I've done the Texas Tuning before - running the bikes to redline and hold it there for ten minutes. But I usually do it in the middle of the night on a well lit section of the freeway with zero traffic. :sorry:

This post is 100% serious, in case some of you may have mistaken some of my posts as sarcastic in the past.


Sometimes i wonder why OTB even sticks around with all of us young douchenozzles listening to all our bullshit and jibber jabber, but i hope he knows how appreciated he really is around here.

Truely a rider i think we all aspire to be.

I thought the same thing NtS... especially when we were moving over... I was thinking... wonder if OTB and NoWorries will even bother migrating over...

glad to see they have...

Ah, yes. OTB, a rider that blogs, not a blogger that rides. Keep em coming.

OTB any chance you'll come to the rally? I'd really like to meet you in person and ride with you. Great post as usual.

As an aside, have you done a lot of track riding? Just curious.

I totally understand your point.

A. I am a teacher, and we don't end school till the following week, otherwise I'd love to come down and meet and ride with all the crazies. Besides, you're really not missing much; I'm an old, slow, grey fuddy-duddy who happens to live, eat ,sleep and breath bikes...thassall.

B. In my youth, I used to crash at a lot of club races....we didn't have trackdays and schools...the novices got to take a lap around the track with one of the licensed racers, we pulled off into the hot pit, and then got waved back out for a 20 minute practice. If you survived, you got to grid and race.

Crashed a few times, spent a lot of money and had a good time, learned a lot of what not to do. Never was very fast, and now that I'm more experienced, I'm too old to let it all hang out.

Call me a slow learner.

OTB is a wise rider. He presented 4 facts, all true. But there are ways to mitigate their effect.

With slowing reactions and physical abilities many "older riders" make up the difference with a little thing called anticipation. They anticipate and then their more practiced and reliable reactions, although slower, are usually correct and in the correct amounts to avoid trouble.

Yep we still take longer to heal no way around it, but being older you get the benefit of the doubt from doctors and way better insurance coverage. And willingness to let it all hang out is offset by knowing exactly what terms we are playing on and having the wisdom and self control to back it down when the chips are stacked the wrong way.

I still feel an older experienced rider has the better of the odds in most riding situations...At least in my experience I am still as fast as I once was, and have presence of mind to know my limits...

That's unfortunate that you can't come. Maybe next year's rally.

That club racing history sounds pretty helter-skelter. Yikes!

I'm sure with your knowledge and experience even what you consider old and slow would still be a fun ride :dthumb:

"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was"

Toby Keith