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    Motorcycling better for the brain

    New study shows that brain functionality is improved as a result of regular motorcycle riding.

    We's smart bastards.

    http://www.motorcycleinsurance.com/t...-a-motorcycle/
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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingcrocodile46 View Post
    New study shows that brain functionality is improved as a result of regular motorcycle riding.
    ................and another study has confirmed that too much time spent posting on websites nullifies the gains from regular motorcycle riding.................

    DOH

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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingcrocodile46 View Post
    New study shows that brain functionality is improved as a result of regular motorcycle riding.
    http://www.motorcycleinsurance.com/t...-a-motorcycle/
    I had read reports of the Tokyo study previously but some of the other information was of interest. In particular the comparison of those who practiced compared to those who thought about it.
    That alone makes the countless hours I spent "dry firing" firearms worthwhile...
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    Doesn't address the Darwin theory about riding motorcycles, where after a few months only the ......
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    In particular the comparison of those who practiced compared to those who thought about it.
    Does that apply to rooting too ??
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    Fkn crack up. Most awkward interviewee ever i reckon haha.

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    Heck, I knew motorbiking was good for me already! For my mental health, my emotional health and now for my entalligents...

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    what was this thread about again???

    Hell, time I got back to ridin'!

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    Quote Originally Posted by paturoa View Post
    Doesn't address the Darwin theory about riding motorcycles, where after a few months only the ......
    So what exactly did Darwin have to say about motorcycles specifically ?

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    Anybody mentioned this to ACC or to those in charge of 'safer journies'? Could be worth giving them a bit of perspective given all they seem to focus on is the negative.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    In particular the comparison of those who practiced compared to those who thought about it.
    My question exactly gatch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    So what exactly did Darwin have to say about motorcycles specifically ?
    Change that to "Darwin Awards". Stupid people do stupid shit, and would remove themselves from the sample, hence the analysis would show that the average intelligence / functionality had gone up!
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    Quote Originally Posted by paturoa View Post
    Change that to "Darwin Awards". Stupid people do stupid shit, and would remove themselves from the sample, hence the analysis would show that the average intelligence / functionality had gone up!
    Spurious correlation huh? You may well be right. Temporal contiguity does not, of necessity, imply causality...

    Oh and there is a difference between intelligence and common sense...as certain people have been at pains to point out to me on many occasions...
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    Quote Originally Posted by paturoa View Post
    Change that to "Darwin Awards". Stupid people do stupid shit, and would remove themselves from the sample, hence the analysis would show that the average intelligence / functionality had gone up!
    The Darwin Awards are a load of bollocks. Survival of the fittest don't really apply to a knob in a car trying to run me off the road yesterday....car driver intelligence is going down as cars get smarter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    ................and another study has confirmed that too much time spent posting on websites nullifies the gains from regular motorcycle riding.................

    DOH
    time to hit the road in search of donuts then.

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