"Charles Talleyrand" wrote:
[ Re GA flying vs. motorcycle riding ]
I've been asked several times which of these things is more dangerous.
Can anyone provide some statistics on this?

Riding a motorcycle is more dangerous on both a per distance and per time
basis. See Table 4, columns 1 and 4 in this document:

"Cross Modal Safety Comparisons"
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...omparisons.pdf

That document concludes, among other things, that:

"a. High capacity regular public transport (RPT) travel (airline travel) is
the safest form of transport while general aviation is significantly less
safe than car travel;

b. Bus and rail are the safest forms of land transport having very similar
safety rates;

c. Motorcycling is the least safe form of transport."

So sell your bike and go flying. ;-)