Newbie in Auckland wanting to get into bikes (noob_biker)

[noob_biker]

Sorry I only saw all the replies now, didn't get an email for some reason :/

I've just been put in this mindset that bikes are terrible and everyone who has one will either die or get seriously injured at some point. I can't help the way I feel about them, it's just what I hear and see and what I've been filled with from people who ride bikes and others who just see them as no good.
Recently a friend fell off and couldn't walk properly for quite a few months and it wasn't even a bad crash. Sometimes they go on cruises and 2 or 3 of them always fly off. It's that kind of stuff I'm exposed to, not nice stories at all from anyone. So excuse me if I come off as a little pussy or something. I can't help it. I didn't see the other side of riding, the nicer stuff till I joined on here. Then some of you start going off at me. Not cool.
I've never properly ridden a bike before so unlike most of the riders on here who probably jumped right into it, I can't say the same for myself.

Now thank you for everyone who has given me advice. I appreciate it a lot and I will see what my next step is from here. I hope I can join you guys in riding bikes in the future. Thanks again.

[bosslady]

Sorry I only saw all the replies now, didn't get an email for some reason :/

I've just been put in this mindset that bikes are terrible and everyone who has one will either die or get seriously injured at some point. I can't help the way I feel about them, it's just what I hear and see and what I've been filled with from people who ride bikes and others who just see them as no good.
Recently a friend fell off and couldn't walk properly for quite a few months and it wasn't even a bad crash. Sometimes they go on cruises and 2 or 3 of them always fly off. It's that kind of stuff I'm exposed to, not nice stories at all from anyone. So excuse me if I come off as a little pussy or something. I can't help it. I didn't see the other side of riding, the nicer stuff till I joined on here. Then some of you start going off at me. Not cool.
I've never properly ridden a bike before so unlike most of the riders on here who probably jumped right into it, I can't say the same for myself.

Now thank you for everyone who has given me advice. I appreciate it a lot and I will see what my next step is from here. I hope I can join you guys in riding bikes in the future. Thanks again.

No offence but those people kind of sound like retards. People with more testosterone than common sense or respect for the road and/or mortality. What's the bet very few if any of them received any type of formal training either That said, if you are consumed with the notion that bikes are horrible, scary, deadly things, then you shouldn't be on one, you're asking for trouble. Nobody went off at you either, that I can see anyway, it's just their way of telling you to harden up and stop allowing yourself to be consumed with horror stories. Anyway, I certainly didn't jump right in to motorcycling and was not a natural in even the remotest sense, it's been tough work but I got there am getting there.

[noob_biker]

Well yeah they were young and dumb. I'm definitely not consumed by the idea that bikes are horrible things. Otherwise I wouldn't even consider getting one. I'm always up for a challenge and this is one

[Maha]

''Sometimes they go on cruises and 2 or 3 of them always fly off''
There are many more responsible riders than not....fact.

The longer you watch Shortland Street, the more real it becomes (it's an analogy)