03-12-2010, 12:10 PM
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Trudi, these are the bikes you see in accidents here all the time. The accident and fatality rate of these crotch rockets compared to big Harley's and other cruisers is very one sided toward the rocket.
These bikes are cheap here and any kid with a new license and enough money to buy one does so right out of high school. Many don't take the necessary safety courses available for free to them. I see kids racing in heavy traffic, weaving in and out of heavy traffic on highways at a high rate of speed all the time. I can't tell you how many times I've thought to myself, "That kid's going to crash driving like that." and no sooner than two lights down the road, there he is lying on the floor with a stretcher under him.
Harley Davidson's Buell line is all crotch rockets and we once went to the bike weekend in York, Pa to try them out. The HD plant in York holds a "rally" where you can try out the new line of bikes all weekend free. My ex got on a Buell and came back saying, "Never let me buy one of these, I'll wind up killing myself on it. You can't resist the urge to open it up and I was doing 90 MPH in second gear before I realize I was on a mountain road and had to slow down. These things belong on a racetrack."
The one thing I will say about my ex is he is an excellent rider on a bike and if HE said that, you know it must hold some water. He was a pretty bold rider as it was.
FYI - that bike's wheel base is just as wide as my Harley's was. If that bike can navigate the narrow twisty roads of England, then any HD Sportster could
These bikes are cheap here and any kid with a new license and enough money to buy one does so right out of high school. Many don't take the necessary safety courses available for free to them. I see kids racing in heavy traffic, weaving in and out of heavy traffic on highways at a high rate of speed all the time. I can't tell you how many times I've thought to myself, "That kid's going to crash driving like that." and no sooner than two lights down the road, there he is lying on the floor with a stretcher under him.
Harley Davidson's Buell line is all crotch rockets and we once went to the bike weekend in York, Pa to try them out. The HD plant in York holds a "rally" where you can try out the new line of bikes all weekend free. My ex got on a Buell and came back saying, "Never let me buy one of these, I'll wind up killing myself on it. You can't resist the urge to open it up and I was doing 90 MPH in second gear before I realize I was on a mountain road and had to slow down. These things belong on a racetrack."
The one thing I will say about my ex is he is an excellent rider on a bike and if HE said that, you know it must hold some water. He was a pretty bold rider as it was.
FYI - that bike's wheel base is just as wide as my Harley's was. If that bike can navigate the narrow twisty roads of England, then any HD Sportster could
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