Read this thread, whenn it was five pages, before I went out tonight.
Apart from the fact that svpilot's thread got hijacked its a great thread.
I wrote a page or so to post in responce, but before I did I read the latest two pages. Most of what I was going to say has been said so that post was abandoned.
It just seems to me that the aruements here are not so much about hazards or hazard perception as they are about risk and our attitudes to risk. Everyone who gets on a bike knows that they are putting themselves at risk.
Some of us choose to minimise the risk and take pride and pleasure in being safe - Martin seems to me to fit that description.
Others enjoy maximising the risk, and take pride and pleasure in the skills that allow them to survive taking the risks - Wheelie merchants and the like.
Most of us fit between the two.
If you tend to Martins end of the spectrum, its bike safe and advance riders for you. If you tend the other way its track days and wheelie school.
You pay your money and make your choice - just dont expect everyone to agree with you!
Svpilot, if your still reading this thread I hope the pains getting easier and the youngsters are coming to terms with your accident. Your decision whether to ride again is a tough one. The risks you face have not changed your understanding of the potential effects has.
Tough choice - good luck with it
Chris
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