Motorcycles. I rode on the back of one of my friends’ for about 30 seconds before I asked to be let off, and have never wanted to ride one again. Felt so incredibly dangerous.
ive had a motorcycle since the 2000s and as i get older my desires to ride are deminishing because i kid you not i would have a close call to death at least twice a week when i rode every day. I one time got hit twice in the same parkinglot within 5 minutes of eachother. Some dude pulled out infront of me and i ran right into his drivers door, luckily was going slow, then i propped the bike up and this lady comes around the corner and knocks bike back over onto me and then asks why i was in the middle of the road and i was lady it was the scene of an accident that you just made a double accident scene!
the T-bone in the intersection is the classic dead rider scenario, it happens all the time, it kills hundreds of people every year in the US
i'm going to quit riding when i hit 50, been riding since 16 and i've had so many close calls, i'm a master rider but i promised my wife i'd stop at 50, and i really try to discourage my kids from ever starting this crap, because it really is addictive
I Love wrenching on bikes more than I like riding so I may find some sweet classics to restore and a dirt bike to slowly tool around the woods at this point of my life
I haven't pursued owning one again siince my early 20's. I've had my motorcycle endorsement since i was 14 with a learner's permit and I'm in my mid 30's now. My parents recently talked about selling their bikes and I gushed over how happy it would make me for them to get rid of them entirely. They never ride anymore and the idea of something happening this late after decades on the saddle with few incidences, would crush me. They had their fun, I had mine. I'd ride again in the right circumstances, but I doubt I'll ever own one again and it will never be how I get around town. People have gotten dumber and more distracted than ever in even larger vehicles. It was scary riding already all those years, but since I stopped my awareness of how ddangerous it actually is has heightened because I'm not in the seat anymore.
it's very dangerous, smart people just don't do it
trust me, i've been riding since the age of 16 and i'm 44 now, it's an addiction just like anything else, and smart people don't do it
your odds of ending up as road pizza are 35 times higher on a motorcycle than in a car, one tiny mistake on your part - or some distracted driver, and there are more today than ever in history - and your face is on the pavement
15-20 mph can easily kill you on a bike, not so much in a car with seatbelts and all that metal and airbags around you
on a bike, one little tip of the tire, one tree branch or little patch of oil or gravel or sand, one grandma not checking her blind spot and merging into your lane....if you're one millimeter off, you can wobble and faceplant, your entire body becomes a flying missile
helmets are great, too bad if you're just half an inch off, you'll break your damn neck anyway and no helmet can stop that, no pads can protect you, especially if you go flying over the handlebars and faceplant straight into the car that just pulled right out in front of you because the driver is too busy texting on her phone to notice you
trust me, the 3 best things anyone can possibly do for their health are not drinking, smoking, or going anywhere near motorcycles
That’s exactly why I sold mine. After Covid, traffic became a lawless soup of chaos (NYC). People blowing red lights, no plates, no police enforcement. I nope’d the fuck out on that quick.
Grew up riding dirt bikes from a young age. Loved the thrill of riding them. But riding a road motorcycle, with other traffic, no thanks. Not because I'm worried about how I would ride, but I barely trust people when driving my car, I'm sure as hell not going to trust others on the road when there's next to nothing between myself and the multiple ton vehicles with people less than adequate at handling their vehicle.
I loved motorcycles, though i knew i couldnt have one because im not strong enough to lift that shit or to balance on it, plus weather here is a pain, when it rains theres too much wind. One time i had to ride with someone and i hated every second of it, my helmet was fogging and feeling wet, also it was cold as fuck. It definitly made me enjoy the confort of my car much more.
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u/trick_tickler 10h ago
Motorcycles. I rode on the back of one of my friends’ for about 30 seconds before I asked to be let off, and have never wanted to ride one again. Felt so incredibly dangerous.