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To a safe riding season

Postby Vatch » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:00 pm

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Postby Chris » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:22 pm

:shock: That scares the living shit out of me! Damn good safety video though. Very sobering. Thanks.
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Postby Vatch » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:07 am

Yeah, I don't usually go for that sort of thing, but something about fatherhood has altered my brain a tad.

It reminds me a what this old biker told me 15 years ago when I bought my first bike (Yamaha XS400), "If you ever throw your leg over that bike and feel indestructible, get off and through the key in the yard." Not bad advice.
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Postby DammitDan » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:05 am

Good video. Although, did anyone else notice that there were only 2 non-crotch rocket-type bikes involved in accidents in the whole video? Says something about crotch rockets (and their riders), I should think...

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Postby Chris » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:43 pm

I think the site was geared towards crotch rockets. I noticed that as well. IMO, bikes that do 150mph+ make for more spectacular carnage when things go wrong than say a bike that will barely break the highway speed limit. That said, you can just as easily lose life or limb on the slower ones, or even at a standstill if you put the right moron behind the wheel of another vehicle. But hey, I'm preaching to the choir, aren't I. I hope we all have a safe and happy riding season regardless of what we're riding.
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scary is right

Postby grimz » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:26 am

even worse is the fact there is probably 50 videos on u tube alone that are the same thing with different riders and a different song.
still alot of dead riders.too many.


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