| Exit | Areas of
Interest | My Problems with MSF and MSG || Exit | Areas of
Interest | My Problems with MSF and MSG |I read this forum daily and each time I read about the technical skills of riding, the same question pops into my head. How in the world did people ride motorcycles before all this technical stuff was developed?When I told my dad about countersteering, he said he had never heard of it. He said he has always leaned the bike himself, not steered the bike into a lean. I didn't even mention about looking toward the direction you want to go because I knew he wouldn't have done that either.
So, my next question, how did they manage to ride safely twenty years ago and earlier? Is it because motorcycles have so much more power today?
Dear Doe:
There was no MSF 20 years ago. The riders back then learned through their bodies, not through their heads.
They managed well by themselves.
Ask your father.
Julian
| P.S. |
In all fairness I must say the death rate per 100,000 registered motorcycles dropped from 74 in 1982 to 66 in 2000, showing a drop of 10.8%. Don't get excited MSF fans! The death
rate per 100,000 registered passenger cars dropped from 21 to 16 in the same period, a drop of 23.8%.
For the full report: http://www.hwysafety.org/safety%5Ffacts/fatality%5Ffacts/motorcycles.pdf |