To answer your question, no. The wifey doesn't really approve of bikes. And now with a newborn baby, I probably will never ride again.
I had a Honda Shadow 750FLX in college and loved it. Bought it chep and rode it everywhere. Sold it to buy a tractor to use on some land I purchased before I got married......much safer.
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My Dad rode till age 75. His last bike was a Kawasaki 750. The next to last bike was a triumph bonneville. I've got a picture someone took of him laying out flat on an Indian.. taken at 100 mph.
I was wiped out on a Honda back in HS. Had my helmet yanked tight and the crash apparently blew it off like butter. Pickup turn left right in front of me and knocked me out cold until reached the Hospital. Lenthly hospital recovery. A couple yrs later, a car of pyshco's tried running me over on a high speed chase late at night, over perhaps 3 miles thru city neighborhoods. They were right on my azz at the time ( a couple feet) and couldn't make a sharp turn without wiping out. That's exactly how I dodged from getting ran over, wiping out on a sharp turn. Luckily it was in a ravine they couldn't drive down without getting stuck, they then took off. My wisdom grew immeasurably while in the Army. Not enough to keep me from buying a Harley Sporster (1000 cc ) upon release. I came way too close to getting wiped out on the Interstate and ending my life in a grease spot. Once and for all, that wised me up.
I won't ride on the street anymore. Too dangerous. I discovered the racetrack 20 years ago and have never looked back (ha...mirrors aren't allowed).
The track has no dogs, cars, intersections. No gravel, dirt, oil, wet leaves. Everyone is going the same direction around predictable corners. Turn workers flag alerts. EMT's are only a moment away. Everyone is wearing state-of-the-art protection.
The worst accident I've had on two wheels...broke both arms in 2007...was on a bicycle at 10mph. I was wearing lycra and a dopey half helmet. Pretty standard for cyclists. Lance.
"The worst accident I've had on two wheels...broke both arms in 2007...was on a bicycle at 10mph. I was wearing lycra and a dopey half helmet. Pretty standard for cyclists. Lance"
No kidding. I owned six Yamaha RD's and never had a bad wreck. Twice I was hit (and run) riding a bicycle, once by a car who drove up on the sidewalk to hit me (almost died) and once by a 18 wheeler and got minor injuries. You'd think it would have been the other way around
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One of my best friends nearly bought the farm on one. Wiped out on loose gravel, hit a tree, snapped his femur, broke several ribs and just to add insult to injury, landed in poison ivy.
I like Harleys personally but I wouldn't sell a personal collection to buy a new one, just as I wouldn't do it to buy a new car; I would look at it as exchanging something with significant upside for something that will depreciate. Now if I had the extra scratch outright... nah, who am I kidding- I'd still buy a '67 Vette.
Do what ever makes you happy but keep in mind you only have one life. It's almost never the biker but the driver of the car not looking twice..... I often think of what i can buy with that little coin that i dont have, Then i go out and buy a new coin crazy how it works. What ever you do be safe out there and keep good INS.
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I had a Honda Shadow 750FLX in college and loved it. Bought it chep and rode it everywhere. Sold it to buy a tractor to use on some land I purchased before I got married......much safer.
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<< <i>After working in the Trauma bay... I will pass on the motorcycle. >>
That is how I received a kidney transplant. The cadaver donor was riding a bike, no helmet and someone did
not see him on the road and ran into him.
I actually used to race dirt bikes when I was very young back east.
Back then I did not know what I know now. All joking aside guy's please be careful.
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It is great for store runs and riding deep into the woods where even four wheel drive trucks can't go.
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I was wiped out on a Honda back in HS. Had my helmet yanked tight and the crash apparently blew it off like butter. Pickup turn left right in front of me and knocked me out cold until reached the Hospital. Lenthly hospital recovery. A couple yrs later, a car of pyshco's tried running me over on a high speed chase late at night, over perhaps 3 miles thru city neighborhoods. They were right on my azz at the time ( a couple feet) and couldn't make a sharp turn without wiping out. That's exactly how I dodged from getting ran over, wiping out on a sharp turn. Luckily it was in a ravine they couldn't drive down without getting stuck, they then took off.
My wisdom grew immeasurably while in the Army. Not enough to keep me from buying a Harley Sporster (1000 cc ) upon release. I came way too close to getting wiped out on the Interstate and ending my life in a grease spot. Once and for all, that wised me up.
The track has no dogs, cars, intersections. No gravel, dirt, oil, wet leaves. Everyone is going the same direction around predictable corners. Turn workers flag alerts. EMT's are only a moment away. Everyone is wearing state-of-the-art protection.
The worst accident I've had on two wheels...broke both arms in 2007...was on a bicycle at 10mph. I was wearing lycra and a dopey half helmet. Pretty standard for cyclists.
Lance.
Lance"
No kidding. I owned six Yamaha RD's and never had a bad wreck. Twice I was hit (and run) riding a bicycle, once by a car who drove up on the sidewalk to hit me (almost died) and once by a 18 wheeler and got minor injuries. You'd think it would have been the other way around
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<< <i>I can't say NO loud enough!!!!!! >>
Try using all caps and add a few more !!!!'s.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I like Harleys personally but I wouldn't sell a personal collection to buy a new one, just as I wouldn't do it to buy a new car; I would look at it as exchanging something with significant upside for something that will depreciate. Now if I had the extra scratch outright... nah, who am I kidding- I'd still buy a '67 Vette.
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