Lonerider59
Wizard
I've seen some really good riers out there on the videos linked from this site. OK, I'm an "old fart" at least by the comparison to most riders here, but I got this way by learnig from some of my ealier stunts on motorized contraptions. Playing mr. raceguy on public roads is one hell of a good way to end up dead or worse (being confined to a bed or wheelchair for the rest of your life). It's spring now and we all want to get out and start enjoying what we like best which is to hit the throttle and ride as hard as we can. It only takes a month or so to start going soft on what we learned the previous season. The first week or two should be used to get familiar with the bike again. As I mentioned a while ago, sand in the road is hell on motorcyclists and even at 20 MPH you can get hurt pretty bad. I split by breast bone on what I thought was a mior spill in 1978. I was two-up and when we picked ourselves up I straightened out my shift lever and dusted myself off. We went on our merry way, a bit bruised but otherwise I didn't feel that bad. About two days later I was starting o feel worse, not better and finally a week later I went to the doc. because I was having a hard time breathing. I had split my breast bone right down the middle from hitting the handlebar. I lived and learned. Easy does it at first.
