TinkerToes
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I saw this today.
http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34988
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Trevitt from Sport Rider seriously injured
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Mid-Island- Marc
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riding motorcycles is dangerous. riding motorcycles fast can be even more dangerous.
you can get seriously hurt or even killed.
either you accept those risks and manage them the best you can with the right gear and constant diligence because you're truly passionate about riding, or you don't, and you get rid of your bike.
which are you? will that change if you, or someone close to you is seriously hurt on a bike?
what if I told you that i've been seriously hurt on a motorcycle?
does that change anything for you?
I've looked at the news item, and I hate to tell you but I've been involved in that same accident and although I wish him the absolutely best, and hate cagers like plague, Trevitt probably has some responsibility here, especially as a professional motorcyclist.
1. ACH is PUBLIC road. It is strewn with cyclists, tourists, drivers, suicidal squirrels, deer, cops, gravel, etc., etc., etc. It is NOT a race course and NOT a test course. you need to always be riding at a speed where you can react to the unknown lurking around the next bend. and it is lurking just around the next bend, so beware.
2. When a car in front of you pulls over to the right, even if they have the flasher on, never, ever try to blast past them on the left, assuming they are not going to plonk a U-Turn in front of you.
I made this mistake. It hurt. I learned. I would put 100:1 the exact thing happened in this case.
you can get seriously hurt or even killed.
either you accept those risks and manage them the best you can with the right gear and constant diligence because you're truly passionate about riding, or you don't, and you get rid of your bike.
which are you? will that change if you, or someone close to you is seriously hurt on a bike?
what if I told you that i've been seriously hurt on a motorcycle?
does that change anything for you?
I've looked at the news item, and I hate to tell you but I've been involved in that same accident and although I wish him the absolutely best, and hate cagers like plague, Trevitt probably has some responsibility here, especially as a professional motorcyclist.
1. ACH is PUBLIC road. It is strewn with cyclists, tourists, drivers, suicidal squirrels, deer, cops, gravel, etc., etc., etc. It is NOT a race course and NOT a test course. you need to always be riding at a speed where you can react to the unknown lurking around the next bend. and it is lurking just around the next bend, so beware.
2. When a car in front of you pulls over to the right, even if they have the flasher on, never, ever try to blast past them on the left, assuming they are not going to plonk a U-Turn in front of you.
I made this mistake. It hurt. I learned. I would put 100:1 the exact thing happened in this case.
Mariah Chante
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I sure hope Andrew recovers 100percent. My best wishes to him and his family.
sfyamr1, I understand what your saying but;
we really don't know he was speeding.
daily I have folks do stupid stuff and me in a loaded log truck. One of these days I'll kill someone who, passes on a blind curve, turns in front, or makes the u-turn you mention. It want be because I don't expect it. It will happen because I can't stop on a dime. It happens regularly around here to log truck drivers. My point is,
it's possible to be caught hung out with no place to go rounding a curve on a motorcycle too. That's why we have to always be expecting the worse when riding.
And even then, we can get bit.
Again, I do hope Andrew makes a 100 percent recovery.
sfyamr1, I understand what your saying but;
we really don't know he was speeding.
daily I have folks do stupid stuff and me in a loaded log truck. One of these days I'll kill someone who, passes on a blind curve, turns in front, or makes the u-turn you mention. It want be because I don't expect it. It will happen because I can't stop on a dime. It happens regularly around here to log truck drivers. My point is,
it's possible to be caught hung out with no place to go rounding a curve on a motorcycle too. That's why we have to always be expecting the worse when riding.
And even then, we can get bit.
Again, I do hope Andrew makes a 100 percent recovery.
For making an illegal "U" turn without looking makes that driver a first class assh*le. I don't give a damn what anyone says. Simple logic, if a driver acts responsibly the odds of an accident drop considerably. This of course goes both ways, but more so for the idiots in tin cans.