To Ride Or not To Ride, That is the question

[cheetor]

Well after my acadent, I'm getting closer and close to being able to ride again
and I gave 2 options
Ride or dont ride
Ever since my accadent, as acared as some people may be
I've been itching to ride again, But
My afamily would rather I satyed in a car (after all my car is a road legal rally car with 5 point seatbelts and a rollcage) But nothing can beat the freedom of a motorcycle

I'm at a loss as to waht I whould do, mabye me living after a 100kph crash was a omen to never bike again,. or should I stand and ride again?

[6Chris6]

Well after my acadent, I'm getting closer and close to being able to ride again
and I gave 2 options
Ride or dont ride
Ever since my accadent, as acared as some people may be
I've been itching to ride again, But
My afamily would rather I satyed in a car (after all my car is a road legal rally car with 5 point seatbelts and a rollcage) But nothing can beat the freedom of a motorcycle

I'm at a loss as to waht I whould do, mabye me living after a 100kph crash was a omen to never bike again,. or should I stand and ride again?

Only one man can make that call bud.
I know after my bin i was incredibly nervous about gettin in the sadle and i didn't injure myself at all!
But I'm back to loving it again now.
Take your time, and make your own mind up.
Good luck
Chris

[SPman]

As Chris said - your call.
Only you can decide what is right for you - it all comes down to how you feel inside, about it - not pressure from somebody else.

Personally, I've only ever had one off I couldn't ride the wreck home....and giving up because I might get hurt has never really been a considered option.

[maybe]

I had a van do u turn in front of me last october and hit him hard got minor injuries enough for ten days off work as they would not pay for the damage to the bike and it was going to court I never had the bike repaired instead spent $1800 on another so I could ride again.

[DEATH_INC.]

I've had a couple of good one's,but never seriously injured though.
My girlfreind,Draco,would be the one to talk to,she had a serious crash about a year and a half ago,put her in hospital for ages and she's still recovering.....
I reckon if you borrow a bike and go for a ride you'll know straight away if it's still for you.
I still shit myself everytime a cage looks like it's gonna pull out in front of me....

[riffer]

Good luck in whatever decision you make cheetor.

I finish off the work on my bike today (hopefully) and will be taking it out immediately for a wee test.

I lowsided my bike avoiding a car and boat trailer who pulled out in front of me and slid under the bike at about 80km/h before getting flipped up and landing on my back - all through three lanes of motorway rush hour traffic.

I walked away (as I have with all my accidents except one) with nothing more than a badly sprained ankle (slight ligament tear) and general soreness for about a week.

Rather than see it as a warning call to get off the bike, I have taken it as validation that I am doing the right thing, and its simply a wake up call. I was getting far too cocky with my lanesplitting and general riding.

[moko]

I used to have minor offs all the time,had 2 biggies,including one shortly after starting out when I was told that by rights I should have died and another that saw me hit the corner of a house after a learner driver sent me clean over the top of his car(wonderful to watch no doubt).Every time I got back on as soon as possible.Last accident(the house one)was in 1979 and I`ve had some great times on bikes since.In fact I still get a buzz every time I`m out for a ride,even take the long way home from work every morning,that`s a whole lot of good times I`d have missed if I`d given up all those years ago.As others have said it`s your choice entirely but if I`d stopped riding I`d be behind the wheel of some tin box feeling the pain every time I saw some guy out enjoying himself on 2 wheels.

[jimbo600]

Well after my acadent, I'm getting closer and close to being able to ride again
and I gave 2 options
Ride or dont ride
Ever since my accadent, as acared as some people may be
I've been itching to ride again, But
My afamily would rather I satyed in a car (after all my car is a road legal rally car with 5 point seatbelts and a rollcage) But nothing can beat the freedom of a motorcycle

I'm at a loss as to waht I whould do, mabye me living after a 100kph crash was a omen to never bike again,. or should I stand and ride again?

Look at it this way mate. You've been pre-disastered. Odds are in your favour not to have an off. Go for it.

[Fox-In-Sox]

How many people win lotto Twice? Odds of two crashes are pretty slim...
Ive lost count of the amount of what i term near deaths (Times that only my experience on a bike have saved me from a nasty off).

They scare my other half more than me these days. Without knowing the details of your accident (Your fault or theres etc...)

A choice such is this is really yours and yours alone, hey look on the briteside, now that youve survived one 100kph crash, next time you may not have to make this decision again.

Health is merely the slowest possible way in which we can die. (Seemed appropriate...)

[KATWYN]

Well after my acadent, I'm getting closer and close to being able to ride again
and I gave 2 options
Ride or dont ride
Ever since my accadent, as acared as some people may be
I've been itching to ride again, But
My afamily would rather I satyed in a car (after all my car is a road legal rally car with 5 point seatbelts and a rollcage) But nothing can beat the freedom of a motorcycle
I'm at a loss as to waht I whould do, mabye me living after a 100kph crash was a omen to never bike again,. or should I stand and ride again?

Good to hear you are getting better Cheetor.

Ahh the choices we have to make! only you can answer this one. Although
you have now been primed on how easy it is to have a crash - it may be that you are now going to be less likely to become complacent in the future.
and your odds are somewhat lowered statistically now.

Speaking of omens.... all in a space of 2 years - a guy I knew had a fairly major off (broken coller bone ,spent a couple of nights in hospital)....got back into riding then witnessed a motorcycle accident and ummed and arrred whether to give up then....got back in the saddle again only to have a near miss....ummmed and arrred again.....got back in the saddle then a couple of months later was killed on his bike.

Its all time and unforeseen circumstance. We are all going to the same place
only some of us get there quicker than others ....Cancer is just around the corner as well! or getting hit by a bus!

Bottom line is, bikes are dangerous and there is a higher risk element to it
but so is sitting in a boat leisurely fishing (that is very high risk!)

DO YOU OR DON'T YOU ? You need to weigh up the costs and the rewards to you personally and base your decision on that. (if there are more costs to you, then don't if there are more rewards to you then do!)

[Posh Tourer :P]

and your odds are somewhat lowered statistically now.

What twaddle!! your odds are exactly the same as they were before... very low, but still present. Statistics doesnt work like that... unless the accident has made you more careful, in which case its not statistics lowering your odds, its you!
The chances of you having three accidents close together are a lot lower than that of having only one accident, but just having the first one doesnt reduce the chance of another accident. Its like not winning lotto... if you buy 30,000 tickets one week and dont win the big one, it doesnt increase your odds of winning the big one the next week....

Its all time and unforeseen circumstance. We are all going to the same place
only some of us get there quicker than others ....Cancer is just around the corner as well! or getting hit by a bus!
Bottom line is, bikes are dangerous and there is a higher risk element to it
but so is sitting in a boat leisurely fishing (that is very high risk!)

Very true..... Its all up to you cheetor. Do you think you can make yourself ride safely/choose when to hoon? How much risk are you prepared to take? The fact that you got a bike in the first place indicates you are prepared to take some risk. If you believe you wont be able to control yourself on the road buy a racebike and get into SS150 or buckets or something. You can try again and see what happens. If you think its too much to risk, give it up. If you are enjoying it enough to outweigh the risks, dont....

[KATWYN]

What twaddle!! your odds are exactly the same as they were before... very low, but still present. Statistics doesnt work like that... unless the accident has made you more careful, in which case its not statistics lowering your odds, its you!
....

Thanks for the lesson Posh....go easy on me i'm sensitive. My thinking up
until your sharp lesson a moment ago (ie) what twaddle! ouch... was based on some information I read once and that was, when you (a beginner) start riding a motorcycle you have a 50% chance of crashing your bike within the first 5 years of riding and the % lowers thereafter.....
my thoughts were, now that cheetor has had that 1st crash (as he is a learner) the odds have been lowered........BTW I'm not arguing, im curious if
that is right as well? can you tell me? or is it a load of BS

[MikeL]

I've been itching to ride again

I think you've answered your own question.
If you stop riding, what will the real reason be?
Fear of another accident? Loss of confidence? Loss of enjoyment? All valid reasons, and only you can determine whether they are compelling. But if you give up in order to please others, I think you're letting yourself in for a lot of unhappiness further down the track...

[Posh Tourer :P]

Thanks for the lesson Posh....go easy on me i'm sensitive. My thinking up until your sharp lesson a moment ago (ie) what twaddle! ouch... was based on some information I read once and that was, when you (a beginner) start riding a motorcycle you have a 50% chance of crashing your bike within the first 5 years of riding and the % lowers thereafter.....
my thoughts were, now that cheetor has had that 1st crash (as he is a learner) the odds have been lowered........BTW I'm not arguing, im curious if
that is right as well? can you tell me? or is it a load of BS

Ok fair enough....

It isnt purely the statistics that are against him crashing again though...

But if you were meaning that there were statistics to back up a trend, then I can agree with you.... I think that your figures sound reasonable. I'm quite happy to accept that he now has a lower chance of crashing, given that he's crashed once and it's taught him a lesson.

I thought you were beginning on the situation where if a coin goes heads 5 times in a row it has a greater chance of going tails (which it doesnt)... Its a very common way to misunderstand statistics, and the difference between the above situation and the true action of statistics is subtle and hard to explain... So its often easier to go in and try to dent the confidence first rather than suggest that you are right :P

Note to self... be more polite
me ---> <----me :P

[KATWYN]

Ok fair enough....

It isnt purely the statistics that are against him crashing again though...

But if you were meaning that there were statistics to back up a trend, then I can agree with you.... I think that your figures sound reasonable. I'm quite happy to accept that he now has a lower chance of crashing, given that he's crashed once and it's taught him a lesson.

I thought you were beginning on the situation where if a coin goes heads 5 times in a row it has a greater chance of going tails (which it doesnt)... Its a very common way to misunderstand statistics, and the difference between the above situation and the true action of statistics is subtle and hard to explain... So its often easier to go in and try to dent the confidence first rather than suggest that you are right :P

Note to self... be more polite
me ---> <----me :P

Cheers