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I gave up riding years ago because my first wife was in nursing school and she eventually refused to ride with me anymore. She was training in the ortho wing at the lcl hospital at first and then in neuro. She invited me up one afternoon and I saw a ward full of young guys like me in different states of distress. There were some 20 patients, 18 my age and 15 of them having been in bike wrecks. Every week the same type patients and it scared the chit out of her and eventually me. Then 2 close friends were nearly killed only weeks apart and I threw in the towel after visiting them in the hospital. Sure miss/missed riding, had some great long trips, but that was enough. This was in SoCal in the middle to late 70's and into the 80's. Be careful gents.