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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    Well either you're doing it ALL wrong or something is just really messed up. lol.

    I've never been able to scare myself on a bike. Only things I've done that was really scary was when I tested a superkart.
    Any fear goes away as soon as you sit on a bike...or it does for me anyways. I can watch video after video of crashes, look at photos of the aftermath, repeated hospital visits and funerals of friends, yet all that goes away once you get on it and take a few turns.

    I would say I have limited experience on a bike yet I was comfortable enough to slide my 955i when wet and rode smooth enough to put any passenger to sleep in the mountains. Even scrapped the triple collector which is typically only done with slicks on a track. I could ride hard but still respected what could happen any second. I can only imagine what being head to head on a race track is like! Obviously safer than the street but still triple digits with nothing between you and objects exactly forgiving but of composite material and a helmet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded View Post
    Any fear goes away as soon as you sit on a bike...or it does for me anyways. I can watch video after video of crashes, look at photos of the aftermath, repeated hospital visits and funerals of friends, yet all that goes away once you get on it and take a few turns.

    I would say I have limited experience on a bike yet I was comfortable enough to slide my 955i when wet and rode smooth enough to put any passenger to sleep in the mountains. Even scrapped the triple collector which is typically only done with slicks on a track. I could ride hard but still respected what could happen any second. I can only imagine what being head to head on a race track is like! Obviously safer than the street but still triple digits with nothing between you and objects exactly forgiving but of composite material and a helmet.
    Hitting a air fence on a track will always be better then hitting a tree. lol

    I know what you mean about bikes though, it took me a week to be knee sliding the first time I ever got on two wheels.

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