Do you worry about the dangers or risks ?
Sometimes I feel apprehensive about Motorcycle travel. Sometimes just commuting to work makes me think about the dangers associated with riding.
When I first set out on a new overland journey i always have a kind of hesitancy or gut feeling which I cant explain which doesn't disappear until I'm actually moving.
When i was in my early twenty's I thought nothing of jumping about a super bike and disappear at silly speeds down the road on the back wheel. Now iv got some experience, i feel differently.
Maybe its from being involved in a couple of crashes especially one which could of been the end of me and also from losing a a friend to a bike accident and having another friend with a permanent limp and illness.
Does anyone get this same feeling now and again ? Is two wheeled transport as daft as it sounds to those who havnt experienced the thrills and freedom that it can bring ?
Bring that together with strange counties, hairy driving and poor roads and it seems madness !!
Don't get me wrong, i love overlanding and wouldn't trade in my overland bike for a sack of gold but it just makes me wonder !
Am I alone ??
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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.
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