I always had a motor bikes when I was younger. I was the only one of my friends that didn't have a major accident. I can recall at least three occasions where I missed almost certain death by a split second. I got rid of it when the kids came along for obvious reasons.

Funny thing is that nobody really ever has strong opposition against you riding a bicycle. I would be even more scared to ride a bicycle in traffic than a motorbike.

Then again, when I had my motorbikes, I used to use them for everything. If you only want one to go for a Sunday morning cruise on less busy roads, that would be a much easier sell.

TerryKiter said..

Well, it goes witout saying that basically 99% of wife's don't want their partners to get a motorcycle... And it also goes witout saying that 99% of guys want a motorcycle.

So, with that said.. who out there has a bike and what does their partner think of it ?Was it a long battle to convince them of the idea??

The solution is:- Make sure you have adequate life insurance
Make sure you have a up to date will

Wives usually fear loosing the bread winner so fix that situation and
Ride Long, Ride Hard

my wife hates that i ride, especially since the kids were born, but doesn't hassle me about selling my bike. but we live in the bush & i only ride country roads- i'd probably get rid of it if we were in the city/burbs.

I had two nice KTM,s and smoked, my missus said she wouldnt marry me and have kids till I gave up both the fun she provides is way better than any bike or smoke can provide and its free

I had bikes for years before I met my now wife. She doesn't have a problem with me getting another one. The hard part was convincing her to sell hers after seeing the way she rode!

My wife grew up around motor bikes, her father and brothers all raced then. Had a bike when we met and always made sure that when I changed bikes I got something that we could ride two up. She was always a great passenger, small lady, never knew she was there half the time. she loved going fast and really leaning into the bends.

Sold the bike when we moved to the beach as we had nowhere to keep everything out of the salt air. Too many toys.

boofy said...
I had two nice KTM,s and smoked, my missus said she wouldnt marry me and have kids till I gave up both the fun she provides is way better than any bike or smoke can provide and its free

It's never free mate....

I have always had bikes and it has been said before, get adequate life insurance and they will be fine!

You need to find a better stat man.

In my experience, 99% of men don't like chicks who have more toys than they do. They complain a lot about women who don't understand their toy obsessions, but in reality, they'd much rather be with a woman who stays at home, cleans the house and patiently waits on the beach ready to fuss over them when they come off the water. Oh well. Living alone makes room for more toys so I'm sure it's all working out for the best

Maybe hire a cool bike and take your partner away somewhere for a weekend?

^^ Until you fall for that and get married

Motorbikes don't mind it when you ride other motorbikes.

At least you can ride you bike when you want
As long as shes ready to ride when every you want ,,, you may have a solution.
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What's the difference between a fat woman and a moped ???
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Nothing ! They're both great fun to ride as long as your mates don't see you.....


By the way I have the solution to owning bikes that are wwwaaaayyy too powerful for my liking now. I have a 1942 Indian Scout and the main problem is stopping the sucker

www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/statistics/summaries/motorcycle-crash-data

(Victorian) Fatalities

Of the 282 people killed on Victoria's roads in 2012, 41 were riders and passengers of motorcycles, representing 15% of the road toll.
Motorcycles represent less than 4% of the number of registered vehicles in Victoria, and account for around 1% of vehicle kilometres travelled. Around 8% of Victorian licence holders hold a motorcycle licence.

Of the 41 motorcyclists and pillions killed in 2012:

93% were male
54% occurred in rural Victoria
54% were involved in crashes between the hours of 10am and 6pm and
42% of deaths occurred on roads sign posted at 100km/h or more
11% were not wearing helmets

41% were involved in single vehicle crashes,
22% were involved in head on or overtaking crashes and
24% were involved in crashes with another vehicle at an intersection

Motorbikes would appear to be more dangerous than wives. And more dangerous ...than most things I can think of. Even guns.

I was originally looking for the statistic where riders under the age of 26 have a 1:3 chance of ending up in hospital. Can't find. May be not true.

They are still undeniably cool though.

evlPanda said..

www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/statistics/summaries/motorcycle-crash-data

(Victorian) Fatalities

Of the 282 people killed on Victoria's roads in 2012, 41 were riders and passengers of motorcycles, representing 15% of the road toll.
Motorcycles represent less than 4% of the number of registered vehicles in Victoria, and account for around 1% of vehicle kilometres travelled. Around 8% of Victorian licence holders hold a motorcycle licence.

Of the 41 motorcyclists and pillions killed in 2012:

93% were male
54% occurred in rural Victoria
54% were involved in crashes between the hours of 10am and 6pm and
42% of deaths occurred on roads sign posted at 100km/h or more
11% were not wearing helmets

41% were involved in single vehicle crashes,
22% were involved in head on or overtaking crashes and
24% were involved in crashes with another vehicle at an intersection

Motorbikes would appear to be more dangerous than wives. And more dangerous ...than most things I can think of. Even guns.

I was originally looking for the statistic where riders under the age of 26 have a 1:3 chance of ending up in hospital. Can't find. May be not true.

They are still undeniably cool though.

One stat I would like to see is the percentage of scooters (presumably they come under the "motorcycle" heading) involved in crashes and a breakdown of the type of injuries. I do like the European look of a young, attractive, mini-skirted and short sleeved lady on a scooter but they must surely figure quite highly in the crash stats -- along side the male version of that group.

people can come up with statistics to prove anything, 40% of all people know that