Ocean City Bike Week 2023

[Melnic]

I'm wearing a helmet even in PA & DE, That's my choice. I just hit my 6 month mark & almost 3K miles of riding (not counting the 2 years dirt biking in HS and 1 year of borrowing room mates bike in college).

Note how Alcohol , Speeding & Crotch rockets skew the numbers tremendously. The same things that make a defensive driver of a car go into riding a Motorcycle to reduce odds of a collision.

Here are some statistics. I'm still looking for the 6 month stat.
I recall during the MSF they mentioned a higher rate of accidents in "new riders" being first 6 months.
some statistics

Motorcycle Accident Statistics & Numbers For 2024

Riding a motorcycle is undeniably dangerous. Sadly, motorcycle riders are 28 times more likely to lose their lives in a fatal driving crash compared with other motorists on the road. They are also four times as likely to sustain an injury in a collision.1 These motorcycle accident statistics shed

www.forbes.com

Motorcycle Accident Statistics 2024

Check out our ultimate guide for motorcycle accident statistics to learn about the greatest dangers on the road, and what situations to avoid.

www.motorcyclelegalfoundation.com

Here is a report in LA

New Motorcyclists More at Risk of Being in a Los Angeles Motorcycle Accident

Motorcyclists are more at risk during the first year. Steinberg Injury Lawyers can help if you have been hurt in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident.

www.steinberginjurylawyers.com

Here is another one mentioning Riders < 2 years

The role of inexperience in motorcycle crashes among novice and returning motorcycle riders

Objectives: To examine the crash trends of younger novice and older novice/returning motorcycle riders. Methods: We used a linked database of North Ca…

www.sciencedirect.com

In an early study, McKnight and Robinson (1990) examined driving records of 8,414 motorcyclists in Pennsylvania to assess the relative contribution of age and experience to crashes. After adjusting for annual mileage, sex, and motorcycle ownership, the effect of age somewhat exceeded the effect of experience. Still, inexperienced riders (those with less than two years’ experience) had crash rates that were two to four times higher than those of more experienced riders. Inexperienced riders under age 22 had the highest crash rate of any group. Two case-control studies, one from New Zealand (Mullin, Jackson, Langley, & Norton, 2000). and another from Singapore (Wong, Lee, Phoon, Yiu, Fung, & McLean, 1990), compared crash-involved riders with controls identified through random roadside surveys or lists of registered motorcyclists. Experienced riders had a 35–64 % lower crash risk compared to riders with only one or two years of riding experience. In the New Zealand study (but not the Singapore study), the effect of inexperience disappeared after adjusting for the age of the rider. In a prospective survey of 1,328 motorcyclists in the United Kingdom (Rutter & Quine, 1996), youthfulness was a stronger predictor than experience for crash involvement, although the sample included only a small number of novice riders (i.e., those with up to two years’ experience).

 

[LuckyShot]

Cue the OCPD so they can measure everybody’s damn handlebars

is this a thing? i ride with 14inch apes on my chopper

 

[Vile Shadow]

is this a thing? i ride with 14inch apes on my chopper

That’s what I heard

When they cant get em for anything else they measure the handlebars

 

[Melnic]

https://mdsp.maryland.gov/ASED/ASED%20Bulletins/Bulletin%20ASED-028%20Operation%20of%20Motorcycles%20-%20Handlebar%20Height.pdf

Section 21-1305 - Footrests and handlebars, Md. Code, Transp. § 21-1305 | Casetext Search + Citator

Read Section 21-1305 - Footrests and handlebars, Md. Code, Transp. § 21-1305, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database

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Ambiguous rule cause what part of the seat? the highest point or the lowest?

Just add a seat cushion ?

 

[89P13]

Just checked the prices. $95.00 for a Friday ticket plus $22.71 fee = $235.42 for 2 of us. NFW. We have seen them 4 or 5 times, never paid this nonsense.

Ah yes. The “down De ocean” tax.

Stay home. Shut off the lights. Search Shinedown live on YouTube and turn up the volume. Lol. I gone to a lot of shows and concerts and it’s always a premium crossing that bridge. I stopped going. I even cancelled my room for the gun show coming up. Figured I give it another shot (no pun intended ) but changed my mind the next day after remembering seeing way too many people get hit by cars and all the nonsense. A lot of bike theft during bike week too. Had a blast when I did go but again. It’s insane.

 

[Applehd]

is this a thing? i ride with 14inch apes on my chopper

Pffft...

 

[LuckyShot]

Pffft...
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were you pulled over for the bars? or something else? i need to research the law

edit:

A person may not operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than 20 inches in height above the part of the seat occupied by the operator. Maryland Vehicle Law for the operation of motorcycles regarding handlebar height was effective October 1.2017.

 

[Applehd]

He pulled me over for the bars and the skid lid... I was on the way to Mackey's to meet friends. When I was free to leave, the rod on the foot clutch broke @ two blocks north.
Rigged the clutch with bailing wire that I bummed from a dude on a construction site... to get me back to the condo to get another bike. Got the other bike and headed back to meet up. Got pulled over again by HarCo's finest... for the skid lid. I was going to get some T-shirts made up. First cop gave me a warning... second cop looked at my previous warning and let me go.

 

[Vile Shadow]

He pulled me over for the bars and the skid lid... I was on the way to Mackey's to meet friends. When I was free to leave, the rod on the foot clutch broke @ two blocks north.
Rigged the clutch with bailing wire that I bummed from a dude on a construction site... to get me back to the condo to get another bike. Got the other bike and headed back to meet up. Got pulled over again by HarCo's finest... for the skid lid. I was going to get some T-shirts made up. First cop gave me a warning... second cop looked at my previous warning and let me go.

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What was wrong with your helmet?

 

[Vile Shadow]

were you pulled over for the bars? or something else? i need to research the law

edit:

A person may not operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than 20 inches in height above the part of the seat occupied by the operator. Maryland Vehicle Law for the operation of motorcycles regarding handlebar height was effective October 1.2017.

Mine are low rise and I’ll bet mine probably ain’t even legal

Classic example of typical MD reachin into people’s pockets

 

[Doco Overboard]

He pulled me over for the bars and the skid lid... I was on the way to Mackey's to meet friends. When I was free to leave, the rod on the foot clutch broke @ two blocks north.
Rigged the clutch with bailing wire that I bummed from a dude on a construction site... to get me back to the condo to get another bike. Got the other bike and headed back to meet up. Got pulled over again by HarCo's finest... for the skid lid. I was going to get some T-shirts made up. First cop gave me a warning... second cop looked at my previous warning and let me go.

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Didn't say anything about reflectors or turn signals though?
I would just go historic tags if they still issue. That looks like a pan head to me.
Or maybe theyre may issue these days, IDK I quit riding a long time ago.

 

[adit]

Probably missing the DOT sticker on the back. I added one to my half-lid.

 

[RRomig]

were you pulled over for the bars? or something else? i need to research the law

edit:

A person may not operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than 20 inches in height above the part of the seat occupied by the operator. Maryland Vehicle Law for the operation of motorcycles regarding handlebar height was effective October 1.2017.

Mine are low rise and I’ll bet mine probably ain’t even legal

Classic example of typical MD reachin into people’s pockets

I have a 90 with a HD night rider seat and HD wide glide bars and I’m a couple inches out of legal but the bike fits me perfectly. I’d never had thought my bar are too high.

 

[Sundazes]

No OC haters commenting yet? Amazing.

OC sucks.

 

[Vile Shadow]

I have a 90 with a HD night rider seat and HD wide glide bars and I’m a couple inches out of legal but the bike fits me perfectly. I’d never had thought my bar are too high. View attachment 430286

Dayum...

Fine looking scooter

I wanted one like that, but I wasn’t sure if I could get used to them forward controls so I went with a Heritage

 

[IronDuck]

Im gonna miss BW 2023. Cant ride anymore. Had a lot of good times on two wheels. Attended OC/Delmarva Bike week many times. All were good. Loved to ride and mix it up with other people that know the peace 2 wheels and wind can bring.

 

[Trigger Time]

After owning a place in OC and being there for several bike weeks I can say it's one of the better weeks down there.
Riding ten miles of Coastal Hwy surrounded by bikes of all kinds, and everyone courteous to each other is a rare event there. Of course if you don't ride, you just don't get it.

 

[Applehd]

What was wrong with your helmet?

Not DOT approved.

Didn't say anything about reflectors or turn signals though?
I would just go historic tags if they still issue. That looks like a pan head to me.
Or maybe theyre may issue these days, IDK I quit riding a long time ago.

Correct... Panhead. First year... last year for springer front end. It has Permanent Historic(over 60 years) tag... If it didn't have it in 1948... it don't need today(reflectors, mirrors, turn signals, seat strap).

 

[Applehd]

I have a 90 with a HD night rider seat and HD wide glide bars and I’m a couple inches out of legal but the bike fits me perfectly. I’d never had thought my bar are too high. View attachment 430286

No chance those bars are not legal... shoulder height and below... go... over the shoulder... no bueno.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Not DOT approved.

Correct... Panhead. First year... last year for springer front end. It has Permanent Historic(over 60 years) tag... If it didn't have it in 1948... it don't need today(reflectors, mirrors, turn signals, seat strap).

I dont know why handlebars would be a big deal then.
Thats what I'm getting at.
I wouldn't worry about any of that.