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Riding keeps you young!

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TOKYO (AFP) - - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain Training" computer software said Wednesday, citing a new scientific study.

"The driver's brain gets activated by riding motorbikes" in part because it requires heightened alertness, Ryuta Kawashima said after is 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 aging."

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 North America.

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

One experiment involved 22 men, all in their 40s and 50s, who held motorcycle licenses 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 hat 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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:laugh: I knew it! I'm not growing up and you can't make me:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sounds only fair that I get the missus a new bike so we stay young together:p
 
I believe that. Riding keeps me young. At least in my mind. Maybe not the body.
 
Interesting thread. Convincing too.

The group of friends I ride with are all in the 60 - 74 age group. Some I've known for over 50 years and all are very competent still, if a bit slower and a lot wiser. How we've survived this long often amazes me, but for sure we've proven that speed doesn't often kill. Only two of my friends have died motorcycling and they were both killed while racing in the IOM.

Low-spine arthritis is now my biggest problem, but when the pain is bad my cure is not a pill but a ride of a few hundred km. It works every time, partly mental for sure, and partly the riding position on both my sensibly comfortable bikes. By comparison, sitting in a chair for long and in a car for more than an hour are Hell.

When the worst happens I'd rather die riding than lying in bed. "Better to wear out than rust out," as the saying goes.

Age has many important messages with it such as: Always do today what you'd like to do most. Always put off until another day the things you don't want to do today. Don't die with money still in your pocket which would've better been spent on bikes. As soon as a bike appears which I'd rather have than the ones I've got, I'll buy it.

Graham
 
F#<k yes it makes you younger and I plan to ride until I'm back in pampers:woohoo:
 
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