Well, as for my hubby getting one (I'm the one that started the topic originally) - the question got answered for us this weekend.
My husband's friend that recommended Atlanta was not the safest place to drive a bike for rookies (he's been riding for over 30 years now) was in a pretty bad accident last Friday.
Afternoon rush hour traffic, luckily he was only going about 10 MPH, but this idiot pulled over right in front of him, and he did not have time to stop and nowhere to go on either side; flipped up over the guy's trunk, broke an arm. Like I said, this guy has been riding for over 30 years, was in stop and go traffic, and still didn't have time to react - that's how idiotic some of Atlanta's drivers are (guy was on his cell phone, never even saw our friend).
Hubby said there's no way he's going to attempt a bike. It's been too long, and he'd wind up getting killed.
Oh goodness! I'm sorry to hear about your dh's friend...I hope he's ok.
My husband just got a motorcycle, small 200cc and even with only 10 miles to get to work we figured it would pay for itself in a year. We paid $1200 cash and he drives it instead of his (*cough*) diesel pick up truck. Yeah - we also have cattle so we HAVE to have the big truck. But unless he's working cattle or hauling hay, etc that sucker (as in GAS sucker) is parked now. Yeah! :-)
He figured his first tank of gas got him about 85 miles per gallon! Compared to 15-18 mpg of diesel. Yeah.
Angela <><
