The whole donorcycles thing is so trite and overdone it makes one look sophomoric. Many people enjoy your insightful posts and active participation as a FReeper and we know you're more clever than that.
If motorcycles aren't your cup of tea, why jump at the opportunity to be a part of motorcycle threads? This comes from one who has been riding on the road for more than twenty years and on dirtbikes for more than thirty without (knock on wood) a mishap. I'm a full-leathers, boots, gloves, and helmet all-the-time kind of rider.
~ Blue Jays ~
Why do I get involved in such threads? Easy...because of what I've seen.
Here's an example.As I've said before,I worked in a hospital for 20 years.It was a large,internationally renowned hospital affiliated with perhaps the best known and most highly regarded medical school in the world.
When I started there,a fair percentage (but not a large one) of the physicians with whom I worked (many of them world renowned) smoked cigarettes.And a noticeable percentage of the nurses I worked with smoked.
When I left,I can't recall a single physician,young or old,being a smoker.And *very* few of the nurses did.
Although I have no specific info to back this up,I'd wager every nickle I have that today,no more than .00001% of this country's ER physicians and no more than .001% of ER nurses ride motorcycles.And it's due to the simple fact that they,better than anyone else,know just what can happen on a bike...and how often,and how easily,it does happen.
Some might see mine as the voice of experience on this subject.Others will ignore my posts..or even seethe after having read them.