Most of the people that I know that express the dangers of riding a motorcycle are dumbfounded with the idea of using all of your limbs full time to do it properly. Clutching, shifting, front and rear braking... It's beyond them. They can't even drive a standard automobile. So yes, it seems dangerous to them. Being in construction is inherently dangerous as well. People get killed and injured all the time. But they don't tell me not to do that.