Yeah, I know the statistics. My crash I spoke about was off road, on private farmland, riding my enduro bike.
I do ride on road, as well as on closed circuits when I can, but two wheels is no longer my only form of transport. I used to do over 100,000 km a year on road, on various motorcycles. Now it’s closer to 15,000.
I understand the risks. I also know what it does for me and my mental health.
I’ll never give it up. Well, unless I’m a danger to others.
I hear you, you know what you need. Just that for a lot of folks, their life is not always quite all their own to risk as they please. I say this out of concern for a fellow human and not out righteous judgement or anything.
This shit just hits close to home for me. I’ve personally known two people that have died in motorcycle accidents. These were dudes that were pretty safety oriented. Like wore all the gear all the time, rain or shine.
One of them took a spill and his bike pushed his femur through his hip and partly into his torso. He surprisingly lived through that accident. After he recovered he went back to riding as if nothing happened. He was fine for 7 years until he got involved in another accident and didn’t get lucky a second time. He left his wife and two school aged kids behind and it really complicated their situation to put it lightly.
Yeah, I know the statistics. My crash I spoke about was off road, on private farmland, riding my enduro bike. I do ride on road, as well as on closed circuits when I can, but two wheels is no longer my only form of transport. I used to do over 100,000 km a year on road, on various motorcycles. Now it’s closer to 15,000.
I understand the risks. I also know what it does for me and my mental health.
I’ll never give it up. Well, unless I’m a danger to others.
I hear you, you know what you need. Just that for a lot of folks, their life is not always quite all their own to risk as they please. I say this out of concern for a fellow human and not out righteous judgement or anything.
This shit just hits close to home for me. I’ve personally known two people that have died in motorcycle accidents. These were dudes that were pretty safety oriented. Like wore all the gear all the time, rain or shine.
One of them took a spill and his bike pushed his femur through his hip and partly into his torso. He surprisingly lived through that accident. After he recovered he went back to riding as if nothing happened. He was fine for 7 years until he got involved in another accident and didn’t get lucky a second time. He left his wife and two school aged kids behind and it really complicated their situation to put it lightly.