A couple of times in the past I have seen a magazine headline and thought, "This'll be crap." Subsequently though I've been pleasantly surprised. One such was entitled something like "Things you didn't know when you bought a motorcycle." It mentioned how you didn't know that sometimes you'd be accosted by misty eyed old geezers who wanted to chat about the bikes they used to own. That does happen.
More relevantly though it went into detail about how you'd become a raving nutter when driving a car. Riding a bike requires a higher level of situational awareness than driving a car and this doesn't (or shouldn't) switch off when you get behind the wheel. This often leads motorcyclists when driving to give vent to their feelings at the silly/dangerous things they see. Their passengers are probably more concerned at the rant than the driving because they don't notice the latter.
I was actually pleased to read that it's a common thing because I'm certainly guilty.
Nick Ienatch in his "Sport Riding Techniques" talks about single vehicle bike accidents. I can't look it up, I have loaned the book out, but in the USA it's common to see a bend with a skidmark going straight ahead. The rider evidently decides they can't make the corner so they sit the bike up and grab the brakes. In most cases had they made a serious effort they could have made the turn. It's possible that this phenomenon is not unique to the USA?
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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