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bajachris
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Accident north of Catavina
I always tell everyone the worst part about Baja is the dangerous road. Today we were proved correct yet again. Motorcycle versus a very poorly
maintained pot- hole filled road. People heading north from the Baja 1000 stopped to help and were very professional. Things I learned. If you are
riding a motorcycle down here always wear a helmet with a chin guard. His chin and nose looked like raw hamburger. His foot was thrashed, arm, hand,
and they were checking him for a broken back when I left. I am praying for this poor man, who, if he survived will need lots of plastic surgery and
will be I pain for a long time. I would NEVER encourage anyone to ride a motorcycle!
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4x4abc
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they are called donorcycle for a reason
Harald Pietschmann
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by bajachris  | | I always tell everyone the worst part about Baja is the dangerous road. Today we were proved correct yet again. Motorcycle versus a very poorly
maintained pot- hole filled road. People heading north from the Baja 1000 stopped to help and were very professional. Things I learned. If you are
riding a motorcycle down here always wear a helmet with a chin guard. His chin and nose looked like raw hamburger. His foot was thrashed, arm, hand,
and they were checking him for a broken back when I left. I am praying for this poor man, who, if he survived will need lots of plastic surgery and
will be I pain for a long time. I would NEVER encourage anyone to ride a motorcycle! |
About once a month I see some poor motorcycle rider sprawled on CalTrans pavement. Sigalert, body on the road, cagers inconvenienced/late for work.
Some people never learn.
Ask an experienced ER doctor what they think about motorcycles.
[Edited on 11-19-2017 by mtgoat666]
Woke!
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Cliffy
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My wife used to do tissue typing for transplant surgery at UCLA.
They called them "donors"
You chose your position in life today by what YOU did yesterday
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hombre66
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i know at least 3 people minus a lower leg from bike accidents. if they are snaking thru traffic, they're bound to be in a blind spot sooner or later.
Harleys, not so bad. Japanese bikes/crotch rocket dudes...the odds are against you. We know how fast you like to go. Visualizing one smacking a
sizeable Baja hwy pothole is not pretty.
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Barry A.
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I have long told my 4 kids that if they ever rode a motorcycle they can kiss their inheritance good bye! No way can I support a decision to ride a
motorcycle on the highway, or even in town. In the dirt I reluctantly understand, but not anyplace else!
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bajabuddha
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EMS calls it "job security". I rode a little, grew out of it quickly. For the riders out there adamantly defending the practice, keep on truckin', I
know the rush. It is a beautiful thing and no one will change your minds. One must not only ride defensively, but ride belligerently as if everyone
on the highway is deliberately out to kill you with their stupidity for not seeing you... especially with T-bone left turns.
Be safe out there, and one of us will clean up the mess. It's a rush but a perilous one as you all know. Part of 'gravity sports' and speed, it all
has risks, and take 'em. We all have.
Or, be like our Hero... " Wull, it never happened to me, so therefore, it ain't true !~!"...... 'nuff said.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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BajaBlanca
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There is a rush to riding a motorcycle that is like no other! I am too much of a wimp but I was taken on a ride on a chopper in Rio when I was a
teenager and I remember the wind whistling through my hair as if it were yesterday. Being able to see the beach views with no window impediment,
being able to wave to kids who were open-mouthed. What fun.
But, in the real world of today with so many cars and so many blind spots - the dirt seems like a much better alternative.
So sorry for that rider- it was definitely not his day.
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ehall
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Riding on the pavement scares me and makes me nervous and hyper vigilant. I do have to use pavement sometimes between trails. I know the risks. It's
not for everyone. Love to ride the dirt!
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motoged
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Life is a risky endeavour....so it's a good idea that those who are fearful of injury demonstrate more alertness and caution if throwing a leg over a
bike...or just don't do it. 
For the rest of us....we know what we are getting into ...
Don't believe everything you think....
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del mar
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the key is to ride AROUND em!
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BajaTed
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Prudence dictates that with age comes a roll cage, 5 point harness, HANS device and a full face helmet if you want to continue in motorsport
competition.
Es Todo Bueno
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LancairDriver
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| Quote: Originally posted by motoged | Life is a risky endeavour....so it's a good idea that those who are fearful of injury demonstrate more alertness and caution if throwing a leg over a
bike...or just don't do it.
For the rest of us....we know what we are getting into ...
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There are definitely different levels of what we are getting into.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-vcdX5nV1P8
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AKgringo
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I got my first bike when I was 17 (Triumph tiger cub), and rode until I had kids in grade school. Like 80% of the riders I have talked to, my skills
were above average! (don't question the math)
After one slide with minor injuries, then a miraculous recovery at over 100 mph,I decided to give it up until no one depended on me staying healthy.
I would love to ride again, but a head injury ten years ago left me with impaired depth perception, peripheral vision, and balance. I still am able
to ski, but not like I used to, and the speeds and consequences for failure are not like it would be on the highway!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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fishbuck
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I remember a post a while back. Someone wanted to take a bike trip down Baja and was asking questions.
The thread went on for a while and ended with the person injured in a crash and trying to get transported back to the US.
When I first read it I was struck by the naivete of the poster. I predicted disater and the prediction came true.
Please don't ride a motorcycle on the highway in Baja.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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woody with a view
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Or a bicycle!
[Edited on 11-19-2017 by woody with a view]
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bajabuddha
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Oh gawd, here goes another bicycle thread... 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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mtgoat666
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Here in California we now allow lane splitting. The paramedics, ER docs and bike manufacturers lobbied for legalizing lane splitting because it’s
good for business! 
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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KurtG
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I rode from GN to Ensenada yesterday on that same highway and never had a problem but then I have been riding hwy 1 a couple of times a year since
1974. It is and has always been a road that requires constant attention and vigilance. I am a half million mile 73 year old rider who has never been
injured on pavement but have on dirt, including my little spill I mentioned on this forum earlier this year. Yes, the fatality rate is much higher
for us riders but if analyzed beyond the basic stats something else emerges. More than 60% of motorcycle fatalities involve one or often more of the
following: New inexperienced rider,no motorcycle license endorsement, not wearing good safety gear including a good full coverage helmet, low mileage
infrequent riders and the biggest of all is alcohol.
I'm winding down my life of riding but value the memories of all the great trips I have had around the US. I never have folks just walk up to me at a
gas station to talk about my car (except when I had my 1965 Ferrari GT330) but it happens all the time on the bike. We all have different perceptions
of danger. Personally I think that anyone who flies light aircraft, scuba dives, or races anything motorized is crazy. But that's just me, I could
be wrong.
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KurtG
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Here in California we now allow lane splitting. The paramedics, ER docs and bike manufacturers lobbied for legalizing lane splitting because it’s
good for business! |
That is inaccurate. Lane splitting has not been recently legalized because it has never been illegal. CHP issued lane splitting guidelines not too
long ago to a great uproar. Guidelines specified cycles going only 15 mph faster than other traffic and no splitting over a certain speed, I think
around 30 mph. Those who speed between lanes are going to pay the price. Police can use their judgement and write citations for "reckless" but there
is nothing in the vehicle code about splitting which CHP refers to as "lane sharing." I avoid SoCal type freeways but one of my best rides there was
when I tucked in behind a CHP motor officer who was lane splitting for about 25 miles on the 405. When he finally exited he gave me a wave and thumbs
up.
Goat, if you believe I am incorrect about legality please cite the appropriate vehicle code section for my edification. I think lane sharing is
illegal in virtually all other states. Wishing it were illegal in Ca does not make it so.
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