They can be fun. They can also be deadly. When riding on the street it's not your skills you need to worry about, it's all those other assholes who can't drive.
Car vs motorcycle, the car wins virtually every single time. The only time the person in the car draws the match up is when the motorcycle T-bones it at over 60. Like when some old fuck pulls out in front of you without even looking.
Wear your gear! It doesn't take much and your crippled for life.
Riding a bike makes you aware of a lot of things you don't even think about in a car -- cracks in the pavement, grease spots on the exit ramps, dogs charging out at you from the side of the street, the angle of railroad tracks you are about to cross. If people think driving a car is hard, they should try riding a motorcycle. Every curve tries to pull you into the ditch. I've seen riders with decades of experience wander off the highway into the weeds on curves, because their attentions faltered for a few seconds. You have to stay aware all the time.
Yep, head on a vice. I suspect every cager wants me dead and ride accordingly
Cager, I like that term.
When riding on the street it's not your skills you need to worry about, it's all those other assholes who can't drive.
It's often malice, not incompetence
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