[Judd]

Went riding today with my regular riding buddy and a new guy. The new guy showed up with his girl friend who was wearing jeans and a tank type shirt. I knew this was going to be bad before we even started riding. Well, the guy just had to try to haul butt even with the girl on the back and he low sided about a mile past Bogg's Creek on Hwy 129. They fell directly in front of me and I watched the girl and guy tumbling until they went down a pretty steep hill right off the edge of the road.

As luck would have it, an ambulance happened to be right behind and they pulled up with-in a minute or two of them falling. The guy was in pretty good shape {he was wearing a leather jacket and gloves}, the girl looks like she might have a broken ankle and she has a pretty bad case of road rash {allot of it on the upper chest if you get my drift}. She worked at Hooters and it will be awhile I bet before she'll be waiting tables again.

That kind of stuff really irritates me. It's one thing to go up there and risk your own health {for the most part} playing. I can understand that, heck I play a good bit myself but when you have another person riding, you owe it to them to be careful. I would have a big problem with what she was wearing anyway {showing alot of shoulders and back} but I know damn well I wouldn't have been up there hauling ass no matter what she was wearing. I was actually thinking of asking the guy to slow it down but I figured that would only alienate him and make him go faster. The guy's bike is most likely a total and the girl will be out of work for a while {unless Hooters lets her workm all scabbed up}. Why can't people think?? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

This is the second week in a row that me and my riding buddy have had to either pull a bike or a person out of the woods {this time the wrecker pulled the bike up}. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Formula WS6]

being over here in athens with UGA being right here i see it all. so many people have bikes and the new scooters. the scooters don't go very fast, but its fast enough to get hurt. i see people all the time with shorts on riding. doesnt matter the style of bike either. its total lack of experience and knowledge.

i used to have a shadow 600 that i sold last year. i loved just riding through the country seeing the scenery and being free. it was never about speed and i never had a passenger. i was not and am not comfortable with it yet. ive never worn any gear other than a full face helmet. ive always had long pants if not jeans on and usually wore my boots. in all the years ive been riding with my dad growing up and going to daytona for a few years there, we never wore anything more than that. some say thats foolish. i disagree. the biggest safety feature is how you handle the bike and knowing what to do and what not to do. if you want to wear the kevlar jackets thats very smart, but if you want to ride like a dumbass you might as well take it off. it wont save your life with the way so many people ride. especially the sport bikes. so many of them are just asking to die.

i plan to get a Nighthawk 750 next and hopefully within a year. i also plan to get full riding leathers for cold weather. come summer and nice weather itll be back to jeans, boots, and always a full face helmet. this is the minimum you should wear. it will also be back to country road crusing and the freedom you feel when riding. it will never be about the speed. itll eb years before i have a passenger i think. im just too nervous about the thought of having someone hanging onto the back of me like that.

glad to hear no one was seriously hurt. id say that guy shouldnt ride again and the girl should really think twice about who she rides with. there was a kid that works with my roommate that dropped a brand new Kawasaki cruiser. the kid had a learners and no prior experience with a bike yet went out and bought one brand new. didnt have insurance either. bikes totalled and the kid should be thankful he walked away. some people.