How many motorcycle accidents have you been in?
I consider myself very fortunate that in 36 years of riding I have only been involved in two motorcycle accidents.The first one I was riding an old 2 stroke water cooled Suzuki GT750 water buffalo. I had bought it used and in checking it over and replacing what I needed to I neglected to inspect the oil pickup tube. 3 months later it collapsed on me going down the highway at 80 miles an hour and the entire drivetrain, including the back tire, locked up on me.Needless to say I lost control of the bike & went for a wild 300+ ft slide down the side of the road. Fortunately I was wearing chaps and a jacket but I came away with a lot of scrapes and scratches where I wore through them. Aside from being covered in bruises and moving rather carefully for the better part of two weeks I came through it pretty good. Unfortunately the bike was a total and complete loss.The second time was somewhat minor as I was rear-ended while sitting at a stop sign buy some moron in a cage behind me who didn't think to look twice. A few bumps and bruises and then couple hundred dollars later the bike and I were fine.The second one was 15 years ago and fortunately I haven't been in one since. But I credit my lack of serious injury by riding ATGATT. (All the gear all the time).