and i quote....

Nearly everyone who has ridden a bike for any length of time will agree. The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong ever done to them by man, beast, or fate. The only thing that keeps them in line is their own fear of death, jail, and lawsuits, which are much less likely if they can find a motorcycle to challenge, instead of another two-thousand pound car or a concrete abutment. … Because the only thing that can alter their careless, ingrained driving habits is a threat of punishment, either legal or physical, and there is nothing about a motorcycle to threaten any man in a car.

- Hunter S. Thompson in his book “Hell’s Angels”

A motorcyclist has to drive as if everybody else on the road is out to kill him. A few of them are, and many of those who aren’t are just as dangerous … A bike is totally vulnerable; its only defense is maneuverability, and every accident situation is potentially fatal — especially on a freeway, where there is no room to fall without being run over almost instantly.

- Hunter S. Thompson in his book “Hell’s Angels”

Look at it this way. In any kind of race, we’re all going the same way and we all know what we’re doing. Nobody has to worry abou nuts or drunks or old ladies coming out of blind alleys. It makes a hell of a difference; you can concentrate on your own motor and keep it under control.

But the highways! Here you are moving along in traffic about sixty-five right there at the speed limit, and it’s all you can do to keep out of people’s way. … And once you go down, you’ll be lucky if you only get run over twice.

Don McGuire, veteran scrambles rider

fun sport this....