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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Penguin" data-source="post: 616345" data-attributes="member: 1187"><p>If you've never enjoyed a ride on a bike, how can you know why riders take the risks they do? Most of the people on this forum seem well aware that our favorite pastime is not benign. We do what we can to minimize the risk e.g. ATGATT, regular training and practice, sober riding, constant awareness, but we do acknowledge the risk.</p><p></p><p>The payback is in the thrill of the ride. Feeling the bike zip smoothly away from a standstill, using subtle and gentle techniques to ease rider and machine into turns, feeling the wind in your face, exploring beautiful roads and appreciating being 'in' the scenery rather than watching it through the frame of a windscreen. Who has pulled up at a light, alongside a car with kids in the back seat, and seen their smiles? Then seen the smiles just glow when the rider waves to kids. You just can't explain those things to people who don't want to understand.</p><p></p><p>A wonderful example of open mindedness is a neurosurgeon that I work with. For years, he has rebuilt broken heads and spines, often as a result of MC accidents. One day, he got to thinking that there must be something that drives these people to embrace what they must understand to be a risky activity. He decided to try it for himself, to see what it was all about. He now owns a HD and two Triumphs. He knows!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Penguin, post: 616345, member: 1187"] If you've never enjoyed a ride on a bike, how can you know why riders take the risks they do? Most of the people on this forum seem well aware that our favorite pastime is not benign. We do what we can to minimize the risk e.g. ATGATT, regular training and practice, sober riding, constant awareness, but we do acknowledge the risk. The payback is in the thrill of the ride. Feeling the bike zip smoothly away from a standstill, using subtle and gentle techniques to ease rider and machine into turns, feeling the wind in your face, exploring beautiful roads and appreciating being 'in' the scenery rather than watching it through the frame of a windscreen. Who has pulled up at a light, alongside a car with kids in the back seat, and seen their smiles? Then seen the smiles just glow when the rider waves to kids. You just can't explain those things to people who don't want to understand. A wonderful example of open mindedness is a neurosurgeon that I work with. For years, he has rebuilt broken heads and spines, often as a result of MC accidents. One day, he got to thinking that there must be something that drives these people to embrace what they must understand to be a risky activity. He decided to try it for himself, to see what it was all about. He now owns a HD and two Triumphs. He knows!!! [/QUOTE]
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