MotorCycle Driving
 

Hi All

Have moved to live in Tokyo for 12 month on a company's assignment.

I love driving motorcycles (choppers, in a slow relaxed way) and am thinking how safe it is to drive in Japan motorcycles, in the forum's opinion?

Thanks

Re: MotorCycle Driving
 

In general, Japanese people are courteous and respectful to one another. Except when behind a steering wheel, when their character changes. I used to ride in Japan, and it wasn't always fun -- but it did give an opportunity to get away from it all.

Around towns and in cities its relatively safe because its so bloody congested. Safer still with a big ****-off chopper. Highways are hell, mainly because of tailgating, general disregard for safety, and usually a lack of a hard shoulder; they can be expensive, too; avoid.

And taxi drivers aren't Japanese. They're bred on a distant planet, or sometimes they're robots, disguised to look like Japanese but with all politeness engineered-out.