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From: binger@hsh.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wanted: Advice for New Cylist
Message-ID: <1993Apr21.092613.1344@hsh.com>
Date: 21 Apr 93 14:26:12 GMT
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In article <1993Apr20.150337.2963@rd.hydro.on.ca>, jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
>>So the question I have is "HOW DANGEROUS IS RIDING"?            
> 
> It's exactly as dangerous as it looks. You're hard to see and have little
> protection. Keeping out of trouble means knowing your limits, keeping your
> machine in good shape and being able to predict and make up for every stupid
> move that drivers make out there. We deal with it because it's fun, but
> staying alive takes a conscious effort.
> 
> I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
>      got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
>                          ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Thanks, Jody. I can't say I've ever seen it summed up so succinctly before.   
I might only add two things.... stupid road design (or poor, at least) and
we deal with it for the fun and *brotherhood* we share with others who take 
their lives in their hads to feel the wind in their hair....IMHO.

Binger

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