In motorcycle riding the idea of "failing" is more of a warning. You will fall off your bike one day and that fall could kill you. It is not if but when. So the

In motorcycle riding the idea of "failing" is more of a warning. You will fall off your bike one day and that fall could kill you. It is not if but when. So the culture is more about when the fall happens how can you do everything in your power to prevent it from being deadly. But then some idiot pulls out in front of you when you have a green light and you go across the car hood, land on your back, break a few vertebrae, and the idiot who cut you off drives off never to be seen again. But at least most riders I know are thinking about safety in some way as opposed to pushing yourself to the limit on your motorcycle.