My wife doesn’t want me to get a street bike but dirt bikes and quads are fine. I used to want a street bike, but the last few times my car was hit, I was stopped. Had I been on a bike, I would have been messed up. There are way to many idiots on the road to have a bike IMHO.
At least trees and rocks don’t jump out in front of you in the woods, if you hit one it’s your fault, not some retard in a car trying to read the paper, put of makeup, talk on the cell phone, etc…