There is a danger to having years of motorcycle experience without any accidents or close calls: rider complacency. Complacency is a state of feeling secure and comfortable in an environment that doesn’t justify this feeling. It can cause you to stop riding defensively and to drop your once diligent bike inspection routine. Traffic or road situations that you once regarded as threats, may barely get your attention. In short, complacency causes you to lose your edge even though you are using a two-wheeled motor vehicle with no protection other than.