Am I a coward?

[Rocket65]

For a year after I hit a deer in one of my cars I rode slower on motorcycles. Could just imagine one coming out of the woods.
In some ways, riding a bike makes me drive everything more carefully. Even in a car, I don't just shoot into an intersection just because the light is green. I look for somebody that might be planning to run the light from the other directions before I pull out.

 

[ponters]

Oh my goodness gentlemen. I am astounded to the suggested speed you travel at even momentarily. I recall travelling through an extremely high speed road one day which was sign posted at 110kph. Although i accelerated to 108kph I think my comfort zone really was between 100-102kph. I guess it is all im used to. I bought my motorcycle for aesthetic reasons only. I find my wifes fuel injected Vespa is more than adequate for me but i just feel more comfortable on something more stable like my Rocket.

 

[R3Tex]

Oh my goodness gentlemen. I am astounded to the suggested speed you travel at even momentarily. I recall travelling through an extremely high speed road one day which was sign posted at 110kph. Although i accelerated to 108kph I think my comfort zone really was between 100-102kph. I guess it is all im used to. I bought my motorcycle for aesthetic reasons only. I find my wifes fuel injected Vespa is more than adequate for me but i just feel more comfortable on something more stable like my Rocket.

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to throw a bull$hit flag on that one and penalize you 3 days riding for trying to appear more conservative than the average lunatic that rides a rocket

 

[joey fletcher]

I guess I am the sick one in the bunch here...

I have never rode a M/C that was too fast or a gun I did not like...

I am 67 yrs old...I rode a 2001 busa about 3 yrs ago and hit 205 MPH...on a country 2 lane road. I have had moments of fear...but never afraid of going fast. Last year...I hit a hump on where a bridge started over a river at about 115 mph on the Rocket.....It kicked the back wheel into the air and I rode on the front wheel nearly all the way across that bridge...about 300 ft.........A moment of fear...lasted about 30 seconds and I was back on it again...It did hurt my back and nearly knocked my breath away..

The only thing I really fear on a M/C is deer.....I hate them dang things.. I have no fear when riding I-40 when all the cages are running 80+ mph driving like fools.....But just at dark on a back country road I am running 45-50 mph and I am 100% afraid.....Plus thank the good LORD when I make it home.

I have killed 13 deer with auto's....Maybe that is why..

 

[peter k]

Oh my goodness gentlemen. I am astounded to the suggested speed you travel at even momentarily. I recall travelling through an extremely high speed road one day which was sign posted at 110kph. Although i accelerated to 108kph I think my comfort zone really was between 100-102kph. I guess it is all im used to. I bought my motorcycle for aesthetic reasons only. I find my wifes fuel injected Vespa is more than adequate for me but i just feel more comfortable on something more stable like my Rocket.

Ponters I was just wondering what the doc,s given you .

 

[CanberraR3]

I guess I am the sick one in the bunch here...

I have never rode a M/C that was too fast or a gun I did not like...

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You ride guns?

 

[barbagris]

Ponters I was just wondering what the doc,s given you .

Me too - I could do with some.

 

[HansO]

Oh my goodness gentlemen. I am astounded to the suggested speed you travel at even momentarily. I recall travelling through an extremely high speed road one day which was sign posted at 110kph. Although i accelerated to 108kph I think my comfort zone really was between 100-102kph. I guess it is all im used to. I bought my motorcycle for aesthetic reasons only. I find my wifes fuel injected Vespa is more than adequate for me but i just feel more comfortable on something more stable like my Rocket.

You been drinking Again I don't think you know what anything less that 120kmh is

 

[HansO]

nearly had me a Screaming Eagle front guard ornament yesterday coming home from Yass at 7pm just got to the bottom of the Clyde Mtn and fanging thru the sweeper at the base about 10km from home and whilst keeping an eye out for Skippy's detected something move, coming up out of a culvert was Adult Wedge Tail Eagle!!...... the silly bastard instead of just flying up in line with the road it decided to cross the road while still only slowly taking off.... a hand full of brakes and I missed him, they are a massive bird!!! a puckering moment

 

[Macrider]

Holy Crap Hanso, they are big, they have a wingspan of up to 7 1/2 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge-tailed_Eagle