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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
The riders that are most worrisome are the 50+ year olds that go out and buy their first motorcycle. Usually one that is way too big (and expensive) for a new rider.. Inexperience combined with bravado and money is a dangerous combo. Have seen it too many times. A key reason why I stopped riding in groups 30+ years ago.
The key to survival is common sense. Rule 1: Avoid traffic.
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Boy, could I ever tell you some stories from my HOG chapter days. Some of them may even be true...
Those were the most frightening years of my motorcycling career. It was actually the impetus for me to try instructing, once I saw just how completely unequipped, both mentally and physically, so many of those folks were when it came to learning to ride their bikes. A lifelong dream for many of them, not realized until post mid-life crisis. Too damn proud and full of themselves to learn to ride on a more suitable machine, they go straight for the biggest, heaviest, baddest Harley in the showroom. And the self serving salesmen just feed off of them. Group rides with these people were both frustrating and terrifying at the same time. I had to quit after just a couple years with them. Never again.