If I could live my life over

[Mystic13]

If I could live my life over the one thing I'd change is....


I'd get my first motorcycle sooner.

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Feel free to add your comments, and bike related ones would be good - so what would you change?

[MSTRS]

...I would have taken one look at my first wife's mother (before the marriage :lol:)...and RUN LIKE FUCK.

[Finn]

I would of bought shares in Apple with all my pocket money.

[jim.cox]

I would still be single

[Blackshear]

I would have stopped being a lazy faggot and saved for my bike much sooner, and aquired my licence BEFORE the age of 18. I also wouldn't fail the theory 3 times :lol:

[Squiggles]

I would buy the winning lotto ticket

[DMNTD]

...I would've kept my cock in my pants to save on child support :blink:

[Dean]

I would of stayed out of trouble and gone to mum's church.

[gwigs]

Stayed single ,not had kids........:crybaby::crybaby:
You dont know what happiness is until you have kids, but by then its too late.

[Headbanger]

Wouldn't change a thing, Not even the real bad shit that happened.

I'm happy with who I am and where I'm at.

[PirateJafa]

I'd have taken the ambulance to hospital, rather than driving myself there.


One day I'll get to ride in an ambulance. One day. :(

[firefighter]

I would still be single


I would of bought shares in Apple with all my pocket money.


I would have stopped being a lazy faggot and saved for my bike much sooner, and aquired my licence BEFORE the age of 18. I also wouldn't fail the theory 3 times :lol:

i'd do all of that.......(failing theory test N/A )

I'd also enjoy school, now that I know better.........

[Headbanger]

One day I'll get to ride in an ambulance. One day. :(

I've ridden in a couple,near dead in one, Its over rated.

[firefighter]

Wouldn't change a thing, Not even the real bad shit that happened.

I'm happy with who I am and where I'm at.

Whatever Oprah!!!

[slofox]

I woulda been born older....

[Taz]

I woulda been born older....

Awesome. Quote of the year......

[Mystic13]

You dont know what happiness is until you have kids, but by then its too late.



Priceless.


I'd have taken the ambulance to hospital, rather than driving myself there.


One day I'll get to ride in an ambulance. One day. :(

Another rider I know got to ride the ultimate ambulance. The red and yellow westpac one. Only problem is he has no recollection of anything from the accident to waking up in the white room. That has to be the ultimate let down. You don't even get to enjoy the helicopter ride. He's wellngood heald now.


I woulda been born older....

rotflmao. Damn, I'm meant to be working. Now I'll be reading these things all afternoon.

[Big Dave]

There are a few crashes I'd avoid. That's about it. No regrets.

[firefighter]

I woulda been born older....

eeek.......I feel sorry for your mother!

Perhaps you should have your handle changed to BenjaminButton?

[MSTRS]

I woulda been born older....

That's not bad....but I reckon 'twould be better to be born knowing what one knows now...
Just imagine...mmmmmm, breastfeeding...

[oldrider]

If I could live my life over the one thing I'd change is....


I'd get my first motorcycle sooner.

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Feel free to add your comments, and bike related ones would be good - so what would you change?

I wouldn't change a thing in my life and as for bikes I bought the first one I could at the first opportunity!

Hhmmmm, thinks contemplatively for a moment!

Given the chance all over, providing I knew what I know now, I probably would have made love to more women and then taken a ride on my bike!

No, still don't think I would change anything! :shifty: Blows quietly and contentedly on nails! :whistle:

[ynot slow]

Would've liked to know I had a cancer gene as teenager maybe,maybe not.

Nah life is what you take from it.

Bit like Bob Segars' words "Wish I didn't know now what I did know then" from Turn the Page off hand.

[CookMySock]

I woulda been born older....Haha, yeah.

I'd get more experience, sooner.

Steve

[Maha]

I would never have bought a Pink shirt.......:shifty:

Damn it yes I would!!!!!!...........:wari:

[slofox]

That's not bad....but I reckon 'twould be better to be born knowing what one knows now...


That's really what I was meaning...to have the experienced brain in the younger body...

[MadDuck]

That's not bad....but I reckon 'twould be better to be born knowing what one knows now...
Just imagine...mmmmmm, breastfeeding...

Yikes! Thats your mum you are referring to :blink:

[Maha]

Yikes! Thats your mum you are referring to :blink:

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[Mikkel]

Another rider I know got to ride the ultimate ambulance. The red and yellow westpac one. Only problem is he has no recollection of anything from the accident to waking up in the white room. That has to be the ultimate let down. You don't even get to enjoy the helicopter ride. He's wellngood heald now.

High on morphine in a helicopter sounds pretty good... but I doubt whtherh most people actually enjoy the experience.

[kevfromcoro]

Think i would of been a schoolgirls bycycle seat.........

[ManDownUnder]

More mistakes and less sympathy

[EJK]

If I can go back... Hmmm my life is fucked either way so I won't be bothered going back to live again.

[tribsanor]

:moon:
That's not bad....but I reckon 'twould be better to be born knowing what one knows now...
Just imagine...mmmmmm, breastfeeding...

Crikey! On the way out, first thing you see is your mothers backside !:moon:

[MSTRS]

Yikes! Thats your mum you are referring to




Crikey! On the way out, first thing you see is your mothers backside !

I'll admit (keep it to yourselves tho...) I never actually thought it through.... :pinch::Oops::sick:

[duckonin]

Nothing to change in my life, except to tweek it a mite here and there:innocent:, Swapped my Morris minor for my first bike 1950 odd matchless 500 single banger..Fuck was it noisy, but good...

[vifferman]

There are a few crashes I'd avoid.
Yes, that's a goodun. :yes:
There are a few things I've done worngA (apart from those crashes).

Choosing the wrong kids to hang out with at school. The kewl kids were (in hindsight) actually dickheads.
Getting drunk too many times, and too early (started at 13, killed meeelleeeons of brain cells I could do with now).
Not taking time to decide what I was going to do when I left school. That's nearly 6 years of my life wasted studying for a degree I've never used, and shitloads of years doing semi-unrelated jobs that don't add up to a career.
Not buying more bikes when I was younger.
Not riding more bikes when I was older than that young guy who didn't buy enough bikes.
Not realising my spawn would be mutant. (I love them, but they've inherited some serious defects).
Telling my doctor my wife thought I was depressed.
Investing 7 years or so in drug companies' products (I'm no better, I've lost something, and gained nothing).

It's a funny thing though. I've made some blindingly stupid employment decisions, but had some interesting times as a result. If my brain wasn't fookt (as a result of substances), I could write a very interesting book.

[oldrider]

:moon:

Crikey! On the way out, first thing you see is your mothers backside !:moon:

That's because "God" is a Civil Engineer by training! :shifty:

Who else (but a civil engineer)would put a toxic outlet right beside a play ground, like he did when he designed woman! :sick:

[wickle]

Wouldn't of sold any of my bikes, 1969 BSA , 1974 Triumph , TS400 , Suzuki GT750, GS550. Z900. then if had kept them I most probably would not have been married twice.

[Squid]

Would have been involved more with youth groups/programs. Not sold my subaru and got into bikes sooner!!! :wari:

[jono035]

I'll admit (keep it to yourselves tho...) I never actually thought it through.... :pinch::Oops::sick:

I gave you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you had a wet nurse or something... That was the alternative that hurt my head the least :blink:

[EJK]

Wouldn't of sold any of my bikes, 1969 BSA , 1974 Triumph , TS400 , Suzuki GT750, GS550. Z900. then if had kept them I most probably would not have been married twice.

Seems like you were the one in your avatar when you said it.

[gijoe1313]

Ride more.

[SARGE]

Nope .. Sorry to bust yr bubble sunshine ..


Wouldnt change a thing ... Character building



Ride more.


not possible

[Dare]

Get my first motorbike at 4 instead of 20...
Oh and being richer.

Still, not a bad run so far all things considered.

[Toaster]

I would have missed that damn sheep on the road and be at home right now with my beautiful family.

[Pixie]

If I could live my life over the one thing I'd change is....


I'd get my first motorcycle sooner.

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Feel free to add your comments, and bike related ones would be good - so what would you change?

Don't wanna be buried in a pet cemetary

[idleidolidyll]

I'd have changed nothing..............

[carver]

i would change kiwibiker and would have made sure it never got off the ground by ruining it from day one

[pete376403]

Would've liked to know I had a cancer gene as teenager maybe,maybe not.

Nah life is what you take from it.

Bit like Bob Segars' words "Wish I didn't know now what I did know then" from Turn the Page off hand.
Against The Wind

[mstriumph]

Nope .. Sorry to bust yr bubble sunshine ..


Wouldnt change a thing ... Character building





not possible

me either (esPECIALLY not NOW!! :love: )

[Motu]

If I knew I was going to be as old as this?

Those corners I thought I could have taken faster.....I would do them faster.

[SARGE]

if i knew i was going to be as old as this?

Those corners i thought i could have taken faster.....i would do them faster.

hell motu..


If i knew i was gonna live this long i woulda taken better care of myself..


I didnt make any plans past 35

[crazyhorse]

Oh where to start...... shouldn't have got married. But then my wonderful kids wouldn't be here. Shouldn't have moved abroad last year. Then my bank balance would still be wonderfully healthier than it is now.

Yeah, that'll do - but I'm out riding heaps and loving every minute of it as if its my last :woohoo:

[MotoKuzzi]

...I would have taken one look at my first wife's mother (before the marriage :lol:)...and RUN LIKE FUCK.

I didn't realise there was a correlation until it was too late. :shit:

[MotoKuzzi]

I would have kept riding/owning a m/cycle, instead of having a 20yr break.

[Dodgyiti]

I didn't realise there was a correlation until it was too late. :shit:

We never realise at the time, hindsight, or sight of the hind is a horrible thing

[Fiendish Zen]

Hmm, have to say I like all the stuff good and bad that's happened to me, it's made me learn about myself.

So, i'll add to the chorus and say I wish I'd had the drive to get in to biking earlier and started at 20 rather than 30.

[peasea]

Wouldn't change a thing, Not even the real bad shit that happened.

I'm happy with who I am and where I'm at.

What he said.

The only change I'd make to that statement is to add the word 'seriously' between 'I'm' and 'happy'.

[peasea]

Oh where to start...... shouldn't have got married. But then my wonderful kids wouldn't be here. Shouldn't have moved abroad last year. Then my bank balance would still be wonderfully healthier than it is now.

Yeah, that'll do - but I'm out riding heaps and loving every minute of it as if its my last :woohoo:

You should only ever move abroad if she's uncomfortable.

[Finn]

I would have left NZ at least 20 years ago. What a terrible decision I made to stay put.

[nudemetalz]

I would have stopped my Dad leaving for work that fateful day, or at least delayed him........

[elle-f]

I would have maybe not boozed away so much money in my 20s! and bought something like a house in the Wairarapa as an investment

[boman]

I would have stopped my Dad leaving for work that fateful day, or at least delayed him........

I could say the same about my wife, last year. But, what will be must be.

[idleidolidyll]

I would have left NZ at least 20 years ago. What a terrible decision I made to stay put.

there's still time. i doubt you'll be missed

[Finn]

there's still time. i doubt you'll be missed

You're right, I do have plenty of time. But that's the beauty of hardwork - options & opprtunity. Something that a dried up bitter deadbeat like you doesn't have.

[idleidolidyll]

You're right, I do have plenty of time. But that's the beauty of hardwork - options & opprtunity. Something that a dried up bitter deadbeat like you doesn't have.

at least i'm not a pathetic stalker with a chip the size of canada on my shoulder.

you really are a childish tosser

[Blackshear]

IN THE BLUUUUUUE COOORNERRRRR!!!!


Etc etc. :corn::corn::corn:

[Highlander]

Stolen from the song "Turning thirty" by Randy Stonehill...


i've got a house down by the ocean
the rent is not too high
and i love to watch the ships come in
and hear the seagulls cry
and lately i've been taking stock
of all that i've been through
oh tomorrow is my birthday
feels funny but it's true
i'm turning thirty
now i've got a wife who really loves me
she makes my life so sweet
and a little baby daughter
who plays games around my feet
and my world is very different
from lost lazy bachelor years
but if i had the chance to go back
i'd rather stay right here
turning thirty
and i have friends who care about me
they're the best i've ever had
and they always stood behind me
whenever times got bad
and i love to play my music
though the road can be at trial
but every time i walk on stage
it's worth each dusty mile
turning thirty
well, now thirty ain't like fifteen
and it's not like twenty-five
my back's a little stiff
and there're some lines around my eyes
but i've still got my energy
and i've got most of my hair
and i'm not too old to rock 'n roll
and i'm not really scared
of turning thirty

Seemed to apply when I was contemplating turning 30. That was a few years ago now. Kids are older, but yeah, If I had the chance to go back, I'd rather stay right here.

[Gremlin]

I'm not nearly as old as you lot, only had 25 years, and haven't fucked them up too badly...

I would have avoided GiJoe... that way, my bikes wouldn't have so many kilometres on them and I wouldn't keep getting called crazy :clap:

[Brett]

I would have left NZ at least 20 years ago. What a terrible decision I made to stay put.

Exactly Finn, cause your so deperate on the dole and homeless aye :gob:

I am young at 25...plenty of life ahead of me yet, so don't really want to change anything yet.
I suppose the two careers I would have loved that aren't really options to me anymore is orthopaedic surgery and military jet pilot ( missus won't relocate to Aussie and to be honest I would rather go down the entrepreneurial path anyway. Would have loved those, but I will be a bit too old if I started nowadays...the Mrs will want to kill me since she won't be able to have mini-Bretts.

[short-circuit]

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[saltydog]

The biggest regrets in life are for the the things you never did.

Does that tell any of you anything????

Just get of arse and do it!!!

[Mystic13]

Turn Back The Clock by Johnny Hates Jazz is another great song.

And if you haven't heard Johnny Hates Jazz then you're missing out on some good music.

I Don't Want To Be A Hero is a great anti war song especially the words. These songs have to be 20 years old now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51NAFhGDIYw

[Mystic13]

On a serious note I've enjoyed my life immensely. If there was one thing I'd change besides getting a bike sooner it would be to;

- Think about the skills I have, strengths and weaknesses and then take time to fix the weaknesses. I would have still made mistakes but my life would have been very different and I suspect I would have progressed through the various stages to where I am now much sooner.

And of course I could still do that now rather than later.

[ready4whatever]

i would of avoided meeting my gf 2 years ago, shes sweet but bloody expensive. and i would of got my 6 licence at 15, not 19. im 20 with a learners still

[one fast tl1ooo]

I would of got on kb sooner. who needs a tv when you have got kb to watch:corn::rofl:

[slofox]

Well.
According to the medicine man I visited on Monday, I have just about had my span. For the last decade I have known that I have an eventually terminal liver condition (not booze induced either you bunch of cynical bastards!). The guy that did the Fibroscan on Monday says its pretty well fucked (although I maintain that I will see for myself thanks) and that I have 2 - 5 years to go without a transplant. (Not sure I want to go there...).So I guess its time to get the bucket list in order and reflect upon the errors of my ways.
Part of it I have already done by finally getting another bike after putting it off for too many years. As for the rest?
I doubt I would change much if I could have another go. The good, the bad and the ugly - it's all part of the ride. Perhaps I would make sure that I was a little more employable next time round...then I could play with more toys.
Other than that? Meh. When it comes to jumping off the ultimate cliff, it matters not which path has taken us to the clifftop. As my old dad said to me when he was eighty-seven, "It's all a big fat nothing son". Meaning that at the jumping off point, nothing prior to that moment counts for anything.
So I say, get in and enjoy the ride. Go for it. Embrace it all. Good and bad are relative terms - it's all experience.
In the immortal words of Pink Floyd,
"The memories of a man in his old age
are the deeds of a man in his prime"

Make sure you have some when you get there. Coz I have. And I will continue to collect them just as long as I can.

[Mystic13]

Slofox I agree with the keep doing. I did my first parachute jump this year joined by my wife and two of my daughters and my son. One daughter decided it wasn't her.

Had that slight moment of WTF am I doing as I stepped out. For all of us it was the first time. The youngest was my son at 9. They guy he went with did somersaults coming out of the plane and then let him pull the strings to guide the chute. He's also the youngest jumper they've had.

We'd had moments of going to do it previously but people chickened out. It was seeing "The Bucket List" and not long after "The Jane Austin Book Club" that had characters jumping out of a plane that triggered it this time.

12,000 feet on a hot summers day, falling with very warm air shooting past was a neat experience. I don't think any of us will forget the experience.

At 9 yrs old I'm not sure that I would have jumped. My son wasn't going to then changed his mind when we got there. I really wanted to say "No son, not this time". I really struggled with letting him go, felt real uneasy and had to bite my tongue while I thought. In the preceeding week I was pretty happy because he was adamant he wasn't going to jump, and I didn't want him to. His feet on terra firma was a huge relief. The other two were 15 and 17 so I saw it more as their choice.

[TLMAN]

Think i would of been a schoolgirls bycycle seat.........

WHAT!!!!!!!:gob:

[1wheel riot]

i wouldent change a thing. (if your not on the edge your not living)

[TuonoTom]

I wouldn't change anything. I'm too young to be thinking of things like that

[mctshirt]

I'd like to think with a second chance I would lead a good and blameless life enriching society with good deeds but I suspect I'd continue to fuck up in new and inventive ways - I can't be arsed going through all that character building shit again - easier to be happy with with my lot :)