Zadaki comments

I am a return rider after a long hiatus from rearing family. Riding a motorcycle is fundamentally different to modern car driving, in that the feeling of connection to machine is immediate and strong with motorcycles. I agree that one's reflexes are not as sharp with older riders, but then modern tyres and brembo brakes are "ten times" better than we had in the eighties. More critical is the decline in the brains ability to balance, so techniques to minimise carpark speed control risk need working on, as well as judgement in high speed cornering. By the way I recommend Kevin Codey's Twist of the Wrist watchable on youtube to improve technique. There is something of a return to youthful liveliness and fun about zooming around on two wheels, you forget being an old fogie senior and really focus on enjoying road riding and in my case finding new places to explore for my other hobby, photography. If you haven't read T.E.Lawrence's The Road it conveys the experience very well: http://thevintagent.blogspot.com.au/2007/09/te-lawrence-road-taken-from-mint.html