It's not worth it.

[ital916]

Yeah,

It was an accumulation of things.

Over the last week over $1000 dollars has gone out of pocket, and for a student that is heart attack territory. Especially when I cant earn enough to fill demand. Stress levels have been high and just general temperment has been grumpy and bad.

I think the lesson I have learnt this week is not only the riding one but that human nature is not nice. There are no friendly people, when it boils down, it is everyone for themselves. If those are the rules of the game, then thats how I'm gonna play.

Its difficult to explain what it feels like when you are going to meet your maker. Its not a flash of memories or an ephinany of the face of god. Its just a thought of why the hell you ended up in such a dire situation.

[Oakie]

Lesson learnt.

That's the important thing. I learned a few lessons that way when I started out 30 years ago. One involved overtaking a car that was slowing coming up to a right hand side-road (wasn't indicating but it turned out she was turning) . Another involved an unfamiliar twisty road. (Popped over a crest to find the road disappeared left and was replaced by a cliff ). The images are still fresh in my mind ... and in colour. The bikers survive long-term are generally the ones who learn their lessons. If you make it through the next 30 years it may be partly because of your incident ... not inspite of it.

[R6_kid:Me]

sounds like you need to do a service on your front forks - if they weren't bottoming out you would have stopped a fair bit earlier.

[crash harry]

Yeah,

Its difficult to explain what it feels like when you are going to meet your maker. Its not a flash of memories or an ephinany of the face of god. Its just a thought of why the hell you ended up in such a dire situation.

I always get "I wonder if I'm going to get away with it this time?" flashing though my mind as it all goes wrong. Fortunately I always have, to varying degrees.

Good post dude. Could be summed up more succinctly as "Never ride without your brain switched ON". Riding *can* be a good way of blowing off steam if you approach it the right way. Check your baggage before you mount up, then spend half a day riding and not thinking about whatever it is that's bugging you. Does wonders for your head. But if you can't leave the baggage behind, you're absolutely right you should leave the bike in the shed!

[Ixion]

.. (Popped over a crest to find the road disappeared and was replaced by a cliff ). ...

Don't ya just hate that !

[Usarka]

Don't ride when you're not right in the head?

That's me fucked then

[wbks]

FUCK THERE ARE SOME BLOWHARDS AROUND HERE

[McJim]

FUCK THERE ARE SOME BLOWJOBS AROUND HERE

Where? Where? (unzips front of leathers) gimme gimme gimme.

[wbks]

Where? Where? (unzips front of leathers) gimme gimme gimme.

Bloody Scots!!!!

[Indiana_Jones]

RIDE OR DIE!

-Indy

[retro asian]

Going for a real ride (not city/suburb riding) can be real good, as you need to concentrate on the ride and you tend to forget about everything else.... until the ride is over...then its back to reality.

[bogan]

...
Good post dude. Could be summed up more succinctly as "Never ride without your brain switched ON". Riding *can* be a good way of blowing off steam if you approach it the right way. Check your baggage before you mount up, then spend half a day riding and not thinking about whatever it is that's bugging you. Does wonders for your head. But if you can't leave the baggage behind, you're absolutely right you should leave the bike in the shed!

agree with that, riding can be great for stress relief, if you can ride without letting the stress cloud your judgement

[Ms Piggy]

It just aint worth it. On a happier note, I know my brakes work.

Excellent reflection - glad you're okay.

[Phurrball]

There was a valid message about riding buried there amongst the purple prose...

There was also a lot of self indulgent 'poor-me' implied in there too. Perhaps time to weave some lessons you've learned from riding back into your life D.

[Ragingrob]

Riding can be a good form of forgetting about your troubles when you're angry, as long as you're riding for the ride and forget everything else cause that's what it's meant for right.

Rather than hopping on thinking about why you're going for a ride, hop on thinking about the freedom of the ride and let other shit slide.

Good to hear you're ok.