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RockerGuy said:
Every season it's the same thing. There are lots of reasons bikers die. I tell people its important to know yourself when you ride. Some people take unnecessary risk & I want to tone it down from now on.
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The press loves motorcycle death stories, but they don't even bother to report car deaths most times, which in Canada is still around 6 a day, down from 8 a day in 2007.

Motorcycling attracts high-risk, impulsive individuals. If they didn't have a bike, they would be doing something else in a way that is equally dangerous.
 
Roomie said:
Example: someone leads a ride to a road they've personally ridden over 1000 times. No one else has ever been on that road. Would you try to keep up? Likely no. If your answer was yes hang up the lid or don't group ride.

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You're bang on. Somebody leading a ride would have done it plenty of times.

Especially if there are blind corners only the person who knows the road have an advantage
 
CafeRay said:
Yes there is, it's called a track school, under controlled conditions, with experts, not experimenting on public roads.
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Well 20 years later I'm alive. It's relative. I didn't go from doing a road a 50 to 200. I've read a lot of things seen a lot of videos and talked to experienced people.

I agree with you track school is where to learn properly but we should all make effort with one another on the road as there are some that just won't take a course etc.

I've been teaching a good friend how to ride for 2 months now. He's as green as it gets and on a cbr 900. First words out of my mouth after the gear discussion was keep your head up and look where you want to go and don't try to keep up I'll always wait. Crazy enough he's doing just fine and getting faster/smoother every day. If I pull away on a twisty road he knows I'm going to be just up ahead and doesn't think he has to catch me instantly. A lot of people don't have that mentality. They think "holy cap look at him go. I can or better keep up" and that's what leads to trouble. If one little speech or something helps I'll try it.
 
If I ran the MTO, I would drop the whole M1 , M2 thing and offer a full M after motorcycle track school completion, with a written, and practical test , designed by Keith Code.
It took me about 22 years before I had a major high speed crash with hospital stay, trying to go faster on public roads, making mistakes I only realized after track school.

You learn by mistakes. On a track, this has cosmetic consequences, on a road, there are trees, rails, hydrants and cars. A minor track crash, or even a high speed crash is scary but safe on a track, likely fatal or worse on a public road.

WTF is a new rider doing on a CBR900.
 
Good thing I'm an insider because to an outsider these types of threads would read retarded. Be that as it may I think I'll smash an ice cream cone into my forehead.
 
inreb said:
Good thing I'm an insider because to an outsider these types of threads would read retarded. Be that as it may I think I'll smash an ice cream cone into my forehead.
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Maybe you should use the internet for porn and masturbation.
 
inreb said:
Good thing I'm an insider because to an outsider these types of threads would read retarded. Be that as it may I think I'll smash an ice cream cone into my forehead.
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How would it read retarded unless you have no command of the English language or are senile/effed in the head? :dontknow:

P.S. You're supposed to eat the ice cream
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I fell asleep once riding on the DVP, near the big curve by Don Mills. It was after a very long day (Montreal and back) and was at like 4 am.

I still have no idea how I am not dead dead dead.

If that don't teach ya to not ride tired, nothing will.
 
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