Happy New Year to all.
Happy Wanderer,
Take a look at this
AOPA report (pdf). Suggests that 75% of accidents are pilot error, so you have a lot of influence on how safe your general aviation flying is. Don't become complacent.
Why is comparing motor cycle safety to general aviation safety wrong? It's easy for a new pilot asking the question to understand and uses an example we can get our heads around. It seems to me that it is generally accepted that flying on airlines is safer than driving a car. Why not say flying GA is safer than riding a bike? (Unless it isn't, does anybody believe that?)