How many times have you stopped using your motorcycle for a while?

i mean have you had a oh my god moment were you almost crashed or somebody cut you off and could have killed you so you decided to take a break for like 2 weeks or more. Ive done that 3 times, once a chik was on the phone and changed lanes withot looking and ran me off the road i almost lost control of the bike. another somebody just slammed the breaks in front of me and i almost flew over the handle bars and another when some car almost reanded me and came to a screching hault about a foot from my rear tire at a red light.How many times have you stopped using your motorcycle for a while?
i completely agree with mike j! i have had numerous accidents and even a couple of serious one's, but no matter what i always get on the bike again as soon as possible. there is also a thing like this...once you have had an accident you have this certain fear of repeating the same action, hence you want to avoid everything which led to that action, including riding a motorcycle. however if you stay away from a bike for too long, the chances are that at some point you will never have enough guts again to get on a bike. smae thing with horse riding. hence best sollution is to get up there again ASAP.



we bikers are though...it takes more than a couple of bloody cages to put us down. haha...a bus maybe! ;-)



anotherthing... we are humans...and we have a great ability of learning for our mistakes...hence an accident actually makes you a better rider.



ciao brotherHow many times have you stopped using your motorcycle for a while?
I've had many close calls like most of us do, but not where I've stopped riding for a while. Never let your guard down and don't become complacent while riding. Have a fun game with yourself

every so often called ';What if';! Play out different scenarios in your head and what action you would take before it results in you meeting

the pavement the hard way.
its times like this is when u find that u might have become compliant because there wasnt any close calls. i've had 3 close calls last season, but i didnt get off the bike.



the only thing u can do is to have ur radar cranked up full bore and leave nothing to chance. cagers are always have a high level of distrust at all times, and u never let urself get boxed in. i've also had to clamp down on the brakes in a max effort stop, and it isnt fun. cagers will never understand the pucker factor.
Once. I had to while I recovered. Not because of my injuries, though, but because the bike was totalled. As soon as my sister let me borrow her old one, I was back in the saddle.



I pay special attention to white cars now...............
i have a lil over 200k on street bikes and have been hit hard enough to total a bike and numerous close calls ....never stopped me from riding i did notice a lil nervousness the first time back out after my major accidents ..... as the saying goes if you get bucked off a horse you get right back on
ive been riding 30years here in australia...dont even know how to drive a car....started off on a lil cb250(1968 model)....then bmws/ducatis..

If riding is in your blood..think about a advanced riding course...and maybe just maybe...slow down a lil(give yourself plenty of room to anticipate car drivers).......

This has kept me on the road every day for 30 years..with the exception of 1 speeding incident 29 years ago...no licence for 3 months....

hang in there.........
I was brake checked by a lady (who rear-ended the big SUV in front of her) and almost missed her. Another foot to the right and I would have been fine, but she stopped instantly and I gave it my all to avoid her. had i stopped in time, the full-size Ford Bronco behind me would have crushed me, so I suppose I came out as well as could be expected.



I wear full gear, so I was able to stand up and walk out of the way. Other than a sore knee for about a week (and a totaled SV650- so sad!) I'm fine. Trust me, motorcycle gear does its job (but only if you wear it).



So I didn't ride for about a month until the insurance settled everything and I bought a new motorcycle. If people on cell phones surprise you, perhaps you do not yet posess the mental attitude required for motorcycle operation. EVERYONE is out to kill you every minute of every ride for no reason whatsoever, and you are invisible to them as well!



Keep that in mind at ALL TIMES, know how to ride instead of just twisting a throttle, and have faith in your armored gear and full-face helmet when the inevitable happens.
I've had two accidents on bikes. After each one I got right back on once I had the repairs made. If you wait a while before getting back on I think you start second guessing your riding ability, and that's not good.