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According to the IIHS the supersport bike riders’ deathrate is four times higher than other bike riders. These bikes made up less than 10 percent of registered motorcycles in 2005 but accounted for over 25 percent of rider deaths. The fatality rates for cruiser and standard riders was 5.7 deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycles. Touring bikes, such as the Harley example, averaged 6.5 deaths, with sport having 10.7 deaths per 10,000.

According to the study, speeding and driver error were bigger factors in the fatalities involving supersport bikes in comparison th the other types of motorcycles. Alcohol was also a factor in 19% of the supersport fatalities, however it was an even bigger factor in the touring, standard and cruiser motorcycles.

Moral to the story: Cheap plastic chrome kills?

 

-SuperSports are affordable and that attract youths with less experience to begin with.
-Speeds are higher and the culture is more risk driven.
-The fatality rate goes up exponetially with speed.
-Harley riders drink and ride more than sport bikers do.

 

Well said Todd

 

0-60 in 3 secs, 180 top speed, wheelies at 100mph down the hiway... any wonder why their death rate is higher....

 

Do you remember what happened to the 3 wheeler ATV's. They've gone by the way-side. I live in an area with a high population of Off-Road ATV's and there aren't near as many reported accidents and fatalities on the 4 wheelers as there were on the older 3 wheelers. Do you think the insurance industry and others will force the sports bike to follow the 3 wheeler?

 

Makes sense! but that means we are loosing the younger generation jmho

 

Not too many surprises in that report.

 

If you live too fast, you die too soon.

 

Nope. They will just raise everybody rates. The three wheel ATV went by the wayside because of too many young children getting hurt.

 

Ditto