Fear of death or injury

[flynrider]

My first five years of riding brought home the realities of sharing the road with mindless cagers, and also the consequences of just doing stupid stuff on two wheels. Several high and medium speed getoffs left me with time (while healing) to think about the real risks.

While those experiences drastically changed the way I went about riding, I don't think I ever considered selling the bike and taking up basket weaving. In the risk / reward equation, riding is just too rewarding to give up. Instead, I've done everything I can do to minimize the risks, mostly by altering the way I ride. So far, so good. I ride just about every day and it's been well over 25 yrs. since I put a scratch on a bike (although cagers try to put a scratch on me at least once a week).

If I decided to sell my plane and bikes to live a low risk lifestyle, I'd be dead of boredom within a year