[anonymous_user]

Couple Rice-Rocket stories... Last summer I saw a guy riding down the interstate doing a wheelie at 70+ MPH. I thought the learning curve for that must be pretty steep.

In a sadder story, I happened to drive by an accident on a residential street where they were quite literally scooping up a teenager's brain from the road. He'd just slammed his crotch-rocket into the side of a mini-van. That pretty well put me off motorcycles.

[elbucko]

He'd just slammed his crotch-rocket into the side of a mini-van. That pretty well put me off motorcycles.

A girlfriend of mine lost her 16 yr. old son in such an accident. He ran a stop sign and his body went through the back seat, but his head went over the top of the car. About 6mos later she visited me and I took her to a resort town to relax (yeah I know, don't say it, I was a gentleman). As the wine began to hit her, her eyes began the 1000yd stare, with tears.

Motorcycles are in the same risk class as guns. Going fast or bending roads won't kill you, it's carelessness and craziness that will. Like guns, one really needs to be taught to ride, even if one can "drive" a bike.