| Yeti The answer to your question has to be yes and no
Yes If you want to use your sports bike in the manner in which it is intended to be used.In this case as you rightly say the track is the only safe place to do so
No If you want to use your bike as transport and ride according to the prevailing conditions.Of course even then the roads can be dangerous but IMHO not "Too" dangerous after all people still get hurt or worse on tracks.
I have used bikes as my only form of road transport for over 41 years now riding in most conditions and intend to do so as long as I physicaly can and the law allows us to do so.my wife also only rides as neither of us has ever owned a car.
As a Health & Safety Rep I am used to dealing with risk asesment and to me the risk involved in riding on the road is worth taking for the ammount of pleasure I get out of it.
Please don't take me wrong I'm not trying to say I'm right and you are wrong just that maybe we want different things out of ridingPerhaps my choice of bike compared with yours may illustrate this as I ride a Multistrada with luggage fitted and a Honda Deauville which is my ride to work bike.
As I said each to his own and it's good to know that you are not giving up on bikes altogether
I'm sorry to everyone if I have rambled on a bit too much  | 
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