Why don't more of you ride bikes?

Why does the OP care so much about others not biking? :confused:

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"So I was just wondering what stops more people riding bikes. For £10k you can have a bike which will leave any car standing and provide more thrills than any car is capable of."


Seems that would be illegal and more than likely get you killed to drive in such a way.
 
I have both, and have most of my life. I enjoy cars but there's something special about bikes for me. A car is about getting from A to B. A bike is all about the bit in-between. I've had some amazing trips on the bike, and shared some of my most memorable holidays on bike trips with my teenage kids.

I completely get that it's not for everyone. I also have respect for anyone that says they are scared of riding, but I cannot understand people that say their wives won't let them - that's just pathetic.
 
I love my bike's. Wish i could get another. i recently sold my Kawasaki z750r black edition. to help with a deposit on a house, but i really miss it.

Having said that, i've been scarred for life after what i saw the other week. driving down the A28 coming home from Ashford. i was the second on the scene, a bike had crashed into a car. it's a country road, and the women driving the car must have tried to do a U-turn because the bike had T-boned her. and there was nothing left of either the car or bike.
the Motorcyclist was still breathing when we got there but hadn't moved at all.. a few people were around him, but you could tell nothing would save him. he ended up choking on his own blood & died before emergency services arrived.
To top it off, his Wife somehow managed to get to the scene, and for me this was the worst part. you could literally hear her heart breaking through her screams.. people were fighting to hold her back from her husband because he was such a mess.

The driver of the car got off lightly, but unfortunately her Daughter in the back didn't. for about 20 mins the Air ambulance crew were fighting to get her stable so she could be flown to a hospital in london. and as far as i'm aware she's still in a very bad way in hospital.
Seeing this and then imagining it was me out on my bike for a lil' cruise and then all of a sudden, my lifes over and my partner/family's life is ruined just isn't worth it... doesn't matter how safe a rider you think you are, it can happen. when i had my bike i knew how dangerous they could be but just thought, aaah it'll never happen to me. fortunately it didn't. but i could have easily been that man who lost his life.. and now i've actually witnessed it with my own eye's. i'l never be getting another bike.

I know people will say it can happen in a car, i know this. but it's far less likely. if the man who died was driving a car, perhaps the women would have actually seen him and not done a U-turn, or even if she did.. he can stop quicker than a bike and the collision may of just give the drivers a few cuts & bruises rather than life's being ruined.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/boy-and-motorcyclist-injured-in-19590/
 
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jh30uk said:
Why does the OP care so much about others not biking? :confused:

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"So I was just wondering what stops more people riding bikes. For £10k you can have a bike which will leave any car standing and provide more thrills than any car is capable of."


Seems that would be illegal and more than likely get you killed to drive in such a way.
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What now? Which bit of what is illegal? Thrills? :D

tsinc80697 said:
Yeah, last time was about 10 years ago. Never had an issue on a push bike before or with balance, was just odd today!
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No offence tsinc, but this kind of backs up for me how mental the CBT is. You still passed yet couldn't work with a 125... does the CBT allow you to ride a 125? Even if not... You've obviously got some learning to do, if expect as you're having more lessons you realise how dangerous it'd be to go out as-is.
 
how mental the CBT is
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When I first started driving, there was no CBT. You wanted to ride, you just bought the bike and went out there.

Seems that would be illegal and more than likely get you killed to drive in such a way.
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long story would be, much learning and respect required before full throttle. Hence why there is cbt now, etc
 
'It's in your blood/under your skin'

"4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul" :cool:

The majority of non-bikers will fail utterly to comprehend the above statement. That's not a dig in any way, but it's nevertheless true.

Sure, bikes are more 'dangerous' than cars. It's part of the attraction in a weird sort of way. I've had a massive 'get off' which almost killed me which I've detailed here on the forums in a few threads previously. And much more importantly to me, during a ride out with an owners club I've unfortunately witnessed a friend die in front of me and despite my best efforts, he did so while I was lying under a Land Rover with him trying to do anything, absolutely anything to stop him slipping away. I posted about it HERE a long while back.

Despite this, I'm still riding performance bikes. I'm older and wiser now and most certainly slower. But I'm still riding. Another statement our non biking 4 wheel road using friends won't understand is the reason I'm still riding is simply because 'its in my blood'. ;)
 
You can't make an argument based on the practicality of a bike vs a car.

You might as well ask why more people don't BASE jump, or take part in bare knuckle boxing.

All three are dangerous pastimes, not practical means of transport.
 
Why do some peeps not like curry?

Why do some peeps not like macaroni & cheese ?

OP, ever thought that others simply do not like/do same things as you like/do?
 
Griffo said:
No offence tsinc, but this kind of backs up for me how mental the CBT is. You still passed yet couldn't work with a 125... does the CBT allow you to ride a 125? Even if not... You've obviously got some learning to do, if expect as you're having more lessons you realise how dangerous it'd be to go out as-is.
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I could go and ride around on the road on a geared 125 today. I think it's daft too, with a car you have tens of hours spread over weeks to get to grips with it all. Yet with a bike you do 1 day and you're allowed on the road with no prior experience.

I didn't mention i was going to be going out on a 125 on my own now, I won't be going anywhere near the road on a bike until I've gotten some more practise on a geared bike with an instructor.
 
I wonder how many die because the numpty on four wheels killed them?

Kind of strange that the majority on here are car users and more or less blame the car for causing motor cycle deaths.

If more people did ride bikes (motor or pedal) I suspect there would be a bit more respect on the roads.

bradUK said:
Battered plenty of bikes in my GT-R. Don't see many 10k bikes beating single setup RB26 lumps. I passed a 600 GSX-R in a standard FD3 too, not that impressive I know. We had to go around corners....

Plus, you don't look like a power ranger and have to pull over when it rains.
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What you racing a moped? ;)
 
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Bike testing is a strange one. It's very easy to get on the road - in fact you can't actually fail as it's not even a test, but then it's much more convoluted and difficult to get on a powerful bike. In fact now you can only ride a 125 up to 19 even if you pass your test. A car on the other hand is more difficult to pass initially, but then, money aside, you can literally drive anything at 17 :/
 
I'd love to have passed my bike test when I was younger. All my mates that ride are all seriously quick though so if I passed my test now I'd either **** them all off while they wait for me to catch up, or more likely, kill myself trying to keep up!

The best/worst/scariest/most thrilling 9minutes something of my life was doing a pillion lap on the back of my mates RSV Mille round the Ring
 
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