A couple years ago,I watched a guy racing his motorcycle hit the steel guardrail at a local track. He came off the bike and slid across the top of the rail until he hit an I beam that supported it and it killed him.
My wife's uncle races Harley's and watched a good friend of his lose a leg by hitting a steel guardrail at speed at another track. Most motorcycle racers HATE guardrails.
I love being surrounded by a rollcage and figure those guys have way bigger kahunas than I do.
Keith