15-09-16, 10:09 PM
(15-09-16, 09:55 PM)unfazed link Wrote: [quote author=Skippernick link=topic=21038.msg241647#msg241647 date=1473968034]
35,
I reckon this needs a bit of modifying really.
How about -10 points for riding a fazer!!
The same article showed research in Sussex from 2000 to 2003 showed that of the 55 deaths in that time 37 were sportsbike riders (Fireblade R1 Gsxr and the like) 11 were sports tourer type riders (Blackbirds Vfr and Fazers and the like).
A more frightening statistic was that 9 of the 10 deaths were rider error.
What surprised me also was this comment in the article
What the riders thinks is safe:
Dry road
Good surface
Perfect visibility
Sticky tyres
Well cared for sportsbike
Decent leathers
Little used country road
The sobering truth was:
The list was precisely what accompanied the majority of the accidents :eek
I think I'm going to give up reading :'(
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Well that does make sense really because the times you have all of them factors in place are the times your confidence is high and tend to 'push' a little bit more. I would bet overconfidence is probably a factor in just as many accidents.