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Unread postPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 1:15 pm 
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Real Name: Andrea - Mrs. Total Motorcycle
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My Motorcycle: 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 650R
Thanks Aaron for the great post. I hope more and more people are coming by the site and seeing what motorcycling can be. You're right, it's all about attitude as well as how a person rides as to how they are going to perceive the sport.

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Unread postPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:54 am 
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I think the biggest problem is that we can't actually sit down face to face with most people so we have to use a lot of blanket statements because we're better off assuming the worst than expecting the best.

I personally don't want to tell anyone a 600cc supersport is fine for them and then hear they got hurt on it later because they were careless. I agree with the previous poster a lot. Most people don't bother to learn the right way to ride (see my recent post about getting motorcycle license on a spyder (what?!) and then they get a motorcycle and do squidly things and get hurt over and over.

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Unread postPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:34 pm 
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Ooohhhhh......"ride it like a 65 year old woman". You should choose your words more wisely..... I'm a woman rider in my 60's, but, no, I don't ride like one, or whatever you consider one to be. If I did, I'd probably be dead by now. If you don't ride a bit faster, a bit ahead, and ride aggressively, you're going to get ran over. I've ridden accident free for nearly 40 years, haven't even dropped a bike, and we're talking 15-20K miles a year. I don't putt around town, I don't race people, I get out and ride. Even at my old age.


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Unread postPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:00 am 
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Good on ya Marge

If you don't ride a bit faster, a bit ahead, and ride aggressively, you're going to get ran over.

I like this line a lot

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Unread postPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:41 pm 
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I prefer to call it "opportunistic" riding. Whenever there's an opportunity to take advantage of the smaller size/faster speed/be somewhere else, take it! :D


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