Does everyone fall off their bike at least once?
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If you were to do a breakdown of official government accident stats and took away those accidents where alcohol and excessive speed (single vehicle crashes), were contributing factors, you'd see that you are largely the architect of your fate when it comes to riding. Controlled for just those 2 major rider contributions, the numbers show riding to be a great deal safer than the overall stats suggest. Also, history doesn't count. If stats suggest you're say, 5% at risk of an accident, the fact that you have a 90 year accident free riding history, doesn't mean your number is up. If anything, it probably means there is something attributable to your riding skill / judgement which causes you to consistently beat the averages.
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CJeep (01-22-2017)
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Not sure what your REALLY asking. Are you talking about an incident at speed? I sort of sort out incedents into three buckets.
1. You are stopped or almost stopped and loose your footing. The classic trying to take too sharp a turn in the parking lot of the dealership and loose control. (always happens in the dealership parking lot,,,). Generally you can just step off and try to find yur pride again.
2. You are stopped and some idiot who is distracted hits you. This can be very bad if the clown in the car is moving fast.
3. You are moving at speed and things go pear shaped on you. it doesn't really matter if there is another vehicle or not. This is NEVER good.
1. You are stopped or almost stopped and loose your footing. The classic trying to take too sharp a turn in the parking lot of the dealership and loose control. (always happens in the dealership parking lot,,,). Generally you can just step off and try to find yur pride again.
2. You are stopped and some idiot who is distracted hits you. This can be very bad if the clown in the car is moving fast.
3. You are moving at speed and things go pear shaped on you. it doesn't really matter if there is another vehicle or not. This is NEVER good.
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To answer the question: no.
Now, I fully understand that is neither a promise nor a prediction. It's a mindset. I've never crashed, and I don't plan to crash, and one of the reasons I've never crashed is that I plan not to crash.
The old "There are two kinds of riders..." is, of course, total bullshit. It is an admission that you have no control over what happens while you ride. Can you control everything? Obviously not.
However, you can pay attention to what's around you, and that makes your odds a hell of a lot better. And that makes all the difference.
Now, I fully understand that is neither a promise nor a prediction. It's a mindset. I've never crashed, and I don't plan to crash, and one of the reasons I've never crashed is that I plan not to crash.
The old "There are two kinds of riders..." is, of course, total bullshit. It is an admission that you have no control over what happens while you ride. Can you control everything? Obviously not.
However, you can pay attention to what's around you, and that makes your odds a hell of a lot better. And that makes all the difference.
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....... 'fall off' ?
.... i guess that depends on how much you drink before ya saddle up
....... for clarification, i have dropped the Road Glide a couple times, but i've never 'fallen off'.
............. that, would be embarrassing
.... i guess that depends on how much you drink before ya saddle up
....... for clarification, i have dropped the Road Glide a couple times, but i've never 'fallen off'.
............. that, would be embarrassing
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