I am.

I don’t know why. The last time I took an advanced rider’s course, a big girl scared me and I fell down.

My husband (RC51) and his BFF (some super KTM) are doing a track day, intermediate level. I was going to do a quick track orientation session for fifty bucks, but no. I’m taking the full day class. Luckily a friend is teaching and another friend is attending. I really need to get over fixating and staying on the throttle coming into turns. I’ll be on the 91 Hawk instead of the Duc, which really makes no sense since the Duc is already battered enough, but I can’t seem to muscle the steering as easily as I can on the Hawk. Plus, people might feel sorry for me and not pass me if I only have 50 HP. Hmmm, maybe I’ll bring the Duc for backup.

Hopefully we’ll have a whole new front end by Sunday: brand new CBR forks (thank you, DA!), clip-ons, new rim and brake and just waiting for a master cyclinder and some Water Wetter, Whatever that is.

See you there!

I’m standing in line at the bank. I’m wearing a leather racing jacket and holding a full face helmet. A man and a loan officer walk up to one of the teller windows. Seeing me, the woman says to her client, “Well I certainly hope YOU wear a helmet.”

The guy, wearing some Harley logo stuff, says loudly, “No way. Helmets make crashes worse. It’s been proven. They’re so heavy they make your head hit the pavement, no matter how you fall. I’ve fallen three times and haven’t hurt my head yet.”

As she passed me on the way back to her desk she said, “I’m glad you’re wearing one.”

To which I replied, “I also make a point of not falling down.”

Ha ha ha.

Seriously, where does that shit come from?

How has he never seen a motorcycle race? MotoGP riders crash at 150+ MPH on a pretty regular basis. Not one has ridden bareback, or bare-headed. It’s a pretty well-engineered sport so I think there’d be ample evidence for the theory that your head would float above your body as it slid along the pavement into a guardrail.

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