Have you ever felt like giving up riding?

[nudemetalz]

It's a little surprising that hardly anyone has reflected on responsibility to others - for example wife and children. Once you've drawn them into the trauma of hospitals, CAT scans, serious talks with doctors, weird medication reactions...do you ignore your family and ride again? Expecting them to pick up the pieces again..and again..??



Still, as I said earlier, its a personal decision.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Been 3 weeks now without riding the Guzzi.
Only 11 months and 1 week to go.....providing I don't "go for the worse" again...
Yes it does suck, especially on those fine weekends.
Yes it does suck seeing it sitting there.

However,...do I want to be reckless to go out on it and put someone elses' life (as well as my own) at risk?
Nope.
I also have two young kids and a wife to think about.

It is tough but not the end of the world.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I did give up when I was too poor tor ride. But touch wood(y) my health is not an issue.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Been 3 weeks now without riding the Guzzi.
Only 11 months and 1 week to go.....providing I don't "go for the worse" again...
Yes it does suck, especially on those fine weekends.
Yes it does suck seeing it sitting there.

However,...do I want to be reckless to go out on it and put someone elses' life (as well as my own) at risk.
Nope.
I also have to young kids and a wife to think about.

It is tough but not the end of the world.

Plus KB is a fantastic substitute for riding, innit?

[Paul in NZ]

Plus KB is a fantastic substitute for riding, innit?

Really - I usually find it cures me of the desire to ride ;-)

Similar effect...

[nudemetalz]

Plus KB is a fantastic substitute for riding, innit?

errr.....yeah...of course.....

I only came on here to look for the Brolly Dollys thread that seems to have died..

[HenryDorsetCase]

errr.....yeah...of course.....

I only came on here to look for the Brolly Dollys thread that seems to have died..

that GSXR750 ad might be worth a look

[Banditbandit]

After reading some of the posts on KB it makes me think of not riding on these roads - forever!

Why risk sharing them with the nin-com-poops that post here???

That's about it ..

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Huh??? If the game is riding bikes then I wil never hate that ... just the other dumb fuckwits I have to share the road with - bikers and cages .. and dumb fucken S/African refugees

[fishb8nz]

Returned from the UK for my sister's funeral and 32 hours travelling and 5 hours sleep, I hit a car on a roundabout, going to work. Totally my fault and to make it worse, I'd let my insurance lapse.
Cost me nearly $2000 and a broken ankle!
First ride back on bike and a nevous ride, I met a cockie in a ute on a sharp corner on a very very steep hill - stopped and just couldn't hold the bike due to the steep camber. Bike fell and the usual damage..broken winkers and footrest. Not too expensive but another dent in my confidence and I got to thinking of selling up.
Luckily I didn't and bike is still going well and so am I. Odd changes to my life as I now cycle about 3 x the km on my motorbike.

[SMOKEU]

and dumb fucken S/African refugees

I've never met one of them before.

[Brett]

I have often thought about not riding bikes on the road anymore, and just having a track bike. The problem with that is that it's a pain in the arse to have to go and do a trackday just for a little 2 wheeled action, I used to often just go on a nice summer night after work for a short blat through the country side.

[onearmedbandit]

Ha it's just been suggested to me, possibly in jest, that I should give up riding bikes by my manager at work. I've had some bad pain in the last two months from my arm and he (and possibly others there) have decided that motorcycling is responsible as I've taken a day or two off after I've gone for a brief ride. I sent a text back to him asking how on other occasions I've been for rides I've been fine and on other occasions I've had bad pain when I haven't been for a ride. It is a spinal injury that gets affected by temperature fluctuations etc, but never in 13yrs of riding after my accident have I been able to draw a correlation to physical movement.

[sootie]

Ha it's just been suggested to me, possibly in jest, that I should give up riding bikes by my manager at work. I've had some bad pain in the last two months from my arm and he (and possibly others there) have decided that motorcycling is responsible as I've taken a day or two off after I've gone for a brief ride. I sent a text back to him asking how on other occasions I've been for rides I've been fine and on other occasions I've had bad pain when I haven't been for a ride. It is a spinal injury that gets affected by temperature fluctuations etc, but never in 13yrs of riding after my accident have I been able to draw a correlation to physical movement.

Tell your manager that motorcycles are a natural way to maintain balance safety, and you have it on good authority that if you keep riding, you will never need a Zimmer Frame in old age!!

[onearmedbandit]

Tell your manager that motorcycles are a natural way to maintain balance safety, and you have it on good authority that if you keep riding, you will never need a Zimmer Frame in old age!!

There's only two things in life that give me some reprieve from my pain, and motorcycling is one of them. I'd give up any job before I gave up motorcycling.

[sootie]

There's only two things in life that give me some reprieve from my pain, and motorcycling is one of them. I'd give up any job before I gave up motorcycling.

OK, so I am curious - what is the other one - sex?
[It has to be something pretty good!]

[onearmedbandit]

OK, so I am curious - what is the other one - sex?
[It has to be something pretty good!]

Right on the money there.