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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17898 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	I need to be young again! 08/23/17 at 12:56:13 If I could just turn the years back a bit! There are some things I would like to learn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn01WoTJrEg
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2635 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #1 - 08/23/17 at 13:23:05 Learn? Who are you kidding. That's exactly how you and MM currently ride through the Dragon!
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1406 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #2 - 08/23/17 at 15:57:54 Marquez' shoulder, not elbow, kisses the asphalt in corners during Moto GP races! I'd like to learn that!
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10620 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #3 - 08/23/17 at 16:18:55 zipidachimp wrote on 08/23/17 at 15:57:54: Marquez' shoulder, not elbow, kisses the asphalt in corners during Moto GP races! I'd like to learn that! Oh, you mean like I do on the mountain roads ? 😎🏍😗
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2630 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #4 - 08/23/17 at 17:13:40 I couldn't afford the tires....or the injuries....at any age. I've broken bones racing, it sucks.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10620 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #5 - 08/23/17 at 17:38:28 Gary_in_NJ wrote on 08/23/17 at 17:13:40: I couldn't afford the tires....or the injuries....at any age. I've broken bones racing, it sucks. Yes it does, it hurts a LOT, even if not racing.
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Reply #6 - 08/23/17 at 22:43:20

To learn sliding/drifting techniques you start in the dirt then move to pavement , Americas best road racers paid their dues flat tracking. But Dave I think your ship has already sailed , possibly sank by now Grin

Continue to hone your current skills and always ride within your comfort level. As we age heeling from a crash takes twice the time , I have a pain for each and every crash. I used to have a flat track practice bike a Honda 175 twin , totally stripped engine,tank,seat gutted front brakes and worn out Dunlop k70s and crappy stock suspension, barely enough power to get it to slide. That bike taught me so much about sliding & riding a ill handling bike , I wish i still had it , the local PD hated me and that Honda , they never did catch me. Ride Safe !!!

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Reply #7 - 08/24/17 at 04:18:37

Ruttly wrote on 08/23/17 at 22:43:20:

... As we age heeling from a crash takes twice the time ...

^ What he said!

I met a biker at work a while ago. He was pushing 70. Had been a biker his whole life. He recently lost control on a dirt road and smashed his leg against a tree. The prognosis wasn't good. He had a leg brace. I bumped into him a couple of times around town. Once, at the post office he was checking out x-rays of his leg. I asked how he was doing. "It's not healing. They reckon it's my age". The sadness in his eyes was heartbreaking.

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #8 - 08/24/17 at 04:45:19 It's probably a bit late for us baby boomers, but future generations may be able to grow youthful bits from stem cells. Then again, they may not motorcycle.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: I need to be young again! Reply #9 - 08/24/17 at 06:04:39 Probably electric bikes.
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