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I got to thinking:hmm: while reading the front tire thread and speed rating thing on tires.
I understand no one wants to discuss these things out of denial but there is an inherent risk to riding motorcycles. Especially if at any time you have felt too irresponsible about your riding. I know I do at times.
I'm riding this V-Rod like it was a lighter bike, except I still cannot wheelie the thing like I want to (keeps spinning), a stoppie seems impossible, not to mention stupid on both accounts. FEELS like the safest large bike I've had to run on the street on my whole life.
To die because of equipment failure seems shameful. Anyone cares to share experiences? I mean, stories the dead cannot tell or the live ones have shared. I saw a kid in the ER whose rear tire "blew" on a GSXR 1000. NASTY. MESSY. Very MESSY business. I am very tired of death, SICK is more like it, people wasted. I strongly believe you can ride very hard and still be safe if you stay within your abilities.
I still laugh at the loud exhaust saving lives kind of thing, just an opinion, but am having one installed. I'll do anything just so no one has to see my brains flowing out of my ears. Any input into making a safer ride will be apreciated. REAL safety inspections, what loosens up, what is it about the V-Rod or any that can kill you? What techniques does anyone use to make it a safer ride, especially around cages (cars).
Just don't tell me not to ride it like that to be safe 'cause I'd rather sell it. This type of riding is really why I love motorcycles. I always do it in a closed course with plenty of pillows around on the hospital parking lot with the trauma surgeon watching over me while wearing an armor
:spit: . Bullshit 'cause he has one too, AND a Hayabusa.
I understand no one wants to discuss these things out of denial but there is an inherent risk to riding motorcycles. Especially if at any time you have felt too irresponsible about your riding. I know I do at times.
I'm riding this V-Rod like it was a lighter bike, except I still cannot wheelie the thing like I want to (keeps spinning), a stoppie seems impossible, not to mention stupid on both accounts. FEELS like the safest large bike I've had to run on the street on my whole life.
To die because of equipment failure seems shameful. Anyone cares to share experiences? I mean, stories the dead cannot tell or the live ones have shared. I saw a kid in the ER whose rear tire "blew" on a GSXR 1000. NASTY. MESSY. Very MESSY business. I am very tired of death, SICK is more like it, people wasted. I strongly believe you can ride very hard and still be safe if you stay within your abilities.
I still laugh at the loud exhaust saving lives kind of thing, just an opinion, but am having one installed. I'll do anything just so no one has to see my brains flowing out of my ears. Any input into making a safer ride will be apreciated. REAL safety inspections, what loosens up, what is it about the V-Rod or any that can kill you? What techniques does anyone use to make it a safer ride, especially around cages (cars).
Just don't tell me not to ride it like that to be safe 'cause I'd rather sell it. This type of riding is really why I love motorcycles. I always do it in a closed course with plenty of pillows around on the hospital parking lot with the trauma surgeon watching over me while wearing an armor