Motorcyle question...wipe out or break your leg?

[Rand_Rover]

@Bosstone

If you’re taking sufficient precautions and wearing proper armor, wiping out should be safer. It’ll almost certainly cost far less in pain and money to repair a downed bike than a leg.

If you’re not wearing proper gear…I dunno. Better your leg than your head, but how likely are you going to be able to control yourself in that situation anyway?

Alright, I thought about the question. I agree with the above. I’ve wiped out wearing proper gear (lost the back wheel on some gravel at 15 mph), and I was completely fine. So, I’d take a spill in proper gear over a guaranteed crushed leg.

[Kent_Clark]

@silk1976

But the main crux of the question is in the title of the thread itself - given a situation, any situation - which is more preferred, wiping out on the bike, or breaking a leg?

My nephew (who has given up motorcycles) has done both. He will tell you that neither is preferable, only different types of hospitalization.