Posted By Paul Maddock Stewart, I really don't know where you've got your information from, but as a motorcyclist myself vibration is not even noticeable, especially to the extent that "results in parts of the body going knumb" I am also an acoustician, so delve into vibration occasionally, so please feel free to e-mail me with more details if you wish to discuss. ...oh, and one of my pet hates, "motorbikes are dangerous" - ROSPA determined that >60% of accidents are the fault of car drivers, and from personal experience I would agree. Those trying to drive while on the mobile/drinking coffee and applying make-up and having no regard to other road users are daily hazards. Motorcycling gives you a greater hazard appreciation and the application of roadcraft. There, better that I've got that off my chest :-)

Posted By Laurie I have ridden a motorcycle since 1956. I suffer very badly from whitefinger, and started getting my first attacks in about '57. I have never worked in an industry where vibration is a factor. I had a bout of it today, outside temp about 15 deg (but I was not outside!), and I have not been out on the bike since the weekend. On the hottest summer's day, with lambswool gloves and heated grips, my hands can get dangerously numb before I've done fifty miles. In the winter (yes I ride in the winter too), sometimes it's only fifteen miles. It is a hazard, and it is real! Laurie

Posted By Paul Maddock Keith, Agree - bikers tend to see motorcycling as more than a form of transport and a means of getting from A to B. Of course there are inherent dangers, but in the same vain, cars are sold with safety features as a prominent selling point, and I would feel a lot more comfortable making a high risk manoeuvre in a car than a bike because of this. This perception of safety leads many car drivers to take unnecessary risks. Similarly, being cocooned in a high quality helmet and leathers on a sunny day can have the same effect on a motorcyclist. Of course that has never applied to me M'lud! Because of the exposed nature of motorcycling I (try) to apply Police Road craft techniques and use the advantages of a bike (height advantage to see further ahead, and the obvious speed and manoeuvrability) to anticipate and avoid hazards. Each to their own, bikes aren't suitable for everyone, but I genuinely do wish that driving was taken more seriously - it's a privilege not a right! ...oh and speed does NOT kill - INAPPROPRIATE speed does. Authorities should do more to educate rather than enforce.