Well it started as a nice easy going night buy the bonfire on the block , and my neighbor mark (nurse that hates sport bikes) came over and we just started chatting, well one thing led to another and i told him "the bike is only as evil as the rider" and with that i told him to follow me to the garage.
I got him to settle his butt down on top of my f3 and asked him how it felt?,,he loved the feel,,so i asked his to start the bike( i walked him threw it) and he did, then i asked him if the thought he could wald the bike down the block playing as if he was the driver,,we did just great!,,,he walked that f3 with a 520 kit like he never was even scared!!
mark is come back in the morning to pratice some more,,,like i told him,,its not the machine,,,its the rider

 

Yeah next step is to get him to buy one

 

The reason medical staff tend to hate sportbikes is because they generally only see the negative, "end" results (accidents). But good job with your neighbor, looks like you got yourself a willing pupil.

 

Bikers are known by most poeple who work in the health service as organ donors. I agree its the rider, not the bike in most cases.

 

Its nice that you cared. I know when some people have neighbors that hate something about their neighbors, they just won't do anything about it.

Recommend him to take a MSF course.

Then, when he gets his own bike, you both can ride together!

 

Couple of things:

Yes the E.R. people call the "donor-cycles." But I have to believe there is a wide variation in results for riders. Some folks just don't have the temperament, dexterity or coordination to ride a bike comfortably and safely. I suspect a lot of casualties are those who just shouldn't be doing it at all. Either too much of a klutz or more guts than sense (bad judgment).

OTOH even the best and most careful can get surprised by circumstances that are impossible to predict. Hopefully, that is extremely rare.

I took a guy out a while back who talked a good story about his past riding. I have taken a long hiatus now and then and so I knew what he was up against, so I had him take it really slow and tried to get him acclimated. Well, he sucked. And I could tell after our 30 minute ride that he is one of those guys who should never have gotten on a bike. That's hard to tell a friend sometimes.

 

True, My EMT instructor calls them donor cycles. He jokes around by complaining that helmet laws have slowed down organ donations.

 

That's a great story Good for you for being willing to show him the ropes.

 

My doc opened a family practice after years of being an ER doc. He rides a Ducati