Routy wrote on 12/04/10 at 15:15:15: 60-69 years old... Ya think them medicare honchos wouldn't be nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof if they knew ... us riding motorcycles were on medicare ??....
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0116.pdfnumber of deaths, age group 55-64 and 65-74
All causes: 281,401 ... 390,093
Malignant neoplasms: 101,454 (36%) ... 137,554 (35%)
Major cardiovascular: 80,714 (29%) ... 119,102 (31%)
Chronic lower respiratory: 12,375 (4.4%) ... 28,236 (7.2%)
Motor vehicle accidents: 4,518 (1.6%) ... 2,916 (0.75%)
Vehicle accidents are not a major factor of death for old farts.
Stress
IS a major factor of death -- and the motorcycle reduces stress. I
NEED to go on tour.
p.s. -- for those 75 and over: 4,146 people die of vehicle accidents, 14,258 fall while walking -- walking is three times worse than motorcycling.