I have not rode a motorcycle in many years. The wife set me down when we had the first kid and told me to think about if I wanted to raise him or have some one else do it. I did not ride any after that until the youngest was out of the house. She was dead serious too. She never once said a thing about me being in the service but felt that riding a motorcycle was a selfish thing to do if I had kids. I think she was right. If you have a family you have to think of your job/duty to them first.
I will tell this on myself. A few weeks ago I just about hit a motorcycle. I was coming out of a big dairy farm that has a pretty long lane, in the semi. The motorcycle and I where moving at the same speed. I looked to my right twice, each time there was not a thing there. He was riding just the right speed that he was behind the mirror each time. HE was lucky that I was empty. As I went to swing out into the road I saw him not fifty feet from me. I was able to hit the brakes and stop before I entered the road but I just about got him. I have had them be behind the window post on the pickup before too where you could not see them.
A motorcycle is just not big enough to be real safe to ride. In an accident it just about always the motorcycle riders that get hurt/killed. It is just simple physics. The bigger vehicle usually wins the battle in an accident.
There are too many people killed on them each year for me to even think about riding anywhere other than my farm lane. There is much more traffic anymore and they are driving faster. A cycle is just not safe. Don't tell me that loud exhaust makes it better all they do is aggravate the people you ride by after the fact.
It is really amazing that they are still legal. I am serious. There are many things that cause far fewer deaths that have been sued out of the business/culture. I am not supporting that but it really makes you think about it.
I am real sorry for your buddy getting killed. His wife and family will suffer the most in the time to come. He is already in a better place we hope.
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