Do fat soldiers give the US military a bad look?

@sree251 . Is riding dirt bike at a high level worth the risk?

Yes, it is worth it to me. I love riding, I ride within my comfort zone. The plan is, never crash. It has been tough finding
guys my age that can keep up off road. There are a lot of motorcycle riders, but most will not do the offroad stuff.
I have two friends now that are around 60 and they can keep up. It's fun mapping out trails and being prepared
for anything. I have done a lot of hiking, backpacking and 4 wheeling through the years, so it is kind of in the
same realm

I started riding dirt bikes in 1972 I have owned about 15 different offroad bikes compared to 3 street bikes.

A few years ago I had a big V-twin road bike, and found myself taking it on dirt trails, that's when I decided to
go back to off road and Dual sport motorcycles

@DogMan
How big was that V-twin? My Yamaha 650 Dragstar weighed 500 pounds. No way I could take it on dirt trails. Don't you like riding on country roads?

@sree251 It was an 800cc Vulcan V-twin. Easily over 500lbs. I took it on a lot of gravel roads no problem.

I also took it on fairly easy trails. But I knew if I got in trouble it would be very hard to pick up and turn around.

I like to watch those pro riders on their 600lb BMW GS doing dirt bike stuff and making it look easy.

Have you heard of Pol Tares? He is not mortal.

@DogMan
Roger on that. And fit means fighting fit mano o mano. This means women are out. You cannot shoot women and children even at war or put them in harms way to fight a man's war in the front lines. No fat men and women in combat duties.

@FreddieUK
At your age, you are allowed to be fat.

@sree251 That's good to know. Thanks. 😂

@specman
This is not something liberals want tot hear.

@specman Ironically, most generals are ripped because they have nothing to do besides work out.

@MarkPaul DogMan and FrogMan. Love your friends' names!!

@MarkPaul @DogMan The ballroom is merely a pretext for upgrading the secure bunker underneath the East Wing. The plans for the ballroom come out to $3000 per square foot, an outrageous price when one-third of that would be considered high-end construction. So either the money is being funneled to Trump in some way, or there's more going on than just a ballroom.

@LeopoldBloom Yep, I heard it will have a bunker just big enough for the Trump family and staff to live in for a year
while the radiation diminishes.

@sree251 That's correct, the meeting wasn't planned. Elvis' main goal was to get a Bureau of Narcotics Dangerous Drugs badge to add to his badge collection.

Really? Great game!!! Going to another one? If so and you have an extra ticket I’ll join you. @swirlie

Elvis really wanted to bowl with Nixon on those private lanes. @LeopoldBloom