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The other love of my life, that I don't talk about too much in this blog, is motorcycles and motorcycle racing. Jay Springsteen, Harley Davidson racer and former racing idol of mine is back after a crash. Springsteen at Full Speed DAYTONA BEACH -- Jay Springsteen is pretty much a "vintage" type, much like the No. 9 1972 Harley-Davidson he rode Monday and Tuesday in American Historical Racing Motorcycle Association events at Daytona International Speedway. Indeed, the 49-year-old Motorcycle Hall of Famer is even older than a lot of the riders against whom he competes. "Some of them could be my son," Springsteen said. "I'm going to be 50 in April." Generally speaking, the older one gets, the slower bone fractures will heal -- and motorcycle racing generally isn't prone to particularly cushy landings when one is hurled from a seat. Springsteen's recovery rate was taxed nearly to its limits in the aftermath of a serious late-July wreck last yea...