First pillion

My 10 yr old loves it and its hard to keep her off the back
She did the whole of AR09 with me

[skeetly]

Taking my missus out for the first time soon.
She's never been out on a bike ever so I'm a bit anxious.
Shopping in HG today for gear so hoping it works out

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

A bit of a dramatic stance to take with sombody of your age. I think the first ten years or so after passing the test at 17 are the most dangerous, I would imagine 48 year old bikers getting killed is quite rare, unless it was a situation where the accident was the result of very unfortunate circumstances, but then you can die in those kind of accidents in the car.

Middle aged men are the most likely to be involved in a bike accident . The reason behind it being I would assume do the DAS go get them selves a brand new fireblade. Or born again bikers doing the same. 17 year olds arent just restricted with the power but what they can afford to buy and insure etc

Originally Posted by BanditPat

Middle aged men are the most likely to be involved in a bike accident . The reason behind it being I would assume do the DAS go get them selves a brand new fireblade. Or born again bikers doing the same. 17 year olds arent just restricted with the power but what they can afford to buy and insure etc

Yeah, but who is more likely to have a fatal accident? I don't know the answer, but if you can find a statistic somewhere it'd be interesting. Thing is though we are comparing with the first 10 years after passing the test at 17, so you'd have to find the right statistics. I reckon if you can ride since 17 and live past 40 you'll ride bikes 'til you're 85, and probably crash with a fraction of the frequency in those latter 45 years.

Anyway Ed's past being middle aged now

Originally Posted by specialone

Cool,
Them kids just kept going up and down, them small bikes sounded good for little engines dont you think?
I was in my car unfortunately.
I would have said hello if a, i knew whose bike it was, and b, you were by your bike.

bet it was fun in the car, stuck in the traffic I had a baptism of fire to filtering 2up.At first it was then once i got used to it it was more like

yea them lil bikes sounded cool, when i saw them i was sat outside a cafe between the blue n white fish shop and the bikers gearbox shop.

well u cnt really miss me i wear black rst leather trousers and a bright blue Rizla Suzuki jumper over my jacket. Say hi nx time if u c me.

did you see that women arguin wi thos bikers over who claimed the space 1st? that wo r8 funny, me n lass was watchin n giggled away as the women still didnt give up th space n did no more than got out of the mpv n directed her oh into the tiniest space btween the bikes and anotha car. this was outside the church thing that used to sell antiques before it shut down.

I was ready to take details n give them to the biker if she hit the bike.

Originally Posted by FlyinCustard

bet it was fun in the car, stuck in the traffic I had a baptism of fire to filtering 2up.At first it was then once i got used to it it was more like

yea them lil bikes sounded cool, when i saw them i was sat outside a cafe between the blue n white fish shop and the bikers gearbox shop.

well u cnt really miss me i wear black rst leather trousers and a bright blue Rizla Suzuki jumper over my jacket. Say hi nx time if u c me.

did you see that women arguin wi thos bikers over who claimed the space 1st? that wo r8 funny, me n lass was watchin n giggled away as the women still didnt give up th space n did no more than got out of the mpv n directed her oh into the tiniest space btween the bikes and anotha car. this was outside the church thing that used to sell antiques before it shut down.

I was ready to take details n give them to the biker if she hit the bike.

Traffic was s h 1 t, didnt see the woman argueing, wish i had
If i see you again i will defo say hello.
Once i have got my confindence up and venture further afield i will come over there on me bike. Its about 1 hr or so to matlock from my house so should be good ride out.
phil

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Yeah, but who is more likely to have a fatal accident? I don't know the answer, but if you can find a statistic somewhere it'd be interesting. Thing is though we are comparing with the first 10 years after passing the test at 17, so you'd have to find the right statistics. I reckon if you can ride since 17 and live past 40 you'll ride bikes 'til you're 85, and probably crash with a fraction of the frequency in those latter 45 years.

Anyway Ed's past being middle aged now

According to the tinternets fatal accidents are most likely to occur to a sports bike rider aged between the ages of 26 - 40. So the first 9 years are perfectly safe.

Originally Posted by BanditPat

According to the tinternets fatal accidents are most likely to occur to a sports bike rider aged between the ages of 26 - 40. So the first 9 years are perfectly safe.

So in a year and a half i should be safe

Originally Posted by BanditPat

According to the tinternets fatal accidents are most likely to occur to a sports bike rider aged between the ages of 26 - 40. So the first 9 years are perfectly safe.

Bloody typical!

Originally Posted by specialone

So in a year and a half i should be safe

I'm safe for another 8 years and 3 months....If I'm lucky I wont have to wait that long...