[Fido969]

I am super aware of motorcycles, I know a lot of folks that ride bikes, and I know how dangerous it can be for them.

I was riding with my dad a few years ago and I don't think he knows a Harley from a hairpiece, and he is generally an aggressive tailgate type driver. He was a few feet off the tail of a big bike with a couple of passengers on it, and I kept telling him I thought he was too close, that the bike didn't have a lot of protection, and he wouldn't be able to get out of the way if the guy dropped it, etc. He just ignored me.

Eventually the passenger turned around and gave him a full face finger. My dad turned to me surprised and said "Did you see that!"

Honestly, there are a lot of drivers that just don't understand the first things about motorcycles.

Me, I wouldn't drive one. Too many people get killed or busted up bad on those. A years or two ago I was driving up the Northway and saw a dumped bike with the driver under a sheet. The drivers buddy was sitting on the guardrail just stunned, a Sunday drive turned to death and families' lives changed forever.

No thanks.

[conservativewasp]

One of my best friends brother got 2 kidney tranplants from bikers. He got an extra 6 years on earth out of them. Sign an organ donor card boys and girls.

[DCPatriot]

I still have a valid Maryland motorcycle license but haven't ridden one since 1970 when my son was born.

I have the urge to buy a Harley softail springer, but traffic is too nuts here in Maryland.

I understand you can rent one for a day, week or month. I should do that and get it out of my system.

[Melas]

Me, I wouldn't drive one. Too many people get killed or busted up bad on those. A years or two ago I was driving up the Northway and saw a dumped bike with the driver under a sheet. The drivers buddy was sitting on the guardrail just stunned, a Sunday drive turned to death and families' lives changed forever.

Yep it happens. What eventually brought my wife around to loving motorcycles, was of all things, the year she spent working a trauma unit. Eventually, she came to the conclusion that when your number is up, your number is up. She saw too many people in supposedly safe SUV's go out the back door. Life's too short to live afraid.