Thinking about getting a motorcycle

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mrbigstuff wrote:
I'm torn between the two options. There seem to be an equal number of cyclists killed around here in the city to motorcyclists killed in the suburbs. So, it will depend on the roads on which you will be using said means of conveyance. In the city, I have felt quite vulnerable on a bicycle, much more so than a motorcycle that can use the full lane. In the burbs, I feel OK on a moto, and the same on a bike. I also feel like never taking my moto on a highway. I hate it. One false move, and you have nowhere to go and you are going down, and most likely going to be run over.

An equally pertinent point about motorcycles, at least in the city and burbs, is the ability they possess to avoid accidents by dint of their speed: sometimes on a bicycle you just cannot avoid an accident by being too slow. Of course, one can always be the victim in any mode of transport: a person can be crushed by a car on a sidewalk, or a pedestrian hit and killed by a bicycle in a crosswalk (both have occurred here in the past).

Yeah, cyclists get killed around here every so often. On the route I take, there's now a "protected" bike lane in one area due to a death. Some of the hills I'd have to go up are long. Sure I might have a bike lane, but I won't be traveling anywhere near as fast as the cars. And going up that in the dark, in the rain... it just takes a driver to not see the white line at all and come over a couple feet for it to be the end - electric assist or not.