05-14-2016, 09:14 AM
I don't know if I trust their conclusions. They might have had an agenda, or maybe their analysis was off, or who knows. Maybe I'm the odd one, but every bit of training or classes I've taken about motorcycling has made me more respectful and cautious, and downright grateful that I even have the health and the right to partake in such a glorious activity...
But that article did remind me of a brother in law I have. He took a motorcycle racing course down in California years ago, and ever since has been tearing around on his sport bike as if the public streets and highways are his personal racetrack. Sure, his form is impeccable, it all looks like what you might see on a track, but he's pulling this stuff in neighborhoods, crowded roads, national park highways, you name it. Makes him a complete a-hole in my book. I've confronted him about (and have long since stopped riding with him because of it), and his view is that he is SO skilled now because of his class that even though he is regularly breaking every traffic law, he is still riding at "only" about 80% of his physical and mental limitations, so that extra buffer means it's all perfectly safe and there's nothing to worry about. So, I don't know, what the article states may be true about some riders...
But that article did remind me of a brother in law I have. He took a motorcycle racing course down in California years ago, and ever since has been tearing around on his sport bike as if the public streets and highways are his personal racetrack. Sure, his form is impeccable, it all looks like what you might see on a track, but he's pulling this stuff in neighborhoods, crowded roads, national park highways, you name it. Makes him a complete a-hole in my book. I've confronted him about (and have long since stopped riding with him because of it), and his view is that he is SO skilled now because of his class that even though he is regularly breaking every traffic law, he is still riding at "only" about 80% of his physical and mental limitations, so that extra buffer means it's all perfectly safe and there's nothing to worry about. So, I don't know, what the article states may be true about some riders...