Pray for their souls ! 18 bikers perish !

uncle Alan

uncle Alan

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As of Saturday night,with another full day & the return, a new record is set.
Please pray for their souls,their families & friends.


Now comes Spring breakers....



Uncle Alan:thumbdn:
 
You know Uncle Alan, things in the biker world aren't what they use to be as far as motorcyclist goes. People use to learn from dodging trees in the woods on a dirt bike before trying a bike on the streets. Too many people are jumping on motorcyles with the least experience unfortunatly. It's doctors, lawyers, people with alot of money who aren't worried about that instead of the old bikers who knew how to rebuild their bikes and knew the streets better. Experience is everything. Sorry to hear it though.
 
Lets hope there are no more accidents this week. It sucks to read about anyone crashing on a motorcycle.

Still, I wonder how many of those accidents were preventable? Drinking and riding ("Twelve hours from bottle to throttle"), not wearing protective equipment ("ATGATT - All The Gear, All The Time"), new riders on large heavy bikes, stunting or racing, etc. Just wondering, I haven't seen any articles about the fatalities.

Ride safe everyone,
-Bob
 
There are two types of rider " Them thats been down and Them thats going down". I've been down twice and neither were my fault. First time was on an LA freeway where a clean up crew failed to get all the oil from a tanker spill cleaned up properly and the other was a hit and run driver that was never caught. Fortunately I was not seriously hurt in either episode. It's not always the riders fault.
 
Cindy Denning said:
Too many people are jumping on motorcyles with the least experience unfortunatly. It's doctors, lawyers, people with alot of money who aren't worried about that . . .
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Yuppies shouldn't be on Harleys . . . yet another sign of the Apocalypse.
 
It's not a matter of money or profession, it's an issue of bike selection. Most H-D models are very large, heavy, and powerful, unsuitable for inexperienced riders. Not picking on H-D, every bike company sells models that are not intended for new riders.

Have you seen the showroom prices on new Harleys? Educated professionals are more likely than any other demographic group to have that sort of disposable income.

Statistics show that new riders being on large-cc machines is the cause of many accidents. Alchohol use, inattention, lack of training, lack of safety gear, lack of high-visibility clothing, and riding in high-risk situations are all factors in motorcycle accidents and resulting injuries. I can't foresee a time when motorcycling is as safe as riding a bus or automobile, but there are many things we can do to manage the risks.

And as mentioned, sometimes an accident is just an accident and can't be avoided.

Keep the Shiny Side Up,
-Bob
 
tyr_shadowblade said:
Yuppies shouldn't be on Harleys . . . yet another sign of the Apocalypse.
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Willie G. Davidson is smiling I'd guarantee, the age of AMF before Harley Davidson finally got back in the saddle again was a big difference between then and now...today it's not looked at as low lifes on Hogs anymore. :p Took the fun right out of it.
 
Let's keep this about the bikers and not the bikes otherwise I will have to either split or move the thread. Thanks. ;)
 
I look at it as a density situation. Daytona and the surrounding area has a lot more vehicles on the road today than it did 10, 20 years ago.

Add in an influx of vehicles, with drivers (and riders) not familiar with the area, and accidents go up.

Motorcyclists are just more vulnerable in any type of crash, so the probability of death goes up.

What is the increase in vehicle accidents in general? DWIs?
 
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