[Spridgets] Another Crash

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 08:36:13 MST 2009


Boy!  After reading all these emails I really feel lucky!!   Mike & David,
glad you are alright...

I think I have been in 2 accidents in my life. Both as a passenger in
someone else's car.  I recently added up my motorcycle mileage since 1960.
It is a little over 500K miles aside from racing miles, on all of the bikes
I have owned. I have *never* had an accident aside from a few lay-downs on
the race track and once into the bales but I don't count them as they were
on purpose and in a controlled environment.

Back in the early 1970s I was invited to be part of a group of motorcyclists
who got together and compared notes. All of us had been riding for at least
10 years and had many thousands of collective miles under our belts without
any accidents. The realization was that we as a group had somehow developed
an innate set of skills that allowed us that kind of safety record. When we
found things we were doing in common, we put them together and developed a
list of things that we felt had kept us safe. The outcome of this was the
original Motorcycle Safety Foundation riders course. It has changed a bit
over the years, but I highly recommend the course even for experienced
riders. It WILL keep you out of trouble in most circumstances when you
practice its tenets. One huge basic rule for riders has always been "ALWAYS
have some place to go to escape danger". I rider that way all the time and
it apparently has preserved me well.

In short, I expect to go by being shot by a jealous husband rather than in a
motorcycle accident!    ;-)

-- 
Cheers!!
Jim
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough
to take everything you have." - Gerald Ford


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