I'd agree. For two years, a Honda CB 360 was my only transportation,
and I took everything from long trips to commutes to work on it.
Loved it. A 94-year-old man turned left without signalling right in
front of me. I was going 30 mph, the speed limit. I planed a 1/4 inch
off the left crashbar, and shredded my clothes on that side, but
thanks to gloves, the crash bars, and a full-face helmet, I was
otherwise OK (except for my back, which has never been the same
since). The guy was so senile the responding officer had to tell him
three times he'd been in an accident. He didn't remember it
happening. I rode the bike home, and for a while after that, but
eventually gave it away to a friend who puts around the neighborhood
with it occasionally. Defensive driving can only do so much
sometimes. And yes, we all pay for the results.
Dan
Hi Don - I would tend to agree that quick is better than slow. You might
also want to consider to the two quads I met who were teens when they
severed their spinal cords in cycle accidents about thirty years ago. I was
doing an ICU rotation at the time and while they couldn't speak yet I spent
a lot of time with their families. You and I ended up paying for their
total care for probably the next ten years while they were "wrecked by
disease and pooping into a diaper." Quick is better than slow, but not all
crackups end in the death of the whole person. Slow down a bit on the
curves, I'd hate to lose you that way ...
BillR
Jacksonville FL 904-737-2855
1981 300SD EM 267k miles Delvac
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The equation doesn't factor in the no-motorcycle-helmet law in Iowa, does
it? I don't plan to die laying in my bed, wrecked by disease and pooping
into a diaper. I will most likely meet my maker and go off to my judgment
after a incorrectly-anticipated corner on a two-wheeler. What a way to go.
[Ok, just joking -- I wear a full-face Shoei and lots of denim at any speeds
over 35 mph. But then again, I'd much rather go out quickly on a bike rather
than lay in bed wasting away for a couple of years. Just not next summer,
thank you very much. I've been on the "caregiver" side of terminally ill,
and don't want to be on the "terminally ill" side.]
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Dan Weeks
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