[Mike Andrew]

Gave it up 4 years ago after 50 years of riding motorized 2 wheelers of all sorts.
Out for errands on my Z1 and a Ford started sliding into my lane. I kept a sharp eye as it forced me to beep and then brake hard. No change and it bounced the driver's front wheel off the curb of the planted island before veering back into its original lane. Could have been me between the two.
Pulled up next to the car at the next light and it was a 20ish girl texting with Hip Hop blaring. No wonder she did not hear me honk. I dropped some choice words and rode off when the light changed and finished my errands.
This was early September. Rode the bike exactly twice after that, including the morning I sold it the following spring, both times maybe a mile around the hood.
Too many people in the burbs and too many distracted drivers. Makes even getting to open spaces dangerous.