[Jinx250]

Originally Posted by FrugalNinja250

This is almost word for word one of the arguments he used to justify his bias against smaller bikes.

Let me ask everyone here, presumably most or all of whom have significant experience with riding 250 Ninjas, this multi-part question:

1. Have you ever been in a situation where more horsepower and quicker acceleration would have prevented a collision or crash?

2. How many of those situations were caused by you (failed to check for oncoming cars before pulling out, misjudged traffic speeds before lane changing, cooked into a corner way too hot, etc.)?

It is my opinion, based on my 2 years and 25,000+ miles of riding experience, that the argument that more horsepower = safer is false, and at best the additional performance is simply a cover-up for poor riding skills and bad decision-making in traffic. If more HP = safer then it would stand to reason that the only safe cars on the road would be Lamborghinis, Veryons, etc, and the only safe bikes would be Hayabusas. Of course, this is patently absurd.

In 99% of the "dangerous situations" the brakes are going to be your best option. But I will concede that there is going to be that 1%. I've been in that 1% situation, and it 100% could have been avoided had I just taken off a tad slower and used hand signals to warnt he douche behind me. But in my mind I thought "There's NO WAY that woman is going to run that red light to turn the corner!" And she did. I had to gas my way out of it, and of course, she was like "What?" when I yelled at her at the next light.