Jonathan,
Actually, The people who will never know the transcendence experience of riding a motorcycle ARE right..."Motorcycles ARE just so dangerous". And, even though some of us who have ridden for years want to justify our love of this sport with rationales such as, "Well, you can get killed just walkin' across the street", I believe, do a disservice to the awareness of this FACT, and in some regard ADD to the FEAR that many, if not most, non-riders hold in their hearts.
And then...to PUSH THE ENVELOPE FURTHER, by not wearing protective gear, isn't "macho"....it's just plain....well, YOU KNOW!
So, YOUR JOB as a newbie to this sport is to...PROVE 'EM WRONG(and as anybody around here can tell ya...I LOVE to do THAT to people)...and DIE of OLD AGE!
RIDE SAFELY!
Cheers,
Dwight
