Who rides motorcycles?

[CalG]

I used to ride; had a HD sportster FLCH, Honda 350 I normally rode to work.
One day I was slowly passing an old pickup when the driver began pointing to his hood. He was tailgating an old car that had his left turn signal on, the pickup driver slammed on his brakes, which prevented me from slowing and pulling in behind him.
That did leave an opening to the highway berm for me as an escape route, but when I hit the crushed stone beside the pavement I lost control.
The next thing I remember was coming-to with a para-medic kneeling beside me. When I open my eyes he said "I thought you were dead".
The police report said the bike threw me 70' and I slammed into a Ford maverick, my head hit the top of the LF wheel and broke the A-frame, my left shoulder hit the corner of the body behind the LF wheel.
Amazingly, the ER sent me home with no broken bones, but my helmet was destroyed.
I did wind up requiring L shoulder rotator cuff rebuilt later.
When I was healed I rebuilt that Honda 350, then sold all my bikes.

Slowly passing.....

The deathnell!
I have a motoMorini 500cc bike that goes like a good 250.
Passing on two lane is an option.
When I stepped up to a BMW K75, I thought I had died and gone to heaven as far as passing options (time) goes.

Then I got the Honda VFR 800.

Passing at any speed is little more than wishing to do so.
60 to 90 mph acceleration is brutal! I no longer linger in the passing lane.

Horsepower is safety in these situations. I'm spoiled!

Get 'er done! Live to ride another day!

 

[JasperFrank]

Seen at Glasgow's, River Side Museum. Made my day.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Venerable Yamaha XT 250 is for someone looking for the simplicity of an air cooled bike. Not too high seat height from suspension.

My old boss rode one around the world, almost. He ran out of excess cash and time near the Russian border IIRC.