I HATE it when people say this........
#11
I've had friends and relatives say similar things to me or my wife. My wife loves riding as much as I do and it bothers her when someone emails pictures of a bike inside a car that pulled out in front of it.
I'll usually either tell them in person or through an email that if they do a search on the internet they'll find tons and tons of gruesome photos of bike accidents able to quench the thirst of anybody that's the least bit bloodthirsty.
As my wife and I are not bloodthirsty please stop sending or telling either of us about those things that mostly happen from stupid acts of riding or stupid speeding riders, neither of which we do.
I seem to never hear from them again about the subject.
I'll usually either tell them in person or through an email that if they do a search on the internet they'll find tons and tons of gruesome photos of bike accidents able to quench the thirst of anybody that's the least bit bloodthirsty.
As my wife and I are not bloodthirsty please stop sending or telling either of us about those things that mostly happen from stupid acts of riding or stupid speeding riders, neither of which we do.
I seem to never hear from them again about the subject.
#12
There's no better way to go if you ask me - doing what you love more than anything on earth. Or you can die in diapers at 90 and tubes feeding you in a rest home. No thanks.
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Same thing with gun talk by anti-gun folks. Even though man had been killing man with sticks, rocks and vines since the beginning of time.
Don't waste your breath, they can't be converted to common sense.
Don't waste your breath, they can't be converted to common sense.
#19
I think it all boils down to the fact that they don't have the intestinal fortitude (sorry for the big words, "*****") to throw they leg over a bike and experience what we do.
Unfortunately I know a few ex-riders who stopped because their wife had the same opinion as those the OP was talking about.
Unfortunately I know a few ex-riders who stopped because their wife had the same opinion as those the OP was talking about.
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Or the old one " a gut the size of yours gave my uncle a heart attack, killed him too".
But as I said, common sense can't be driven into those people, period.
But as I said, common sense can't be driven into those people, period.