Motorcycles Keep You Young

 I have often said the activity of riding bombards all of your senses
leaving little room for those nagging day to day problems to intrude,
therefore making the activity of riding the best therapy for mental
health.

I find after a few minutes out on the road I am so focused on the
bike, the road, the scents, the sounds and the scenery there is just
no room left to be thinking of all that day to day crap. It is like it
has all been washed away.

This study kinda, sorta, maybe supports what I have been saying all
along. At least that is the way I read it.

Give it read here:
http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/lifestylehealthjapanmotorcycles_20090304110821.html

Or just read the content posted below.

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Motorcycles help keep you young: software expert
By AFP - Wed Mar 4,

The scientist behind the popular "Brain Training" computer software
has cited a new study which shows that riding motorcycles helps keep
drivers young by invigorating their brains.

"The driver's brain gets activated by riding motorbikes" in part
because it requires heightened alertness, Ryuta Kawashima said after
his research team and Yamaha Motor conducted a string of experiments
involving middle-aged men.

"In a convenient and easy environment, the human mind and body get
used to setting the hurdle low," he warned. "Our final conclusion is
that riding motorcycles can lead to smart ageing."

Kawashima is the designer of "Brain Training" software, which
incorporates quizzes and other games and is available on the Nintendo
DS game console under the name "Brain Age" in .

A self-professed motorcycle fan, 49-year-old Kawashima cited a new
study conducted jointly by Yamaha and , for which he works.

One experiment involved 22 men, all in their 40s and 50s, who held
motorcycle licences but had not taken a ride for at least a decade.

They were randomly split into two groups -- one asked to resume riding
motorcycles in everyday life for two months, and another that kept
using bicycles or cars.

"The group that rode motorbikes posted higher marks in cognitive
function tests," Kawashima said.

In one test, which required the men to remember a set of numbers in
reverse order, the riders' scores jumped by more than 50 percent in
two months, while the non-riders' marks deteriorated slightly, he
said.

The riders also said they made fewer mistakes at work and felt
happier.

"Mental care is a very big issue in modern society," said Kawashima.
"I think we made an interesting stir here as data showed you can
improve your mental condition simply by using motorbikes to commute."
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Don

The NART Pilgrimage 2009
http://www.actualriders.ca/nartPilgrimage.htm

2004 Road King
2000 Yamaha Venture MM Edition

 

If that's true, why do the same stupid old farts gather in parking
lots every Sunday to sniff motorcycle butt for an hour or two, before
running home to
take their old lady shopping?

I would think that if motorcycling was so invigorating, riders would
go out on the weekend looking for a different hole to poke...

 


Thanks for, once again, proving that your "brain" lacks some invigoration.
Ride more; post less and we will all be happier !!!

 
If you'd stop cruising for new boyfriend you'd find out
something...then again you aren't smart enough to learn anything new.

Now piss off you old shit...your shit doesn't change a bit just like
your stinking depends.
--
Keith

 

http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/lifestylehealthjapanmotorcycles_20090304110821.html

I'm not sure how much you can read into a "study"
produced by Yamaha motorcycles, and a organ-
ization hungry for grant dollars. And, having such
a small sampling.

I would tend to agree.through. But, I'd prefer to
interpret the results differently.

Those with the mental acuity to be highly stimu-
lated by riding, and having the abilit(y)(ies) to
consistently remain accident free over the years,
should continue. The others, should not.

This latter group are the riders that don't/can't
dedicate the necessary concentration, and always
seem to be involved in a string of accidents.

OALA,EGO