Re: [St] http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr091107.html

["Jeremy Witt" <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, very familiar.  I'm currently trying to talk an early 20s friend
OUT of getting a brand new GSXR1000.  If he's lucky, he'll wear more
than a just helmet on any given day.  And he's already been hit
(t-boned) by a stupid cager while riding his first bike, an F(a)Z(er)6.
Grrrr.

<rant mode off>

Jeremy Witt
Newbury Partners
www.newburypartners.com
(o) 603-893-3022
(c) 603-475-4228

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Garvin
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:13 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [St] http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr091107.html

A couple of weeks ago I was buying mushrooms from this farm near my 
house. There was a young guy helping me ( under 20). I was wearing an 
Indian Tee shirt and he asked me about my Indian. I told him I sold it 
and now ride a Triumph Sprint. He asked if that was a sport bike. Then 
he asked me how fast it would go. He said he was saving up to by his 
first motorcycle and it was going to be a Yamaha R6.
  Does this story sound familiar? In 1960 I was riding a Honda CB-110 
with no helmet or other protective gear when I rear ended a car that had

stopped in front of me. I was a quick learner. I always wear a helmet 
and I always buckle up when I'm in a car. I'm 60 and count each day as 
gravy now.
Al

Agate47@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I just read an interesting report on motorcycle accidents/fatalities
from the 
> people who study such things. Their main point seems to show
Supersport bikes 
> and younger riders as a dangerous combination. It is even more so than
the 
> view that the boomers on Hogs are all running off the road. 
> 
> One thing that I found interesting was the claim that only about 50%
of 
> riders across the nation wear helmets. Is this possible or true? I'm a
full gear 
> kind of guy and the thought of arriving at the scene of the accident
unclad is 
> too ugly to think about.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Steve Knudsen
> '00 RS - Lucifer Orange for visibility
> Auburn, WA 
> 
> 
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