[ST] RE: How often do you ride?

[Agate47@xxxxxxx]

Richard,

Your point about riding enough to have sharp riding skills is what we call 
Proficiency and/or Currency in USAF flying.  Particularly in my early years of 
flying, I needed to flying at least weekly and preferably more often than that. 
 By the end of a week of flying twice a day on deployed missions, I felt very 
confident in my skills to handle almost anything that could happen.  If I had 
to sit down for a couple of weeks without a flight, I had to be very careful 
to read my manuals and prepare at least mentally for that next flight.  
Experience made this process easier over the years, but still it was necessary.

I am retired from the USAF and haven't flown a plane since 92.  I have chosen 
not to fly civilian planes because of the expense of maintaining my skills to 
feel comfortable.  It is in many ways equivalent to a drug habit, using 
expensive drugs.

Motorcycling is very similar.  I ride primarily on weekends in the NW with 
some evening jaunts for fun, like last night.  I would like to ride to work, 10 
miles, but I have to dress professionally, etc.  So I approach the bike with 
respect when I roll it out of the garage.  Reorient myself to its feel, loosen 
the neck to swivel mode, and adjust my face to maximum GRIN.

I personally do not understand how racers can maintain their skills with only 
one or two races a month.  Maybe the same way I do on the street.

BTW, I had10,777 on my RS at shutdown last night since Feb 02 when I bought 
it new.

Steve Knudsen
Auburn, WA

Steve Knudsen Phone: 253-223-3737
Sr. Mortgage Banker Fax: 253-839-9093

Pacific Trust Lending
2505 S. 320th St. Ste. 260
Federal Way, WA 98003

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