09-21-2015, 06:55 PM
Ditto what Robert said. About 10 years ago, my two sons decided to buy motorcycles and take a trip around the country. I was not happy with this plan, but we told them we'd help with the financing if they agreed to take the motorcycle safety course the police in New Hampshire offered. They did, outfitted their bikes with extra lights, bought mouth-protecting helmets (both are wind players, sax and trumpet), and took off. They traveled all around the perimeter of the country over a couple of months, about 12,000 miles, and there wasn't a day that I didn't worry. But they arrived home safely.
They did say that the safety course helped them immensely; in fact, a friend who was riding with them wiped out on a mountain road, breaking his arm and trashing his bike; the boys said that had he taken the course, he wouldn't have made the mistake that downed him.
FWIW. I still think a car is both safer and more pleasant in city traffic than a bike, of any kind. Save the riding for Sundays on quiet country roads. And before you get a bike, ask your wife.
/Mr Lynn
They did say that the safety course helped them immensely; in fact, a friend who was riding with them wiped out on a mountain road, breaking his arm and trashing his bike; the boys said that had he taken the course, he wouldn't have made the mistake that downed him.
FWIW. I still think a car is both safer and more pleasant in city traffic than a bike, of any kind. Save the riding for Sundays on quiet country roads. And before you get a bike, ask your wife.
/Mr Lynn