11-12-2016, 09:29 PM
Yea I dont have a "press on regardless" type goal as say an Iron Butt contestant would. If conditions are not favorable I don't ride. For example looking at my log in January I missed 13 days. I rode the first 7 days. On the 8th it rained and I didnt ride. I rode on the 9th. On the 10 th it snowed and I missed 4 days. Rode on the 14 th. Rained the 15 th didnt ride. Rode 16-19 th. On 20 th, 22 and 23 rd it snowed and I missed 7 days in a row. Got back on the road on the 27 th and rode the rest of the month.
In Feb I missed 9 days in a row to snow from 9 th to 17 th, but only missed 2 other days that month.
At 66 I still love riding, but not going to take any extraordinary chances because frankly I don't want to get hurt. It would suck big time at my age.
Getting in an hours ride a day when conditions are tolerable is a good goal for a retired guy. Gives me something to look forward to and something to make me want to get out of bed in the morning.
Riding around a race track at speed has it's own dangers even under limited risk conditions. It's not like no one evr gets hurt on a race track, other wise there would be no use for medical personell or ambulances that are omnipresent in those venues. I raced motocross for 10 years, much lower speeds than on a road race course, everyone going same direction, marshals in corners to warn of dangers, yet we still made use of the ambulance upon occassion. I imagine trying to drop your best personal lap time by a second would be an equivalent danger to daily riding, where you push yourself to do a little more than you normally would, even though it ups the risk factor a bit.
We all need some carrots dangled in front of us at times, to make life interesting.
In Feb I missed 9 days in a row to snow from 9 th to 17 th, but only missed 2 other days that month.
At 66 I still love riding, but not going to take any extraordinary chances because frankly I don't want to get hurt. It would suck big time at my age.
Getting in an hours ride a day when conditions are tolerable is a good goal for a retired guy. Gives me something to look forward to and something to make me want to get out of bed in the morning.
Riding around a race track at speed has it's own dangers even under limited risk conditions. It's not like no one evr gets hurt on a race track, other wise there would be no use for medical personell or ambulances that are omnipresent in those venues. I raced motocross for 10 years, much lower speeds than on a road race course, everyone going same direction, marshals in corners to warn of dangers, yet we still made use of the ambulance upon occassion. I imagine trying to drop your best personal lap time by a second would be an equivalent danger to daily riding, where you push yourself to do a little more than you normally would, even though it ups the risk factor a bit.
We all need some carrots dangled in front of us at times, to make life interesting.