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Posted on 10/30/2007 9:13:57 AM PDT by Incorrigible
Do Boomers hope they die before they grow old?
Boomer/Biker bump!
IBTDCR
Maybe they just want to live before they die.
A family friend was in her mid 50’s when she and her husband bought a pair of harleys, she went over the line on a curve and was struck by the oncoming traffic. Very tragic death and she was a great really nice person.
Where I work we’ve had two guys get into bike crashes.
One guy, about 50 years old got broadsided on his Harley by someone who didn’t see him. He says he’ll never get on another motorcycle, ever.
The other guy, 21 yo, left work and goosed his crotch-rocket to 100 mph just around the corner from here and someone pulled out in front of him. He is gone and he left behind a new wife and a 3 month old baby.
My last bike, an 850 Norton, was just waiting in the garage for a chance to kill me. I sold it to an Australian guy in Mpls who boxed it up and shipped it down under.
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Sad.
My wife and I sold our bikes when she found out she was pregnant.
We’ll buy them again when the kids are grown.
Side comment - could this be a solution to the Social Security problem?
Donor cycle? I don’t know....I have no doubt that the kid that passed me on I-40 when I was doing 85 miles per hour like I was sitting still if he crashed wouldn’t leave much to donate.
Wrong. The No. 1 cause is excessive drinking. Period. Alcohol is involved in over 50% of motorcycle accidents. I believe the actually % is higher than that of auto accidents (involving alcohol).
pathetic article.
The fact is REGARDLESS OF AGE, the highest accident rates for motorcyclists are those that have only been riding for six months and have NOT taken a safety course.
This is just NHTSA nanny fluff.
DNA sample
I’ve found that four wheel vehicles don’t tip over as often.
Yes!! I think your'e onto something there, Mr.B.
There are no simple explanations for why the motorcycle death toll has continued to increase, but in a 2006 analysis of the accident data, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said two trends are evident: Today's motorcyclists are older than in the past, and they are driving bigger, more powerful bikes.
Allow me to add a third. The roads are meaner, more people are pressured and in a hurry, and busy talking on the phone. They do not even look for bikes.
And what is your trivial little life worth when their kid has to get to Soccer? Le't not lose sight of PRIORITIES here.
Bitter? You bet. One POS pulled out of a driveway right in front of my wife; She ONLY had three lights on the front of the bike- The bike was totalled, and she was in the hospital. Yes, we turned the attack lawyer loose.
A week later some fool did a left turn across my lane and tried to kill me. I settled with him on foot.
I contrast riding now to riding in the 60's-70's and claim the obvious: People just suck.
Well fortunately for him, shortly after he passed me, he encountered an Arkansas State Trooper.
I rode for two decades (’70s and ‘80s), and there is *no way* you’d get me on two wheels with the way folks drive nowadays.
Shoot, people use the “drunk bumps” to tell them where they’re supposed to be! Cell phones? Don’t get me started...
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