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    I totally understand those who love track days and racing and hate riding on the street. I've done a couple track days and a class or two but I love riding and it pretty much has to be on the street. At a time I commuted from Annapolis, MD to Chantilly, VA every business day for ten years. Guess what is directly in the path between those two places... Washington DC. I had to quit telling my wife how many times cagers (people driving cars) tried to kill me today. Cagers from all over the world drive in and around DC. I put 160,000 miles on one motorcycle riding this commute. (I had more than this one scooter during that ten years). I did everything I could to be on a motorcycle. I refereed bicycle races, I taught MSF, I went to rallys and met up with friends for a piece of pie on weekends. Iron butt. And I've only had one collision - my stupid fault - I rear ended a cager. No big deal but it counts as the only one. I'll keep riding as long as I think I'm in control. I'm a lot like the guy in NJ but I'm older. Ride like you mean it. Use your MSF and SIPDE. Always predict where the problem will happen and DON'T BE THERE!

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    Which guy in NJ ?

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    Just got home from a AM responsible ride.


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    I'm not ready to give up either. It's a major part of my maintaining what little sanity I have left.
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    Quote Originally Posted by njloco View Post
    Which guy in NJ ?
    That loco guy in Joysee. Don't you also say "ride like you mean it"?

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    Keep going Bob, that's the spirit, I just don't think your that old !

    Hey Silver, can you get anymore of those T shirts ?

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    ^^^^^^^. That old . My first motorcycle was a BMW in Germany in the Air Force in 1963.

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    Quote Originally Posted by njloco View Post
    Keep going Bob, that's the spirit, I just don't think your that old !

    Hey Silver, can you get anymore of those T shirts ?
    https://www.amazon.com/s?k=life+behi...ref=nb_sb_noss

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    WC...Sorry to see you go. Especially, you been keeping me excited about trying to get to a track day. Work....

    Its not so much the bike as its the horsepower.... Bike or not, if it has power I use it. I have to go through a month of new toy syndrome. Around a month I can 'drive normally'
    I do get more defensive on the bike. I bounce around in the lane, always try to not get boxed in, and don't pace anyone...

    Oh and so far I can now go to 7500rpm on the EBR. And that is where it really seems to wake up.....



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