Have never drove any car nor bike before. Working with a clutch was hell. Been able to start only after 5th try, and stalled a lot. But overall was fun, eager to get license.
Have never drove any car nor bike before. Working with a clutch was hell. Been able to start only after 5th try, and stalled a lot. But overall was fun, eager to get license.
Hot take - attatt is overkill for almost all riders, almost all the time.
If I wanna jump on my bike to get a gallon of milk from the grocery store a mile away, I have to change pants and shoes, put on jacket, gloves, and helmet, get on bike, ride bike, remove helmet, gloves, jacket, store so they dont get stolen, buy milk, put on helmet, jacket, gloves, ride home, take off helmet, jacket, gloves, put milk in fridge, change pants and shoes. Which is a ridiculous inconvenience for a trip where I won’t break 30mph.
Attatt basically says “your motorcycle is not a tool, a legitimate form of transportation. It is a toy - something which is only useful when you have carved out sufficient time for its use.”
You do you, but what you’re describing is when the gear does the most. Most accidents are close to home. Gear does help in crazy accidents, but for a low speed collision its the difference between being sore and permenant life changing injury/brain damage.
There is no garuntee a crash kills you. It’s not death you need to worry about.
Are you able to pick the day of your next crash? The gear is dependent upon your speed. Sure, take it a mile at bicycle speed, not a big deal. A mile at highway speed is not the same casual experience
Why are you taking off the jacket and helmet at the store, just wear it in 😀.
My one and only crash in 20 years was a low side was about a mile from my house, kids had left pebbles on the corner of a side street. They rolled under the rear like marbles. Bike slide 10-20 feet on its frame sliders. I followed, but thankfully in full gear so not one scratch on me.
Get a pair of slip over pants, so you don’t change pants you just put on outerwear.
Is the road between your house and the store a magical place where accidents don’t happen?
Do whatever you want, but this is just choosing to not wear the appropriate equipment and increasing your likelihood of major injury.
Yes, the gear is super inconvenient. Motorcycles aren’t convenient and practical transportation in a lot of situations.
Excuse me, did you mean “All The Gear, All The Time”? I am not good at bike terminology yet.
I absolutely agree with your statement. I made a bit different conclusion. You will find motorcycle helpful or reasonable when total time spent is less than in other transport. And the time includes all the parking troubles, safety gears, and so on.
So I have like a table in my head, based on distance:
I don’t have a car, but it wiil win a motorcycle in most cases I guess. Only fails to bike in rush hours. But that is a reasonable part, in reality bikes are also super fun and great toy. It’s okay its not reasonable for a mile trip, doesn’t mean atgatt is wrong, just means bike is not for that purpose.