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People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

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  1. 09-01-2011, 08:46 AM #1
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    Default People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

    Does anyone else here have people constantly telling them about people they know that have died/are dying/were seriously injured on motorcycles? On a nearly daily basis people tell me about someone who was just killed in the news, someone they know, etc. This morning, for instance, the girl next to me at work was telling me about how the guy in the other office lost his leg on a motorcycle accident. I see him every day, and wonder where his leg went, and now I know.. I feel like I'm going to get jinxed or something. I finally flipped out on this older guy at work that gives me shit for riding a bike every time I see him. I was pissed, it gets old as hell and he always tells me the same shit. I ride pretty safe. I wear my gear, always on the watch for everyone else, but I also ride the bike 300-400 miles/week. I probably get cut off really bad where someone drifts directly into my lane multiple times weekly, if not every day. More often than not now I usually ride with my brights on, and stay ahead of the traffic if there is much so I don't have to worry about everyone else around me.

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  2. 09-01-2011, 09:06 AM #2
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    Default Re: People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

    Yeah.
    When someone says "Bikes are dangerous, I had a friend that got killed on a motorcycle"
    I usually say, "I know. So are cars. I have known 8 people that died in car accidents."

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  3. 09-01-2011, 09:16 AM #3
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    Default Re: People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

    ive personally known way more people that have died in a car crash than motorcycle crash...now if there were as many motorcycles on the road as cars Im certain it would be the other way around

    My opinion...delete this thread with the quickness and be safe now trix (I get so weirded out when people ask if I've ever gone down or dropped the bike cause I dont wanna respond with no and then crash 10 minutes later lol)
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  4. 09-01-2011, 11:22 AM #4
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    i was just in a serious accident on my bike and people ask are you really going to get back on a bike and i just ask them " if you were in a serious car accident would you still drive?" and they say well of course id keep driving. then i say well there is your answer.
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    Default Re: People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

    I'd rather die on a motorcycle than of cancer. Ever watch somebody die of cancer? Seriously, fuck that shit.

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    People are scared of living their lives. Look how they raise kids these days. I live by the adage of "work hard, play hard".
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    ....or even worse, people at her work keep telling my wife about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles, because they know that I ride.
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    or how bout your mother works in the hospital, sees the savage aftermath of a crash firsthand and both you and your father have a bike....we heard a lot of shit from her for a loooong time till she eventually gave up lol
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    Default Re: People constantly telling you about other people getting hurt/dying on motorcycles

    What's more grotesque, the ER or the nursing home?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tay00 View Post
    People are scared of living their lives. Look how they raise kids these days. I live by the adage of "work hard, play hard".
    i remember riding my bmx bike like an idiot. how big can we make this ramp and land it? dude look how big that dirt hill is! i bet i can make that. with no helmet. these days the kids cant even get on the bike without a helmet. would someone please tell me why they walk there bikes across the street? if you going to get hit by a car it really don't mater if you are walking or riding does it?
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