Are you scared to ride? (sport bike)

i have a 07 gsxr 600...i love riding it...i cant wait till summer so i dont have to drive my truck and save gas but i only get about 35 with my bike...yall are right the only thing that worries me is the other ppl....what i was always told was respect it and it will respect you.....i have had one close call....i got off work one night at like 930 and i have when ppl are in front on me cuz they throw rocks and scratches my bike so there was this cummins and he was throwing up all kinda stuff and i was getting mad so he saw that i was going to pass him so he sped up and i just got out of a turn so i gunned it and when i was going around him for some reason i was looking at his rpm's and they were about 2300 which that does not matter but when i looked back to see where i was going the bike was betwwen the white line and the grass then it stated doing a little bit of a tank slap and the whole bike was shaking but i didnt wreck thank the lord but here is a pic f me and my gf.....im really really careful with her on it.

 

Looks like your both properly geared for a ride

 

yea lol...i usually wear a jacket and shorts...which i know i should wear long pants but i just get so hot. yea she is really geared up lol

 

I'm not scared to ride,but choose not to.I parked my bike the day i found out my wife had a bun in the oven.I loved riding more than anything but don't miss it one bit.to look at my angel every day is priceless.jersey is a dangerous place to ride.respect the bike and what it can do to you and you should be fine.

 

Maybe scared isn't the right word. aware of the consequences of my actions.

You get scared you lock up. Cruise into guardrails on diminishing radius turns because you won't lean more and try to stop mid turn. Got to keep your wits about you.

I don't know if it goes for anyone else, but when I'm doing anything with risk, I see the outcomes in the movie theatre of my mind. Fingers on the floor when using the circular saw, smashed on the rocks when climbing, getting my head run over after having my femur smashed on a road sign from dumping my bike.

Keeps me centered.

 

AWWWWWWWWWWW... THat's so prescious...

 

nicely put.

 

I'm scared of all the sand they dump on the road over the winter. But I still ride anyway. Weather has been warm past couple of days so the bike has been out!

 

sorry, not to mean to sound like a dick, but it just aggrivates me to see people think there too macho to gear up. When your the operator and you have a passanger you take there life in your hands. Id hate to see your pretty little girlfriend all road rashed and burned up to be permantly scarred.

I joined a motorcycle forum when I got my bike, and I read some of the stories of people walking away from a crash that was fully geared(one guy put up pics of his worn gear) and if he wouldnt have worn that, he'd be missing half his jaw and most of his skin, not to mention he had his wife on the back and she was equally geared up.

 

your not being a dick...your telling the truth...i know i should wear pants but i just think it gets to hot....its a BAD excuss i know. yea i agree with the passanger's life in your hands i am very more aware with her on the bike but stuff can still happen to ya....yea that is true i woud hate to see her like that also.

 

think of someone coming at you with a belt sander. thats what your protecting yourself from.

 

your right 150% about the gear.

 

lol the squid lol

 

lol yeah im a homo but a homo that is alive with all his limbs

 

she will be sorry on her wedding day when she has to wear a wedding dress and is road rashed to shit on her arms and shoulders.dont be stupid or cool and gear up

 

Maybe, but I wont be the one to need pieces of my ass skin glued to my arms

 

I would be more worried if I wasn't scared.
It's weird, I don't even worry about other drivers that much anymore (admitted I don't live in very over populated area). Sure they are still idiots but if you pay close enough attention you can avoid a lot of problems. [disclaimer: I am not saying that anyone here or elsewhere has not been paying attention when they got in an accident, just saying I think I have been lucky enough to avoid some that have come my way]
The main thing that worries me are animals. The closest I have come to dumping it was having a dog run out of the ditch at 5 oclock in the morning. Scared the ever loving p*ss out of me.

 

i didnt mean you i meant them. would your arm always smell like ass???

 

Good question...*sends an email off to mythbusters*

 

Maybe its just New Jersey... seems like a lot of people who have hung up there riding days live in NJ. I'm guessing its just all the shitty drivers there...

Like I said Monterey CA is super motorcycle friendly... I'm sure the accidents caused by other drivers is significantly lower here.