Which scenario breeds the better rider?

[FT BSTRD]

There were additional studies, all of this along the lines of safety, that took a closer look at accident rates for bikes.

The study looked at WHERE bikes are ridden vs. just how they are ridden and by whom.

Sport bikes tend to be ridden closer to urban areas where traffic is more dense.

Cruisers, particularly the most popular variant, touring bikes, tended to be ridden out of metropolitan areas where traffic is sparse.

Unfortunately, insurance companies and legislators lack any sort of common sense or imagination.

It's just easier to lable sport bikes as "unsafe" and cruisers as "safe" and legislate accordingly.


Strangely enough, rider skill plays very little into the thinking of what constitutes "safe".

I would much rather see a concentration on rider education.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by FT BSTRD

I would much rather see a concentration on rider education.

Uhg... you & me both!

I asked my insurance agent (knowing it was a long shot) if there were any discounts for licensed racers, track day instructors or MSF RiderCoaches & she looked at me like I was a cute little kid asking a cute little question, like "If all the food here is from China, is the water from China too?"

Awww, that's adorable... but no.

(yes... I asked my parents that when I was like 5 years old... they thought it was adorable and proceeded to tell almost every waiter at almost every Chinese restaurant we went to that story until I was practically 15.)

[FT BSTRD]

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

Uhg... you & me both!

I asked my insurance agent (knowing it was a long shot) if there were any discounts for licensed racers, track day instructors or MSF RiderCoaches & she looked at me like I was a cute little kid asking a cute little question, like "If all the food here is from China, is the water from China too?"

(yes... I asked my parents that when I was like 5 years old... they thought it was adorable and proceeded to tell almost every waiter at almost every Chinese restaurant we went to that story until I was practically 15.)

You can't drive a fork lift without training, but somehow people fell like you can just buy a bike and you're good.

I recommend the MSF to ANYONE who will listen and nearly all people who won't.

My recommendation is not to embark on riding unless you plan to become a life long student of the art.

You can never know too much, and you can never know everything.

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

...I asked my insurance agent (knowing it was a long shot) if there were any discounts for licensed racers, track day instructors or MSF RiderCoaches & she looked at me like I was a cute little kid asking a cute little question, like "If all the food here is from China, is the water from China too?"

I took the Total Control advanced class and received a discount on my insurance. $1.70, that's 1 percent savings on my total bill. Plus, they didn't believe I took the class. I had to send them a copy of the certificate. I spent a half hour looking for it just to save less than $2. But the class was still worth it.