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Re: Motorcycles
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2015, 12:13:20 PM »
Here's an old article I wrote about starting to ride bikes later in life.  http://www.xgeez.com/2011/01/motorcycles-for-geezers/

It repeats a lot of the things said here. Motorcycles are dangerous, so is everything else that's good about life. You have to add up the balance for yourself. I tend to come down on the "ignore the sharks, surf on" side of the equation, but sometimes the balance tips.
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« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2015, 12:15:53 PM »
Dying is always the end game.  It is how you play in the middle that counts.

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« Reply #32 on: June 30, 2015, 12:24:55 PM »
I imagine defensive driving helps a lot, but I think the problem becomes the intoxication and exhilaration suspending judgment. The bikes generate a high, which seems to be the point.

In the emergency rooms, they called them donor cycles because they supplied a regular stream of organs and eyes.  I watched the organ harvesting procedures a few times. Also watched scrubbing out of road rash and imbedded asphalt on survivors. Saw consequences ever since I volunteered in the emergency room at Highland Hospital when I was in college.

I suppose that I was exposed to myriad consequences and remembered them. Sorry to be a bummer, just sharing what I have seen and heard.  There were guys who broke their legs just falling over on them sitting still.
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« Reply #33 on: July 01, 2015, 09:59:45 AM »
Part of my wifes aversion to bikes was knowing how I drive. The other part was us losing a few friends on bikes and one that lost his leg. You can be a safe as possible and it still doesn't matter. One who was a very experienced and safe/defensive rider was coming around the corner going to his folks house for a family party, hit a small patch of sand left behind by street sweepers, lost control and hit a power pole.

Of course the scars all over my bro only confirm her concerns......an old rider usually just means they've been lucky the grim reaper decided it wasn't time yet. I've heard enough of Bill's stories to know how lucky he is to still be here.
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« Reply #34 on: July 01, 2015, 10:26:05 AM »
Maybe it's foolish to be on a board full of thrill seeking risk takers and talk about the downside.  Everybody has their own risk:injury vs. reward acceptance ratio.

It does tend to be Darwinian. The only ones talking who are still out there are the ones who haven't been flushed.

For SUP, it is tolerable for me. Also, the longer on the ocean, the more micro reflexes develop and you get a bit safer.  I think the first year is the riskiest, that's why I tried to be careful.
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« Reply #35 on: July 01, 2015, 11:22:37 AM »
rode for years and years  used to race  district 37 desert vet class.  never won or anything . funny thing though I started on a honda ct 70,   then went to a suzuzki 90,  then didn't right for awhile college and crap, later bought several bikes . I also bought a  ct-70" just cause. wanted one"  I had  an IT 200 yamaha, ktm 360,  honda 400, honda 600, and an atk 604. upon which I broke my foot in 7 places.   For years I had partially ruptured achilles tendons, t  looked  like  snake eating a gopher...  finally after  that last break,  sold all the bikes   but now  I am think a honda ct90 or 110  would be sweet  hook a trailer and tow my board to the beach..   
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« Reply #36 on: July 01, 2015, 01:17:42 PM »
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The 79 Bonnie was my last attempt. Way too many txters, drunks, and old people
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Re: Motorcycles
« Reply #37 on: July 02, 2015, 04:11:48 PM »
Honda CRF  230 is my ride at the moment. It's a great bike for getting  around  our dirt roads.  Not the most powerful nor the most state of the art bike around but I do enjoy plodding along with her.

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« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2015, 01:45:29 PM »
My little run around bike...
Taller than most, shorter than others.

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« Reply #39 on: July 18, 2015, 04:16:51 PM »
^^^^ Awesome bike.

I guess for me it is all about weighing the risks versus the rewards. 

The enjoyment I get from riding bikes - outweighs the risk. 

That and I had a friend slip on the ice in winter - hit his head and pass away.   
He was an ultra cautious person - did no sports - and was very safety conscious in everything he did.
I guess when it's your time - it's your time - I figure you might as well enjoy it while you are here.   
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« Reply #40 on: July 24, 2015, 10:09:42 PM »
and pb--those mv augusta's are nice--my bro in law was US rep for them for a couple of years--theyve been slow to get traction in us market--where ducati is a household name at this point

Speaking of which. Bill you forgot your Ducati.
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Re: Motorcycles
« Reply #41 on: July 25, 2015, 07:45:08 AM »
Sold them, both the 916 and the 900 SS SP. I didn't bother Liston the stuff that I don't still have. Mainly because I can't remember them. Anything past Tuesday is aincient history.
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« Reply #42 on: July 25, 2015, 08:58:37 AM »
Chronological order:
1963 Honda 250 Scrambler
1963 Ducati 250 Scrambler
1969 Bultaco 250 Sherpa T
1970 Bultaco Pursang 250 
1971 CZ 250 
1984 Honda 250R (briefly)

I rode the first Honda and Ducati on the street like a crazed teenager does.  Spent some time riding trials until the Sherpa T was stolen. MC and desert on the Pursang and CZ until a bad crash in 1974.  I was living in the mountains in 1984 and decided to try and ride again so I bought the Honda; I'd lost the desire so I sold it  a few days later.  I took up mountain biking and it was my passion for many years, but I quit a couple of years ago; my body doesn't heal like it used to.

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Re: Motorcycles
« Reply #43 on: August 14, 2015, 06:14:57 PM »
I'm rebuilding the differential for Peyote, but I was walking by my Vincent and got a strong urge to get the minor work it needs done and get back to riding it. It's such a wicked looking old buggah:

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« Reply #44 on: August 14, 2015, 07:20:41 PM »
I was 16 when the Beach Boys were singing 'Hey Little Honda" ( or was it Jan & Dean). I got a small bike and soon had a crash which kept me from playing football that year, got the bike fixed, got out of the cast, and had another accident. Never rode a bike again.

 


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