Jean, it's a personal thing, I've had motorcycles all my life, but decided to stop riding over 10 years ago because of the silly car & truck drivers here, my wife & I nearly went under a coal truck some years ago when we hit a pot hole, which was over the brow of a hill & the coal truck was on the wrong side of the road, another time the back draught from a truck nearly caused me to lose control, roads get very slippery here too after rain because of spilt diesel on the roads & oil from the gum trees, plus the wildlife can run out at anytime, those damn flies & bee's feel like bullets when they hit you too.
Nowadays I choose to drive a car for my own protection, the P plate drivers & truckies here are like kamakazi pilots, sorry if it's not the answer you wanted, but as I said, it's a personal thing & I want to enjoy my retirement, there are many people riding bikes these days, and it's a wonderful feeling, but by the time you have put on all the protective clothing and the full face helmet, I find that driving around with the window down on the car gives me that lovely feeling of the wind in my hair.
