How do you mark or "kudo" exceptional quality postings?

...Morph- one of the guys in my department started riding his motorcycle to save money on gas. Within 3 months, he was forced to lay it down. He said at that point that anything he had saved was now lost as his bike was ruined and he was injured. The person in the car in front of him stopped real fast and he was going to rear end the car, so he laid it down and kind of slid under it.

I used to ride motorcycles many years ago and I did so for about 7 years. I never got hurt although I had a couple close calls. But this was before cell phones as previously mentioned here. Until it is illegal to use a cell phone while driving (And in my opinion, "hands free" is NOT going to improve safety) I would not touch a motorcycle with a ten foot pole. I have not rode a motorcycle for almost 25 years now, but when I am at a 4-way stop- I STILL watch the front tire on the car at the intersection that is capable of hitting me. Because if it even begins to turn- I will take evasive action or stop again and wait. I learned a long time ago that "eye contact" with the person in the car means NOTHING.

Plus, if you ave a motorcycle you must get insurance and I mean full coverage as it is simply a matter of time until you will need it. This extra cost to me, offsets ANY savings. If you want to ride a motorcycle...it has to be for the reason of recreation as it is in no way "economical".

I thought about this very carefully when I was about to take the plunge into e-biking. An e-bike makes sense, because as long as it is built to fit the legal parameters for your state, you do not need license tags, registration, or even any special insurance. You can usually fix it yourself and it is much safer as you are only going on average - 20 mph or less. You also are not normally trying to insert yourself into the flow of traffic occupying a lane with the full sized cars and trucks etc. Having said that- every intersection is dangerous and I have to really keep alert.

Motorcycles to me are the land equivalent of a boat, where the boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. I remember, my motorcycle fell over on its side stand and did about 200 dollars in damage - and this was in 1985! Oh, and they NEVER have any parts in stock you had to wait 2 weeks, they were way overpriced and what I noticed with a motorcycle is that whatever goes out- you can't ride. It seems like a car can have things wrong and you can still drive it. But a motorcycle has no extra parts it seems.

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D-Man said:

Who cares. Whoopi.

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fechter said:

I don't think there is a mechanism in the current forum software to rate posts.

I think it would be a good feature. There are so many posts that it is somewhat difficult to find the good ones by using the search function.

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