Solomon’s Curve and Motorcycle Safety: Does Riding with the Flow Really Matter? Ever feel like you’re either flying past traffic or everyone’s flying past you? Back in the 1960s, researcher David Solomon studied over 10,000 crashes and came up with what’s now called Solomon’s Curve. It shows that your risk of a crash goes up…
Why Riders Are Hanging Up Their Helmets – and How to Stay on the Road The U.S. median age of motorcycle owners is now around 50 — a sharp jump from the mid-20s back in the early 1980s. Today, 39% of riders are between 51 and 69 years old. As riders get older, many begin…
A Tragic Crash and a New Direction for MCrider A regular viewer of MCrider sent me a news article a few months ago that has completely shifted the way I think about this channel and its direction. I call it a “shift,” but in truth this message has been at the heart of what I’ve…
