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I have a question about driving a motor cycle?
OK, they irritate the hell out of me. So we know my opinion of the DRIVERS!
1. When driving a motor cycle, do you REALLY have to rev up the engine when you are slowing down to stop at a light or stop sign? And again when you begin to drive off?
2. Is it EGO, or safety, to drive with pipes, not mufflers? OF COURSE I want to hear that loud roar at midnight when I am asleep.
3. Are all of you invincible? You must think so. Driving 150 mph on the interstate. AND without a helmet.
4. Do you care about your kids. Our neighbor down the street drives around the neighborhood with his 3 year old son on his bike. No helmet for each.
1. Yes. 99.9% are revving their engines so the engine will stay warm and won't stall out when the light turns green and they try to start moving again. Motorcycle engines have a tendency to stall out when starting from a stand still. Not only would that be embarassing for them if they stalled out, it would delay traffic behind them.
2. Both. If the drivers can't see you then maybe they'll hear you. I prefer normal mufflers, but there are some that get them because they think it's cool. There are laws on motorcycle pipes. Call the police if you catch a plate of a ridiculously loud bike. It's probably illegal.
3. Nope. If you rode 100,000 miles on your bike throughout your lifetime, you'd have a 20% chance of dying in an accident (based purely off statistics of all riders). However, riders that ride like you describe have a different viewpoint on mortality and are very likely to become roadkill eventually. They also skew the statistics (meaning it's safer for people that don't ride like idiots).
4. Again, different viewpoint on life. Their view is: "You're going to die eventually, I'd rather it be a wicked motorcycle crash than a car crash or cancer." However, I'm pro-helmet. Even in a non-helmet state, I still wear it and think it's stupid not to.
Couple other factoids:
#1 cause of motorcycle deaths -> taking a corner too fast
#2 cause of motorcycle deaths -> automobile drivers driving recklessly (cutting bikes off, turning lanes right into them, etc.)
Not all bikers are in the category you put them in. I'm a pilot and I treat getting on a motorcycle the same as getting in a plane. I have a pre-ride check of the bike. I know I'm not going to take a corner too fast so car drivers is my #1 threat, I watch their eyes at all time and ride defensively assuming they're going to do the most stupid thing possible (and this has saved my skin multiple times). I have occasionally goosed the throttle and hit 130 but on a straightaway highway without any cars.
It sounds like you need to take a motorcycle course to see what it's all about. About $200 you get to spend a weekend learning the safe way to ride a motorcycle. Sure, there's a bunch of idiots on bikes out there, but there's a bunch of idiots in cars and every other aspect of life. What I think you have is a little bit of bike-envy. Once you experience what it's like to ride, you'll have a different viewpoint on riders as a whole.
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