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Everybody is going to die sooner or later from one cause or another.

Back in the 70's my BIL was killed on their big Honda in Nashville by a drunk who pulled out in front of him. My little sister (age 24) couldn't cope with her loss and killed herself a couple years later. I told my boys to not even think about asking for a motorcycle while they lived at home and they didn't. Even so, my youngest son (age 12) stepped in front of a car on his way home from school on the Monday before Thanksgiving in 1981. He was DOA at the hospital. Thankfully, he was not left in some sort of vegetative state from his carelessness. Back in the 50's, a school bus pulled out in front of me on my Harley 165 and I hit it almost head-on. It wasn't my time to die but it was my time to quit riding motorcycles. My 65 year old brother has a bike and his wife will not ride with him. I wish him well.

Everyone is going to die sooner or later from one cause or another. There is no reason to put oneself at risk to accelerate the inevitable. Few of us live alone in our little sphere, there are others who care about us and who suffer in our wake.

I suggest the bike purchase decision be made by unanimous accord. Good luck and God Bless.