my main concern is not lowsiding, my main concern in Wisconsin, the drinking capital of America is being hit by a drunk driver.


I know how you feel. Everyday we go out and ride in this state we are flirting with fate. 1 in 4 ppl in Wisconsin will have a DUI some point in there life, and 1 in 3 of those ppl will get one because they got in an accident. Its unsafe. But thats why you can't count on anyone on the road but yourself

 

leeds to a shorter life span...let it go man...just let it go....

 

I smoke. I drink. I ride a motorcycle. I have a job which requires me to wear boots rated for electrical hazards (and have tested them twice).

My lifespan is already shortened. So long as I die happy, I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I'd rather have a short life where I'm satisfied with the choices I made than a long one filled with questions

 

There are two type of riders...
Those who went down...
And those who will go down...

 

You'll be fine, just don't get too cocky. Haven't laid mine down or dropped it *knock on wood*..

 

Telling a new rider he's gonna go down in his first year is just plain disrespectful, regardless of what the odds say. You don't tell a newlywed couple they'll be getting a divorce in their first year even tho the odds are high that they will.

It's an attack on a person's confidence. Which is one of the things they'll need to avoid going down and to avoid getting seriously hurt.

 

I laid mine down the first year. Yet all you can do is get up and keep going. If you have all these questions of when or were its going to happen you will never truly enjoy the ride/sport of being in a motorcycle.

 

the odds of going down are higher than getting divorced, tho I do think thats the only stat that overweighs it lol. I dont see it as disrespectful, its the odds and in most cases the truth. Sure they are riders who havent went down the first year or ever (yet), but thats like 1 out of 10

I tell new riders the odds are they will go down to help encourage them to wear good gear regardless of the temps. Its informative is what it is. But the attitude hwen telling is what is key

 

I agree PG...not that is is wrong to tell em that, but ya gotta put alittle honey with the medication...for peeps not to know this is wrong, ill tell anybody to expect it , i had no expectation of wrecking when i got my F2 years ago, but i did go down, and my buds warned me it would happen, not jinxed , but warned, in the same time frame they chipped in some old gear for me to have and within a week i tested the new gear...

 

You, me, a ridercoach at the MSF and most everyone here wouldn't be doing it with any malice. Getting them to wear gear and getting them not to focus on falling (accepting it as inevitable) will get them to ride safer and smarter.

But I don't see this guy trying to do that from what's been told. Seemed more malicious. I've heard it with the intent to be helpful and appreciate the sentiment. I've heard it born from ignorance (the 'OMG those things are so dangerous') and mostly ignore it, sometimes educating them a little. But there are also those twisted chits out there who get some perverse pleasure from trying to torment riders. Those guys are cvnts who deserve a good *** kicking.

The guy at work who tried it with me tried telling me a bullchit story of an accident he "saw". Allegedly the rider t-boned a car and highsided, landing on his helmet. He was allegedly ok, standing up after the wreck and talking with just a trickle of blood seen in the facemask. Allegedly when he took his helmet off, his head split open like a melon and he died standing up with his brains exposed.

How many bs things can you find in that story and why would anyone relay such bs to a person with a new bike? And I went a week tolerating that crap before I finally began to lose my temper.