Many subjects in this thread so here goes.
Unfortunately, for most of us, as we grow older our arms eventually become not long enough and we have to resort to spectacles. When I test rode a Ducati I was thinking of buying in 2001 the speedo was graduated every 20 mph and was clear to my unaided eyes. When my new machine arrived it’s speedo was graduated every 10 mph and was a struggle to easily read until you became used to where the numbers were. Hence the use of the markers on the clock.
Since then the real solution is what you use while riding. Spectacles when it becomes necessary? I now use multi focal contact lenses and they are a game changer.
Regarding age, I am only a couple of years behind you Jerry and have just bought a new Street Triple R which I am enjoying.
The diamond grip pattern on the pegs infill must have taken ages.
I would recommend that you always carry your cell phone on your body. One day I had just left home and within a quarter of a mile I was on the floor having been dragged by the fingers of my right hand being trapped between the grip and the brake lever sliding along the blacktop. All this at only 10 mph or less but collar bone, shoulder blade and a rib were all fractured. Fortunately i eventually persuaded the helpful public first on scene that I really did need to get my helmet off and was able to use my phone.
Our phones now have emergency call facility which doesn’t even require the phone to be unlocked. My iPhone, on pressing and holding the opposing buttons for a brief period will start the emergency call countdown after which it will call whoever you have designated, can be more than one, and it will give gps coordinates.
Boots, as far as I’m concerned there are only one that I would now use and they are Daytona Road Stars. On a return journey of over 400 miles from Luxembourg back to the UK in biblical rain the only things dry when we eventually got home we’re my feet and my hands. Both gloves and boots are Gortex lined. My youngest lad also concurs with this opinion as he has snaffled his old man’s first pair.
With regard to visibility surely you always ride with dipped headlight on? It is worth noting this
YouTube video
Non white light on the front of your vehicle is certainly illegal in the UK, direction indicators excepted of coarse.