ORIGINAL: 804
LCS, I don't know if you've raced MX, but until one has lined up at the starting gate with 39 other riders, all bikes revved to the moon and pointed to the same spot in the first turn, they'll never know the meaning of shaking like a leaf. BTDT hundreds of times, it doesn't change, at least for me. It is of course not all about concern for the bike, but, there is potential for doing thousands of dollars of damage to one any time it is ridden.
To be quite honest, I used to feel a similar feeling when maidening a new plane, but not any more.
I don't normally share this hind of stuff but actually I
was speaking about myself. I couldn't walk for 6 months due to an accident I had while riding a dirt bike...the Doc thought he might just as well amputate my leg...fortunately he found a way around that. I deal with continuing pain to this day. Had I taken more caution that day...equal to that I do with my models, I could have avoided all that misery. So you can say I know a little about which I speak.