or make policies harder to get) are skydiving and scuba diving.
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