Not allowed to ride

[piston broke]

anyone else?
i'm in my mid 40's,and unlucky enough to have had some small strokes.
my licence has been revoked,it's been near a year now.
my poor old bike has been sitting in the shed ever since.
mainly cause i know i won't be safe.
weekends like the last, make it extremely hard to not take the bike out.
the only thing that stops me is that i might cause some carnage out there.
it is now getting close to asking someone to take me for a spin.
shame i'm such a bad pillion (hate it)
have a good summer out there folks,be there soon

[tigertim20]

fuck thats rough mate.
hang in there. they do say that positive thought, and having something to look forward to assists wih a recovery. the brain plays a major part in recovery.

Keep looking at the bike, and the good things you still have in your life, and see them as reasons to get your licence, and all the other things you are missing, back in your life.

In the mean time find some more hobbies and explore your horizons, read, learn, try.

Youll get back on the bike in good time. dont rush it. savour the opportunity to spend time on some new pursuits, and we will see you back on the road again when you are good and ready!

[Maha]

Thats a shit thing Marc, not being able to ride a bike because of a medical condition.
Its not as if the ban will be lifted anytime soon eh? or will it?
Is there an 'all clear' peroid?
You must be on medication so, can the cause be managed given time?

[Genie]

That just sucks...I'm sorry that you've got that going on and really, yes, do get someone to take you out for a ride, it's better than nothing.

One of my dearest friends has some weird shit going on in her brain and she's not allowed to drive either. She'd just past her big truck licence and was looking forward to driving a big truck for her work, her dream job, then this brain shit happened. Gut wrenching, three years later, she's pushbiking everywhere and her attitude has been amazing, she sure has inspired me.

I hope that things for you do change and you can get back on your bike but in the mean time, be a pillion, you may just love that too.

[Duke girl]

Sorry to hear about your strokes and not been able to ride due to health issues is something that is out of your control as the body at times is hard to understand with what it does.
Hopefully with time you will be able to get back on your bike and make up for lost time but l guess being a pillion doesn't replace riding yourself but it gets you back out there.
Goodluck to you and your health.

[tamarillo]

Don't give in. It may be one day that your body settles down and with health improvements you are stroke free long enough to get licence back. I did not ride for 10 yrs due to bad health and sold all my gear. But I did get riding abilty back - a bit limited in distance but riding. Stick in there.

[eliot-ness]

anyone else?
i'm in my mid 40's,and unlucky enough to have had some small strokes.
my licence has been revoked,it's been near a year now.
my poor old bike has been sitting in the shed ever since.
mainly cause i know i won't be safe.
weekends like the last, make it extremely hard to not take the bike out.
the only thing that stops me is that i might cause some carnage out there.
it is now getting close to asking someone to take me for a spin.
shame i'm such a bad pillion (hate it)
have a good summer out there folks,be there soon

Sorry to hear about your problem, mate, however, you are still young and what you think as being the end of life as you know it, can change rapidly.
I too had a stroke, a serious one that left me with with no feeling in my right arm and leg, speech badly impaired, and no abilty to comprehend reading and writing.
One year on and I'm about back to 90%. What I haven't yet achieved is to regain my confidence to ride, I can drive the car, but have no interest at all in that. Cant play the guitar, the stroke left me with no feeling in three right hand fingers, can't use the yacht, slight balance problem. The worst problem was loss of vocabulary, it was six months before I could put together more than a few basic sentences. Now I'm back to writing an article for a magazine. May not be accepted though but at least I can give it a go.
All in all, I think I was lucky, 71 years old; 55 years riding behind me, but I intend to ride a few more years if it's at all possible. Stay positive and you can achieve anything,

[Grasshopperus]

All in all, I think I was lucky, 71 years old; 55 years riding behind me, but I intend to ride a few more years if it's at all possible. Stay positive and you can achieve anything,

Good stuff!

55 years eh? Hope I can something like that in 54 years

[Mom]

anyone else?

Now that is a real bummer, I am sorry to hear it. It sucks when your health lets you down, we all take it so much for granted. Flick me a PM with your addy, we will pop up and say hi, you never know Mark might be tempted into taking you out for a spin

[marie_speeds]

Sorry to hear about health. If you recovered and rehabilitated to a certain degree would your OT or GP allow you to ride again? Or does banned mean banned for good? I hope not....