Older guys don't bounce well?

[GerryC]

The Irish Times - Tuesday, April 13, 2010
PADRAIG O'MORAIN
THAT'S MEN:
The usual image of a biker who crashes and dies is of a twenty something guy who thinks he's immortal.
But a new US study suggests the image doesn’t tell the whole story. Riders over the age of 40 are up to twice as likely to die from injuries in a crash as their younger counterparts, according to a study of 61,689 motorcyclists by the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Moreover, as a group, injured riders in their 50s are growing faster than any other, according to the study published in American Surgeon .
It seems older bikers have more pre-existing health issues and therefore are more likely to die from injuries received. And a crash is more likely to cause injuries in this group.

 

[spikerjack 46]

I would concur on that little nugget.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Yep, gravity hurts!

 

[CaptainSlow]

Having had a ground/body interface on 1st April, I can't tell which bits were hurting before hand All I know is that my right hand moob feels like someone is sticking a knife through it.

Still, at least I might get the bike back this Saturday.

CaptainSlow
Age 54 and a half

 

[P.J.]

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. . is this the reason a motorcycle is being seen increasingly as an absurd way to travel?

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

. . is this the reason a motorcycle is being seen increasingly as an absurd way to travel?

No, there are lots of other reasons, but it just has not clicked with me yet.
A car is just a car, but a motorbike is a RIDE!

 

[nud1e]

BAMBI

.... I believe that the acronym used in some A+E Depts was Bambi
BornAgainMiddleagedBikerIncident, more usually on a race replica after 20 years absence from last riding the big bike such as a 750/4.
One of my friends had the loan of his younger cousin's Japanese rocket and couldn't get to grips with it at all until he realised that the bike was arriving too quickly to his sighting point.
He then looked further up the road and was stunned by how quick a 600 went, how it handled and stopped, and how much more processing that he had to do.
"You could get yourself into serious trouble on that bike" he commented.

 

[Brendy]

Well I got my first injury as a 40 year old, but I think that the older injuries are down to the born again biker thing ie kids grown up, some spare cash floating around with a lack of experience for a while. On a general basis though, the biggest danger on the road are still young motorists....God knows they are the ones I keep removing carefully from crashes.
B

 

[JimmyC]

Jeepers Nud1e...who's yer man in yer avatar................

 

[P.J.]

TOOK LONG ENOUGH . .

. .response to Michael's reverse psychology approach . .

 

[Dickieboy]

I can confirm that you do stop bouncing around the 40yr old mark, on the two occasions I've fallen since my 39th year the landings could accurately be described as 'splats'

 

[nud1e]

bound up

Jeepers Nud1e...who's yer man in yer avatar................

........ constipation is terrible, poor bowel function has been the cause of many disputes

 

[Ogmios]

. . is this the reason a motorcycle is being seen increasingly as an absurd way to travel?

I have travelled through my entire life in a absurd manner.
Riding bikes has been purely coincidental to the fact.

~~
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[(RIP) petcul]

I can confirm that you do stop bouncing around the 40yr old mark

Yeh, but you slide better.

Glad to have been able to add to the stats a couple of times over the last few years

 

[JimmyC]

........ constipation is terrible, poor bowel function has been the cause of many disputes

Some of this.....

Once a week...and twice a fortnight.........

 

[electric_monk]

Older guys don't bounce well?

I wouldn't agree with this........My extra few pounds certain made me bounce better last year than when I was 19....

 

[Bohsfc]

Older guys don't bounce well?

I wouldn't agree with this........My extra few pounds certain made me bounce better last year than when I was 19....

And what about the Stag?? How do they bounce??