I would agree that the the usage of the two kinds of riders cliche may be overused. I have heard it every time I took a motorcycle safety course over the years.
I do admit that I get a visual of myself crashing at high speed every day I ride....the visual pops into my mind as I accelerate down the two lane on my way to work each day. I dont really dwell on it but I think the fact that the awareness of the extra implied risk associated with being on two wheels as opposed to four and just that extra bit of awareness may help to keep me on my toes. It wont guarantee anything but it helps.
I'd like to think that any instance of the bike going down will occur at slow speed or simply a FUBAR whereby the bike is dropped from a standstill. Probably ...statistically this is where the phrase comes from. Most of will drop our bikes albeit a simple act of disregard or a brain fart usually within the confines of our garage or driveway or a parking lot somewhere.
I do think new riders or riders who are coming back to riding after years of being away are at a higher risk.
I have had my bike for three months now and I try to keep telling myself each day that although my skill is improved I still have a ways to go. I try not to let myself become
comfortable to the point that I relax to much. I think personally we all need that edge that comes from the idea that we probably will go down some where some time.
Its kind of like the first time we all rode a bicycle. We all dropped one and scraped our knees. The same principle applies big time to new riders of motorsickles.
