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Yeabut chicks dig colostomy bags so..It isn't so much the dying as it is the quadriplegia or paraplegia. I once knew a guy who was hit by an old woman who ran a stop light in Colorado Springs. His life was a mess in spite of the insurance settlement. Colostomy bags, daily health care... and for what? Just to "Live to ride, ride to live"... Another guy rode with his helmet unstrapped in protest of Michigan's helmet laws. When he went over the hood of a car, the helmet came off, he hit the pavement, and had to relearn everything most of us learn after age 2... Personally I've always chosen to wear an "approved" helmet, regardless of the laws.
Ive courted the Reaper a few times in my life and always been a risk-taker... and have owned several bikes and ridden my share, no denying it, and no denying the rush- but I've been lucky and being stuck in a bed or in a chair as a result would have been a poor trade indeed. Some things just aren't worth the risk... course I'm saying this as an old guy...
Lol, the dangers are extreme.
Sitting here now, I'm glad for my motorbike experiences.. not much can rival the the act. I somehow made it through the literal gauntlet despite all of my cavalier antics and everyone and everything trying to actively kill me.