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I have been riding for fifty years. I have never cared for riding in groups. If I want to socialize I will head out to the coffee shop or other place to look for company. The motorcycle experience is best enjoyed when no other riders are around IMO. Last night in Council Bluffs, Iowa (just across the river from Omaha) four motorcyclists were killed in a head on collision with a four wheeler. About the only details I have heard so far are the accident occurred in s two lane construction area and a pick up crossed the dividing line and wiped out the four motorcyclists. I am not sure if there were four separate motorcycles involved or if it was two bikes riding two up.
I have been riding for fifty years. I have never cared for riding in groups. If I want to socialize I will head out to the coffee shop or other place to look for company. The motorcycle experience is best enjoyed when no other riders are around IMO. Last night in Council Bluffs, Iowa (just across the river from Omaha) four motorcyclists were killed in a head on collision with a four wheeler. About the only details I have heard so far are the accident occurred in s two lane construction area and a pick up crossed the dividing line and wiped out the four motorcyclists. I am not sure if there were four separate motorcycles involved or if it was two bikes riding two up.
GL2
I was wrong saying the accident was in Council Bluffs, IA. It took place 40 miles farther North on I-29. According to the information in this link, 4 motorcyclists killed in western Iowa accident; 1 from Nebraska , there were four separate motorcycles. I just don't understand how all four riders were taken out. If they were riding single file in a construction zone with proper spacing maybe one or two would have died but all four? Something ain't kosher. Whatever my condolences go out to the family members and friends of those killed.
I also kind of prefer riding alone maybe with a buddy or two but not big groups.
I agree the whole pileup action was because it was a group but if a 4 wheeler pulls out in front of your bike whether your alone or with a group yoru going down most likely
I have been riding for fifty years. I have never cared for riding in groups. If I want to socialize I will head out to the coffee shop or other place to look for company. The motorcycle experience is best enjoyed when no other riders are around IMO. Last night in Council Bluffs, Iowa (just across the river from Omaha) four motorcyclists were killed in a head on collision with a four wheeler. About the only details I have heard so far are the accident occurred in s two lane construction area and a pick up crossed the dividing line and wiped out the four motorcyclists. I am not sure if there were four separate motorcycles involved or if it was two bikes riding two up.
GL2
I've recently read a study that said mc's riding in groups are far more likely to wreck than those riding alone. That was probably an easy study to do. We see it all the time.
98% of my riding is alone, the rest is small numbers like 1 more bike, and a rare 0.05% of riding with a group. I don't like to not ride my own ride.
In NH there is a lot of wild life and tourists with cages that do the damdest things, like stop in the middle of the road where they could just pull off, but don't.
In NH you can NOT trust that around that next curve the road will be clear of things.
I find pros and cons both with riding solo and with groups. The biggest thing is to find a group you can trust. I'm always nervous as hell riding with new guys and at the first sign they're a little too squidly, I bail. But the right group of riding buddies is just about the best way to spend a Sunday that I know of.
If one is riding alone, he has more chance to get out of the way without having to worry about running into one of his companions. Of course, some accidents cannot be avoided.
As for visibility, a rider has to always assume he is not going to be noticed by cage drivers, especially if they are using a cellphone.
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I've recently read a study that said mc's riding in groups are far more likely to wreck than those riding alone. That was probably an easy study to do. We see it all the time.
