Have I made a mistake?

[carelesschucca]

I've just taken my first small step into getting an MX Bike and bought a nice Fox V3 helmet, I then pick up Dirtbikerider and notice this and it kinda makes me think its a stoopid idea;

Q: who's had more injurys - you or the Bionic Man?

Gordon Crockard: I have broken 31 bones - two toes, two legs, six ribs two fingers, one wrist, one arm, one elbow, four vertebrae, 11 colarbones and one nose. I dislocated my AC joint in my shoulder. I tore my ACL in my knee and had reconstruction. The clutch lever pierced through my cheek in a crash and i had 21 stitches inside and out to repair the hole. A roost rock knocked my front tooth out. Concussions? Jeez! I burst my spleen and had it removed. Haematoma on my back twice. So not much has happened to me and I'd say the Bionic man gets it...

now I get six months full pay when i'm sick but is the Motocross going to be worth it?

MX - it's still a bike.

What makes you think you're not at risk of injury on a road bike...? You can damage yourself doing just about anything motorcycling or otherwise. In the end it's a decision about "do I enjoy it enough to warrant the risk?"

[carelesschucca]

half of the reason I'm doing it is I feel I'm riding too hard and fast on the road, and I feel that if I crash on the road it won't end nicely. (I'm all for blood transfusions BTW) But at the same point I don't really wanna slow down.

I'm thinking that I can push it on an MX bike maybe crash but not actually kill myself. besides it looks amazing fun!!! LOOK MUM I CAN FLY!!!

from friends that have done it, if you wan tto be good it will hurt, if you want a laugh you can have fun without the pain

Originally Posted by carelesschucca

makes me think its a stoopid idea;

1) you think ?? - don't start now
2) stoopid - its just you growing up from Daftie
3) road riding - agree but you know what I will say - drag your sorry backside back to us!
4) - if its what you want go for it - life's too short for regrets - if you don't like it or its starts getting to painful quit
5) as for pain - you live in Kilsyth nuff said

Nah, you'll be fine.

At least offroad, theres no cars trying to kill you.

So what did you buy then...?

[Jayneflakes]

Hmm, why did I do mountain biking? Because it was fun, because it was adventurous and because it put a huge sh*t kicking grin on my mangled battered face even after the hardest and most painful crashes. Then one day, I wanted something else and bought what looked to me like a rocket powered super bike (My lovely tame SV) which scared the poo out of me and made me think that I would hurt myself something silly. Recently, I started to think that maybe I needed something else, after all, the road bikes are so nice and jolly, what I need is a soul souring mud monster...

Sound familiar? You only got one life fella, it is your choice as to how you fill it. Personally, I don't want to get to the end and look back with the thoughts of I wish that I had tried that!

So far I have jumped off a viaduct on the end of a rope tied to a butterfly bush, ridden motorbikes really fast, been mountain biking in places most people could not walk, climbed ice and rock, broken into abandoned mental hospitals and hitchhiked from one country to another. I am not forty yet and I still see so many things I am still to do before I am too old or broken to do them! But that is just me...

[Bri w]

Stop blathering and just do it...

Life's too short for debates on what if's... better to do it then think I shouldn't have done that.

sickness covered so morgage paid , so whats the problem
feck sake lad just go enjoy yourself

Originally Posted by carelesschucca

half of the reason I'm doing it is I feel I'm riding too hard and fast on the road, and I feel that if I crash on the road it won't end nicely. (I'm all for blood transfusions BTW) But at the same point I don't really wanna slow down.

Lets be fair here, thats a bit of a selfish attitude due to the fact your not the only person thats on the road. I couldnt give a monkeys left bowlack about myself, but i know i couldnt live with myself if i had hurt/killed another innocent person due to being just plain daft on the road. Accidents do happen, but are less likely if you are not riding like another rossi wannabe.

Going off-road actually made me more confident on the road, made me feel more indestructable. Coz i fall off a lot in the dirt.

Get a track bike. It will prolly calm your road riding a bit (or make it worse).