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LOUIS CINCINNATI CINCINNATI CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND P E N N S Y L V A N I A CLEVELAND P E N N S Y L V A N I A P E N N S Y L V A N I A CLEVELAND P E N N S Y L V A N I A DAYTON DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY N N NORFOLK NORFOLK NORFOLK NORFOLK NORFOLK OMAHA OMAHA OMAHA PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON WILMINGTON CHARLESTON CHARLESTON CHARLESTON CHARLESTON W E S T CHARLESTON W E S T W E S T CHARLESTON W E S T CHEYENNE CHEYENNE COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS DENVER DENVER DES MOINES FRANKFORT FRANKFORT FRANKFORT FRANKFORT FRANKFORT V I R G I N I A FRANKFORT V I R G I N I A V I R G I N I A FRANKFORT V I R G I N I A HARRISBURG HARRISBURG INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS LINCOLN RALEIGH RALEIGH RALEIGH RALEIGH RALEIGH RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND RICHMOND SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO MADISON MADISON MADISON TOPEKA ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS DOVER DOVER JEFFERSON JEFFERSON CITY WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. WASHINGTON D. C. Winter 2014 | IRON BUTT MAGAZINE  THERE’S LITTLE DOUBT that our mental skills get rusty right along with our physical skills and physiological condition. If you’ve been off the bike for a while, you haven’t been constantly reminded of how other drivers tend to invade a motorcyclist’s space. So, when you get back on the bike, it’s impor- tant to get everything back up to speed, including your mental attitude about surviving traffic and surface hazards, and your personal information. One way to help get your brain tuned up is to use a skills book as recurrent training, similar to airplane drivers scanning through the operations manual. Allow me to put in a blatant plug for my book “Proficient Motorcycling” second edition. I must remind everyone that as we age, our mental and physical attributes degrade. Sorry, but everything after age  is downhill, including vision, hear- ing, and reaction time. So, even if you try to get yourself back in the “same” con- dition as last year, you’re not the same. That doesn’t mean you’re through riding, but it does mean that you probably need to modify your ride plans to match what your body and brain are willing to do. And you’ll need to exercise more than ever, not only to get your heart pumping, but to get your brain functioning and stave off depression. As we age, we gradually add more medical “baggage” to our lives. One big issue is medications. If you are taking meds, especially pain meds, be aware that they can affect your judgment as well as your physical abilities, very simi- lar to being drunk. So, learn what your symptoms of physical issues are, and pay attention to the messages. And if you must take pain meds--especially those nasty ones with names including “oxy”or “done”, adjust your riding accordingly- -say deciding to shorten the ride, or taking more frequent rest breaks, or recording your water intake to ensure you are staying hydrated. And when you crash, that medical baggage affects your emergency care and recovery. If you’re not carry- ing some medical informa- tion on the outside of your gear, it might be a good time to start doing so.There are small adhesive medi- cal info carriers available from White- horse Gear and Aerostich that you can stick on the side of your helmet. I also make a practice of carrying an encrypted flash drive with personal and medical information in an inside pocket, includ- ing bike and medical insurance contacts with member numbers and VINs, lists of drugs and medications with dosages, doctor’s  phone number,  account num- bers and contacts for credit cards, image files of driver’s license and passport, and anything else that might be useful in an emergency. What you eat  also becomes much more of an issue with age. It’s awfully hard to find healthy food in  North America because food suppliers stuff everything full of highly processed carbs, salt, fat, and sugars. Your -year-old stomach might have been able to tolerate pizza, beer and potato chips for break- fast, but your -year-old system will react, if not immediately, over time. One big key to eating right on the road is to buy simple, fresh food at a grocery rather than  accepting the slow and over-pro- cessed meals at a restaurant. And when you are buying food at a grocery, get in the habit of quickly locating the nutri- tion label and scanning the fats, sugars, and salt.One big reason why some of the more famous LD riders go for bananas is that they are almost a perfect food and there is no easy way to insert unhealthy additives. On a long ride you also need to keep your plumbing “regular”, which is difficult when you’re sitting on a vibrating compactor for  hours on end. Figure out what works for you, whether it’s dried apricots or stool softener, and take the dose on schedule. If you’re not a “health nut” it’s not too late to become one. There’s a ton of information on exercise  and nutrition available online. Author of “Proficient Motorcycling,” “Street Strategies” and “More Proficient Motor- cycling,” David is a motorcycle journal- ist who has been riding motorcycles for  years and more than a million miles. He has contributed to various motorcycle maga- zines over the years, notably the Proficient Motorcycling and Street Strategies columns in Road Rider and Motorcycle Consumer News, BMW Owners News, and regularly contributes to Iron Butt Magazine. He has also received numerous awards including special awards from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the BMWMOA Founda- tion and in recognition of his lifetime efforts toward motorcycle safety, he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in . Dave and his wife Diana live near Port Angeles, Washington. ExitRamp On Aging By David L. Hough