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<blockquote data-quote="El Toro" data-source="post: 1326429" data-attributes="member: 14779"><p>69 doesn't seem all that old.</p><p></p><p>Still, even at 65 there are many roads that I would have ridden at 10:30 pm that I won't go near after dark now.</p><p></p><p>It isn't so much that I feel that my own skills are diminished ... it is that there are too many other crazy people out, and the later it gets, the more impaired many of them seem.</p><p></p><p>And then there is the issue of the milling deer wandering around that makes outrunning your headlights an even greater danger than you might realize.</p><p></p><p>I used to ride TN 96 from I-40 mile marker 268, across the Center Hill dam, and on down to Liberty late, but something about getting close to actually retiring gives one pause. I won't do that any more. Not even on a supermoto. The road's still dangerous in daylight, but dark just pushes it to the edge, and late dark pushes it off the edge. Better the road than the rider.</p><p></p><p>I sure hope this fellow is able to recover from his injuries. 69 is not that old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Toro, post: 1326429, member: 14779"] 69 doesn't seem all that old. Still, even at 65 there are many roads that I would have ridden at 10:30 pm that I won't go near after dark now. It isn't so much that I feel that my own skills are diminished ... it is that there are too many other crazy people out, and the later it gets, the more impaired many of them seem. And then there is the issue of the milling deer wandering around that makes outrunning your headlights an even greater danger than you might realize. I used to ride TN 96 from I-40 mile marker 268, across the Center Hill dam, and on down to Liberty late, but something about getting close to actually retiring gives one pause. I won't do that any more. Not even on a supermoto. The road's still dangerous in daylight, but dark just pushes it to the edge, and late dark pushes it off the edge. Better the road than the rider. I sure hope this fellow is able to recover from his injuries. 69 is not that old. [/QUOTE]
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