The following link illustrates what individuals can do without the emotion of fear. Do you suppose the emotion will return as they get older? http://www.resnet.wm.edu/~acking/Bike/streetfighter.wmv -- Butch --
How old is "older"? Did it ever return to Evel Kneivel? Robbie K. and Bubba Smith ain't too young either.
==================== It may have! I remember when he retired, he emphatically stated he had enough...his "dare devil" days were over. Whether it was exhaustion, physical disabilities, or fear, he was leaving that life behind. -- Butch --
I don't know about you, but I believe there are quite a few in that video that can handle a motorcycle. Fear or not, it takes quite a bit to pick up a 500lbs motorcycle into a wheel stand and ride it slowly in circles...not to mention one guy reading a nudie mag while in a wheelstand. Anybody who can stand on the seat one footed and do an inverted wheelstand without losing the slightest control of the bike can damn sure handle a bike better than me. And, for the motorcycle who picked up the passenger from the trunk of the BMW, that's handy! You never know when you might need to save someone from a trunk of a BMW riding on the two wheels...happens all the time
Well, he was in his 40s. But I think it was the physical disabilities that led him to chant, "I'm getting too old for this shit" every morning. I don't think he came to his senses.
