How many times have you heard someone refer to a motorcycle as a death-trap" They?ve seen a couple of headlines about motorcycle safety, citing the odd crash, and persuaded themselves that bikes are a bad thing. Far too dangerous. Well, that?s simply not true. Sure, you can hurt yourself on a bike, but you can hurt yourself doing anything. How many people do you think trip over, pissed up every Saturday night" And you?d be surprised how many people fall onto things arse-first, and need a medical professional to help dislodge it (they told me I was the fourth person that day).

No, there are hazards everywhere you look, so don?t fall into the trap of thinking motorbikes are any more dangerous than anything else. Like that one last pint. Or that ketchup bottle with a condom on. Every bike throttle works both ways, so when someone tells you it?d be way too dangerous for them to ride a bike, they?re talking out of their botty. This is why?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but one day, you will die. It?s the one fact of life that we can all be certain about. In fact, in the UK alone, over half a million people die every year. But, contrary to popular misconception, not many of them are actually due to motorbike crashes. Some are, but it?s rarely much more than a couple of hundred. Thousands die from old age, every week. When you look at it like that, you?d have to say it?s safer to ride a motorbike than it is to simply get old.

Now we?ve established the ...