Motorcycling to Quilt Class - SM Strapped On the Back
06-07-2011, 05:24 AM
#61
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Northern Wisconsin
Posts: 1,099
I just got my cycle license and I'm still getting used to riding it. I don't know if I'll ever get to the point where I'd feel comfortable with strapping my machine on the back.
My DH had a very serious head injury many years ago and has a plate in his head - yes - we wear helmets! When I told the granddaughter that I am learning to ride, she made me promise that I would wear a helmet.
Yes, the concrete will win - but I'm going to fight back.
My DH had a very serious head injury many years ago and has a plate in his head - yes - we wear helmets! When I told the granddaughter that I am learning to ride, she made me promise that I would wear a helmet.
Yes, the concrete will win - but I'm going to fight back.
06-07-2011, 05:37 AM
#64
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 651
Originally Posted by KristinaH
Your a gal after my own heart. Now, I still need to learn to ride. Right now I just sit and enjoy the ride. I am not sure if I want to give that up just yet. If I were to get my own bike I would have a trike. Those are amazing! I am a scant 5' 3" I am not all together sure I could hold up a bike. lol
Many bikers do not like helmets. They take their risks...and honestly helmet verses concrete...concrete will win anyway.
Many bikers do not like helmets. They take their risks...and honestly helmet verses concrete...concrete will win anyway.
06-07-2011, 05:47 AM
#65
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boston - Orlando
Posts: 464
Our daughter's fiance' was killed riding a motorcycle on his way to work in 1989. He was driving to work thru downtown and a parked driver pulled out of a space and cut him off. Witnesses said he wasn't going more than 25 mph. He always wore a helmet but his body was crushed under an oncoming car. My DH has a theory: there are two type of riders - those who have had accidents and those who will. There's no protection when you're the victim of an unthinking driver. Dave was a 21 yr old USAF Airman.
Please wear the helmet.....we wear the seatbelts because someone loves us, not because it's the law.
Please wear the helmet.....we wear the seatbelts because someone loves us, not because it's the law.
06-07-2011, 06:17 AM
#67
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal Georgia
Posts: 1,508
We have a couple ladies around here that do.
I haven't ridden one in alot of years but been seriously thinking about getting one with a side buggy and storage room in the back.
With gas prices the way they are my SUV isn't necessarily the best way to travel anymore.
As for safety gear I'd wear it no matter if the law required it or not. There are some really stupid drivers out there. I would wear a helmet, elbow and knee pad protection at minimum with high boots to protect the legs and foot as well.
I haven't ridden one in alot of years but been seriously thinking about getting one with a side buggy and storage room in the back.
With gas prices the way they are my SUV isn't necessarily the best way to travel anymore.
As for safety gear I'd wear it no matter if the law required it or not. There are some really stupid drivers out there. I would wear a helmet, elbow and knee pad protection at minimum with high boots to protect the legs and foot as well.
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