Motorcycling and An Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

Was a pleasure to drop in at the Avalon Duckpond tonight and see the BRONZ organisation lead tonight's ride program. A good pre-ride briefing and brief discussion of the route and potential hazards.

I went digging back into my blogg and found the following entry:

A Review The End Of Daylight Saving 2009-2010

Well done BRONZ for your efforts these past three years.

(Since autumn 2010 there have been a few more bikes, and up around 100,000km ...

I returned this evening to the Avalon Duckpond with my VS800 (S50 Boulevard). After a seven month irretrieveable breakdown (where the bike went one way and I went the other) we have reunited. A broken collar-bone, two broken ribs, two displaced ribs and seven months later... The crew in Auckland did an amazing job of refitting and re-commissioning the VS800. And, so today it arrived from Auckland, I immediately reaquainted the bike with Eastbourne and the beautiful Wellington harbour. This evening ...

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The S50 is a very good ride for me, and makes me appreciate the recent years and bikes I have owned. I must say that there may be some irony but at the end of the day coming back to a preferred bike of choice, albeit six years later, well it feels really good.

I remarked today to my brother-in-law, who actually got me into riding, that this Boulevard is in its own way 'non-threatening' - I shift up around, 40-50kph, then 60-70, then 80-90, and around 100kph. With the rumble of the ...

The following link came to mind:

Link: 2006 - BucKBuckNo1 Thinking - Suzuki Boulevard S50

That was way back in December 2006, only a couple of weeks after my mentor Uncle B was killed on the road to Castlepoint. Bruce and I had talked about the type of bike I would move up to after my GN250 and the Boulevard S50 - VS800 was very much in the frame. I actually went on to buy a VLX600 Honda cruiser and unfortunately that played havoc with my back and neck, the feet were ...

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I received the following email today and my reply is detailed below.

You have all showed an interest in or participated in the Wellington region motorcycle training as provided by local councils and Road safe. We would very much appreciate your feedback on the course so that we can better meet the safety needs of our residents.

This course reinforced my earlier advanced rider training participation completed twice in 3years. All such courses assist ...

For those of you that know me, know that I took up motorcycle riding for the first time when I was well into my 50's in 2006, and last year when I sold my last bike, I took up guitar lessons (oh and by the way I bought another bike this last May).

Well motorcycling was a personal objective "never done it before so give it a go", guitar - my parents bought me a guitar when I was very young but the navy got in the way and I didn't carry on the interest back then.

Today, ...

See Forum Link here for: A Good OCPD Example and the ensuing discussion.

Perhaps a good example of OCPD – Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: In this illustration I point out obvious conflicts that can and do appear in forum threads, but I also refer to the “standard” that is site rules. So the question arises is the argument valid to have a reasonable expectation when concrete examples can be provided and measured against rules?

The suggested qualification ...

My blog has a theme that at times addresses OCPD, and now that I have purchased yet another motorcycle for this summer (and yes it is a "keeper") I thought it appropriate that I provide a few insightful comments relating to not only my condition but also motorcycle riding safety and a review of another theme "Shit Happens". The Sunday Morning Rides Program for 2011/2012 is a ways and means of providing a forward looking program and hopefully encouraging responsible riding attitudes as well as the ...