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Comment by David Jackson on May 13, 2008 at 5:10am

I need a warm day to get all the bugs off my bike. Then I can take it out and put more bugs on it again. Jerry, someone told me you took another great ride after your Route 66 trip. Where did you go?

Comment by Jerry Svendor on May 7, 2008 at 8:03pm

I am looking forward to the warm weather and riding again.

Comment by Spoilerzx on May 4, 2008 at 8:25pm

WEnt to Muskegon for the Abate Spring membership party and the Spring run this weekend....they had a band called firefly pretty good a little wet on the ride down maybe a little cool today but all in all a great weekend with my knees in the breeze

Comment by Spoilerzx on May 4, 2008 at 8:23pm

Nope Mary mopeds aren't required to wear helmets unless the rider is less than 18...

Comment by mary blasius on May 4, 2008 at 1:32pm

Oh .....I see alot of Mopeds ( I know they arent close to motorcycles) but they dont wear helmets. Arent they supposed to be wearing helmets too? After all they are on main roads. I am charging up my battery for the first ride. I like to wait until the warm weather arrives.Dont like hyop thermia.I need one of those heaters /warmers for hands and coats for cooler days. And a rain coat.

Comment by David Jackson on May 2, 2008 at 10:17pm

Made it home to Ludington Fri 5/2. Cold, wet weather prevented Bill Roy from meeting me in Tupelo, MS, as planned, but he did make it to Bowling Green, KY, Wed 4/30. From there we had some great rides through KY, IN and MI. We actually managed to miss most of Friday's rain. Great to be home again.

Comment by David Jackson on April 28, 2008 at 7:04am

Heading from southern Florida to Tupelo Mississippi on my way home to Ludington. Today's going to be the rainy day. Rest of the week looks fine, if a bit chilly up north.Hope to make the western Florida panhandle today -- about 450 miles.

Comment by Spoilerzx on April 20, 2008 at 9:59am

the thing that those in creases that all of those oganizations dont take into account is the number of bikes and the number of miles traveled by those bikes, when all of thease are taken into account , fatalities are down. That is not to say that say are exceptable, We need more training and better training for people driving cages they need to learn to look for bikes, how many of those deaths could have been prevented if some one had just hung up thier phone and paid attention to thier surroundings, WEll i am off the soap box for a while.
Live free Ride free

Comment by mary blasius on April 20, 2008 at 1:20am

Based on a comparison of fatal crashes involving
motorcycles with two riders, at least one of whom was
killed, the National Center for Statistics and Analysis
(NCSA) of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) has estimated helmets to be
about 37 percent effective in preventing fatalities.1 In
2003, there were 3,661 rider deaths in fatal motorcycle
crashes. An effectiveness of 37 percent for motorcycle
helmets suggests that an estimated 1,158 additional
motorcyclists would have died were it not for the fact that
they were wearing helmets. Had all motorcyclists
consistently worn proper helmets, an additional 640
motorcyclists could have survived otherwise fatal crashes
in 2003. Unfortunately, the potential lifesaving benefits of
helmets are not being realized, as fatalities continue to
rise in response to declining helmet usage rates.
According to the 2002 National Occupant Protection Use
Survey, only 58 percent of motorcyclists nationally were
observed to be wearing helmets2. This represents a
dramatic decline since 2000, when the usage rate was 71
percent.the statistics are out there this one is from the DOT/and NSCA.Your right - It is all about choice.The events that you mention are unfortunate and an injustice.

Comment by Spoilerzx on April 19, 2008 at 3:47pm

This issue is about choice, sure a helmet in certain situations may save you...but what are the real statistics...not ones from and ER triage unit. Not after watching a Nurse write a friends childs broken arm up as a atv accident because he was playing hide and seek in the garage and fell off the seat...and definitely not by the press who reportted a rfreinds death in a bike accident by pointing out that he wasn't wearing a helmet, never mentioning the fact that it had nothing to do with his death ( he bled out due to the fact that his right leg was removed by the car that hit him) p.s. the person driving the car was never charged with his death just given a ticket for failure to yield.
I wear a helmet because I have to. And most times i would even if it were my choice. But I still believe it should be a choice.

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