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This article is from the How to Become a
Motorcycle Roadracer FAQ, by Duke Robillard duke@io.com with
numerous contributions by others.
1.4 Am I Going To Wind Up Maimed or Dead?
Well, all the championship level racers are maimed to a certain
extent. Doug Polen has no toes on one foot, Mick Doohan's right ankle
doesn't bend, and Wayne Rainey is paralysed from the waist down. On
the other hand, I've met a lot of expert club racers who seem pretty
much okay.
You are going to crash, and you are going to break bones. Your
collarbones are goners. Fingers, handbones, wristbones, footbones, and
anklebones are also likely to get broken.
However, serious injury and death are not very common. Most crashes
involve sliding to a stop, getting up, and running to hit your kill
switch. Racers like to claim the track is safer than the street,
because there are no Volvos to turn left in front of you. And when you
do crash, there's an ambulance a few minutes away, with the engine
running.
But there's just no getting around the fact that this is a dangerous
sport. If that bothers you a lot, maybe you should take the advice of
a friend of mine, who suggested I try chess instead. :-> Remember: "It
ain't a sport if it can't kill you."
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