That was my first thought.
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Why I no longer ride motorcycles
- Thread starter Granite3
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I miss riding. A rider friend of mine was hit head on a couple months ago. He's still in a coma.
I love bikes but I had WAY too many close calls and minor wrecks that could have been much worse. I stay away from bikes now. Gray hairs make you think twice about things. I'm not anfraid of dying. It's the surviving, mangled , crippled part that I don't want. I knew a guy back in the 90s that hit a culvert with one leg in and one leg out. He lived for a few months after that.
March 11th 2002 was the last time (officially) riding for me. I do miss it terribly sometimes but after laying at the bottom of a cliff in north Georgia for almost two hours waiting to be found by the only person that knew I was riding that day. Bleeding out, broken back, fractured femur, compounded twice below the knee and internal bleeding… I made the ubiquitous bargain with God that if He would save me, I would serve him. He did His part and I try to do mine now.
A week in a coma and six months learning to walk again only to find out that I lost two friends in separate incidents over the same weekend… crazy thing is that no one else was involved in any of our accidents, we were playing, racing and I was curve riding and testing my chicken strips. Those that know, know!
God be with this rider’s family!
A week in a coma and six months learning to walk again only to find out that I lost two friends in separate incidents over the same weekend… crazy thing is that no one else was involved in any of our accidents, we were playing, racing and I was curve riding and testing my chicken strips. Those that know, know!
God be with this rider’s family!
Gave up too, sold my bike last November.
After almost 50 years on the street, it was time to let it go. For me it’s because I noticed so many drivers looking down at their phones, that and coming over the line at me.
I miss it a lot and sometimes think about buying a couple of small dual sport bikes for me and the wife. We can trailer them up to the Bull Mountain parking lot and ride the entire Chattahoochee National Forest. At least up there it seems like people watch where they’re going. There’s no service on the phones and if you don’t watch where you’re going you’ll end up in a world of hurt. It‘s about the only way I can see to putt around safely anymore. Such a shame….
After almost 50 years on the street, it was time to let it go. For me it’s because I noticed so many drivers looking down at their phones, that and coming over the line at me.
I miss it a lot and sometimes think about buying a couple of small dual sport bikes for me and the wife. We can trailer them up to the Bull Mountain parking lot and ride the entire Chattahoochee National Forest. At least up there it seems like people watch where they’re going. There’s no service on the phones and if you don’t watch where you’re going you’ll end up in a world of hurt. It‘s about the only way I can see to putt around safely anymore. Such a shame….
Hit it with what?
There is a difference between a calculated risk (deciding to ride) and reckless abandon (riding like an idiot). Is riding at all a stupid decision? Subjective relative to your life exposure I suppose.
Some people just hate riders for the sake of hating and feel superior in their cager that probably gives them the some sense of bravado they wouldn't have in the parking lot outside of their vehicle.
I love riding, I'm just not comfortable with the odds anymore for me personally. Is that self preservation? For me, calculating the risks, probably. For the next guy, his calculations may be different than mine. Doesn't mean he's stupid, just his factors in calculating the risk may be different.
Coming in here calling people stupid because they decide to ride, that's probably stupid.
Some people just hate riders for the sake of hating and feel superior in their cager that probably gives them the some sense of bravado they wouldn't have in the parking lot outside of their vehicle.
I love riding, I'm just not comfortable with the odds anymore for me personally. Is that self preservation? For me, calculating the risks, probably. For the next guy, his calculations may be different than mine. Doesn't mean he's stupid, just his factors in calculating the risk may be different.
Coming in here calling people stupid because they decide to ride, that's probably stupid.
You heathen . Oh, wait…
Did just that..well kinda. Kept the ElectraGlide and picked up a R NineT Scrambler. Been riding since I was 14 and turned 70 last month. I enjoy half the weight and the nimbleness of the scrambler. It’s not a long haul scoot but it’s a lot of fun.
