Quote Originally Posted by peasea View Post
I'm not saying older/past bikers shouldn't get back on the road; they just need to adjust, be aware of their limitations and realise that today's world is a bit busier while at the same time they are not as strong and nimble as they might think they are.

And that's from an old fart.............
i think refresher courses for returning riders should be compulsory, but how on earth would you prove someone has been off bikes for x amount of years?

when i bought the virago, i got dad to take her for a test ride. he nearly dropped her on a gravel driveway and has refused to ride since which im grateful for.
i also know of one older guy who had been off bikes for many moons and went and bought the flashest, biggest bike his money could buy. he dropped it on a dummy route ride for a charity event. i come up the gentle but blind rise, and here he is, sitting in a ditch on the other side of the road looking back the way he had come. how the hell he managed that i will never know, but i have refused to ride with that group since.