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[QUOTE="Ol'89r, post: 1302470, member: 17212"] Prepare for the crash. Crashing is part of riding Red. Prepare your body before you crash. Buy and wear all of the protective gear that you can afford. It's amazing how hard an old body can hit the dirt and get up and ride away when you are wearing all the right stuff. I've got a few years on you and I wear a good helmet, neck roll, chest protector, elbow and forearm guards, gloves, knee braces and good boots. I usually have to take a nap after putting all of that stuff on but it pays for itself when you do hit the dirt. :nod: Also, warm your body up before riding. Do stretching exercises before riding. This will help keep you from pulling muscles and tearing ligaments when you do crash. Makes you much more limber and less likely to break or tear something and you won't get as tired either. Take it slow and easy at first until you gain your confidence back. It takes a long time to gain confidence and only one bad crash to lose it. When riding with the youngsters, use your head instead of your throttle hand. Remember, old age and treachery beats youth and exuberance. Like Daf and Pred said, we have other things to think about when we grow older. Things like getting up and going to work on mondays and paying the house payment. When we are young these things don't even enter our minds. Listen to that voice. It will help you to see the age of 51. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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