The art of bartering, no set rules.

[BENESSE]

That sounds like a good plan bro, and I'll be right behind you kicking you up if you happen to slide. I know you won't.

[Rick]

190 mph huh? Right. I'll bet you don't even wear a helmet at that speed.

[Wildthang]

190 mph huh? Right. I'll bet you don't even wear a helmet at that speed.

Well there is where you are wrong! I wear full kevlar padded gear, full face helmet, boots designed for racing, and gloves with kevlar knuckles. I can slide down the track at 100 mph and not get road rash!

[kyratshooter]

Well there is where you are wrong! I wear full kevlar padded gear, full face helmet, boots designed for racing, and gloves with kevlar knuckles. I can slide down the track at 100 mph and not get road rash!

But it's not the speed that kills you....

it's the sudden stop!

[crashdive123]

Having been in two motorcycle crashes in my life - while the road rash is bad, all of the broken bones were a bit uncomfortable too.

[Rick]

If you're going to run anything at 190 mph then safety gear is sort of an oxymoron. I chose that word very careful for it's symbolism by the way.

[Wildthang]

Well there is risk in everything you do, and I refuse to let fear keep me from doing things I love to do. I dont fear death, as much as I fear getting old and looking back at all the things I wish I had done, and never had the courage to do them.
I have been riding since I was 10 years old, and have never been seriously hurt on a motorcycle, but if it happens, I feel like I have been luckier than most already. My family use to take bets that I would never live past 20 years old and I fooled them.
But now that I am getting older, Iam much more cautious that I use to be. I only go fast on the perfect roads, and actually ride the road back and forth a couple of times to make sure there are no obstructions that would cause a wreck, or pot holes etc.
I do a full checkout on my bike before hand to assure it is in top shape, and if I get a bad feeling about anything I don't open her up. In my earlier years I was not near that cautious so I guess I am finally growing up at 50 years old

[Wildthang]

If you're going to run anything at 190 mph then safety gear is sort of an oxymoron. I chose that word very careful for it's symbolism by the way.

Yeah thanks Rick, insult acknowledged!

[hunter63]

Well there is risk in everything you do, and I refuse to let fear keep me from doing things I love to do. I dont fear death, as much as I fear getting old and looking back at all the things I wish I had done, and never had the courage to do them.
I have been riding since I was 10 years old, and have never been seriously hurt on a motorcycle, but if it happens, I feel like I have been luckier than most already. My family use to take bets that I would never live past 20 years old and I fooled them.
But now that I am getting older, Iam much more cautious that I use to be. I only go fast on the perfect roads, and actually ride the road back and forth a couple of times to make sure there are no obstructions that would cause a wreck, or pot holes etc.
I do a full checkout on my bike before hand to assure it is in top shape, and if I get a bad feeling about anything I don't open her up. In my earlier years I was not near that cautious so I guess I am finally growing up at 50 years old

I think it's just you figure out that the older you get...... recovery time is longer......Growing up will never happen.