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<blockquote data-quote="James Burleigh" data-source="post: 1165891" data-attributes="member: 4162"><p>Rushes, you NAILED it! That's exactly what I do.</p><p></p><p>Well, I don't EVER get up any earlier than I have to, as many know who have asked me to join them for an early weekend ride.<img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But I follow Pat Hahn's advice in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ride-Hard-Smart-Strategies-Motorcyclists/dp/0760317607/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406908032&sr=1-1&keywords=ride+hard+ride+smart" target="_blank"><em>Ride Hard Ride Smart </em></a>to just relax and smell the roses along the back roads. For months now I have been (A) taking the train to work and riding in only once or twice a week, and (B ) when I do ride in, I take all the back roads. It takes almost twice as long, but it's much nicer, more relaxing, and of course safer.</p><p></p><p>Sure, <a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/159220-rush-hour-going-70-in-the-fast-lane-bike-dies-i-dont/?p=1165217" target="_blank">I occasionally still hit the freeways</a>, with the attendant HUGE spike in adrenalin resulting in a racing heart beat when I park the bike at work (my cardiologist would not be pleased). Riding at speed in very-tight, fast-moving freeway traffic, your attention level redlining, utilizing all your mental and bike-handling skill and experience--it's exhilarating! But as with any drug that makes you feel amazing, all things in moderation.</p><p></p><p>(One thing I do more on freeways now than I used to is run with my brights on. I hate to do it, because I know it can be annoying to drivers. But that's my response to their texting and weaving over the white line.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Burleigh, post: 1165891, member: 4162"] Rushes, you NAILED it! That's exactly what I do. Well, I don't EVER get up any earlier than I have to, as many know who have asked me to join them for an early weekend ride.[IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif[/IMG] But I follow Pat Hahn's advice in [URL="https://www.amazon.com/Ride-Hard-Smart-Strategies-Motorcyclists/dp/0760317607/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406908032&sr=1-1&keywords=ride+hard+ride+smart"][I]Ride Hard Ride Smart [/I][/URL]to just relax and smell the roses along the back roads. For months now I have been (A) taking the train to work and riding in only once or twice a week, and (B ) when I do ride in, I take all the back roads. It takes almost twice as long, but it's much nicer, more relaxing, and of course safer. Sure, [URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/159220-rush-hour-going-70-in-the-fast-lane-bike-dies-i-dont/?p=1165217"]I occasionally still hit the freeways[/URL], with the attendant HUGE spike in adrenalin resulting in a racing heart beat when I park the bike at work (my cardiologist would not be pleased). Riding at speed in very-tight, fast-moving freeway traffic, your attention level redlining, utilizing all your mental and bike-handling skill and experience--it's exhilarating! But as with any drug that makes you feel amazing, all things in moderation. (One thing I do more on freeways now than I used to is run with my brights on. I hate to do it, because I know it can be annoying to drivers. But that's my response to their texting and weaving over the white line.) [/QUOTE]
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