>>1187703Motocycles I've owned:
o 1970-something Honda Express (not really a motorcycle, more of a scooter, but you have to start somewhere)
o 1968 Honda 90 (2.5 of them, actually; only one was ever fully assembled, the rest were for parts)
o 1968 Suzuki 250cc 2-stroke. Reedless design. Screamed like a demon from hell. Would burn out pistons if I wasn't careful. Finicky. When it was running properly, zero to 60mph in less than 2 seconds. Wheelbase shorter than a Honda 90. Scary fast.
o 1983 Honda 450 Nighthawk. Traded a 1970 Ford sedan for it. First really freeway-legal bike.
o 1985 Kawasaki 750. Needed the back wheel re-trued. Rode it until the engine wore out.
o 1985 Honda Magna 700cc. V-4, 16-valve, shaft drive. Top speed: >130mph (ran out of road before it redlined). Loved that bike, would out-accelerate anything except a Magna 1100.
o 2005 Honda Shadow Aero 750cc. Decided I wanted a cruiser. Japanese Harley, basically. V-twin, single carb, 3-valve per cylinder (2 exhaust). Very docile bike, low to the ground, not for performance riding. Good for commuting, basically.
Total mileage as a motorcyclist: somewhere between 250,000 and 400,000. Lost count a long time ago.
So I guess you'd say I ride motorcycles.
>Should we implement laws and urban planning that promotes motorcycles over automobiles? If so, how to we do it?Motorcycles have always and should always follow the same rules of the road that other motor vehicles follow, just as it is with bicycles.
What I think needs to be done, is:
>Improved driver education, training, and testing.>Teach new drivers to *recognize* bicycles and motorcycles ("but officer I didn't SEE him!")>Reinforce this during in-vehicle driver *training*>Overall *testing* of drivers improved, to weed out incompetent drivers>Note that this includes more rigorous education, training, and testing of *motorcyclists*, too; too many on the roads acting badly, making life more difficult for everyone else on two wheels. 
