I don't like to ride with people my own age!!

[DenverDuc]

more to the point is really to find someone who you are comfortable riding with.
whether they be faster than you or not.
share with that person what your intent is for the day.
it's not about the race,but the pace.

does that make sense??

Makes total sense....

Its not so much the pace for me. I just find some of the younger guys can be more UNPREDICTABLE when it comes to riding and thats what I mainly concerned with.

[pannetron]

Agreed! At 56 I'm neither young nor old. I'm not fast nor slow -- I call myself half-fast ;-) Today I came up on two young guys on current sport bikes. Cruising around 80-100 on the straights and so slow in the turns I almost ran into them until I realized they couldn't ride! The Pace (tm) is important!!!

[TheSollyLama]

sadly, 'The Pace' usually refers these days to throttle control to keep a bike at balance point.........

Last year I giggled like a school girl watching a dude on a VRod completely blow a pack of sport bike riders away on the first turn we even hit. It looked like a pinball game seeing all the sport bikers bouncing off each other cause they couldn't hold a line thru even a simple turn