One sobering aspect is not discussed in that article was writtan in our local county newspaper about military personel being killed riding motorcycles is still rising. The common thread is a young enlisted male serviceman fresh from active duty (usually Iraq or Afganistan), comes home, finds motorcycles are cost effective transportation, learns to ride, gets a license to ride a motorcycle (usually a metric sportbike) and killed off base in civilian traffic within a year. All branches of the military are reacting by stepping up the requirements for training ON BASE, riding with HI VIS vests, helmets, leather gear and boots (not hiking boots either...I can attest to that one personally). So just ride safe out there and take the heat if you see fellow riders doing foolish things if you can...easier to apologize than it is to see them added to the statistics...