NZ Road Accidents

[oldrider]

One long day ride I will never forget was from Wanganui to Wellington return, this was in 1973 with my once sweet girlfriend on a TS 250 Suzuki in winter, it was frigging cold, wet and most unpleasant, my passenger who was /is much smarter than me climbed off at Foxton on our way down and caught a bus back. She forgave me for being a pharking dork a few days later, and has been my wife for over 40 years .

Maybe you should have caught the bus back with her! . (things we do!)

[Swoop]

'cause no amount of training can fix crazy.

It does bring to mind the Nurse's saying "Sedate and Medicate"...

[old slider]

My day ride was just over 400km. The article I read did not say there was any difference about whether returning riders had a family or not. If you are a returning rider you would be labled generally speaking as a Mid Life Crisis Rider. I have read the true description is of a guy who decides that as his years of being active are getting more and more limited that is the reason why they take up riding again. If you google mid life crisis riding you will find a lot of info on the reasons etc for why guys return.

Mostly its because it was way easier to shift a wife and several kids around in a car and some of us had to make sacrifices as young married couples or parents.

Shit I sold my prized motorcycle in 1975 to pay the deposit on our first section in a cheaper part of town, then ran 10kms to work and back every day for nearly 3 years whilst saving to get a deposit to build our first massive 1000sq foot home.

[razza11]

Whew. That's a relief to know I'm not in the "mid life crisis" quartile as I got back on the bike because I enjoy riding not because my remaining active days are numbered. If I had been a mid life crisis case, likely I would have been making a mistake with the size bikes I chose to start riding again on and risked being involved in causing harm to myself and maybe others.
How would a returning rider know if a bike is too big for them to handle without actually going on a decent long ride? Could a riding refresher course on said big bike be of advantage to a returning rider whether in mid life crisis quartile or not I wonder. Would a refresher course help said rider to determine if said big bike was not not too big for them to handle if said course assisted said rider with their confidence. The refresher course and the gaining of confidence could save said rider the costs associated with purchasing and selling smaller incrementally increasing capacity bikes and reduce the risk of said returning rider having accidents or being involved in accidents whether their fault or someone else's fault.
Did a nice day ride from Picton to Invercargill a few years back. Still felt fresh at the end. Maybe that had something to do with the speed I was travelling at on that day.


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[Voltaire]

I might be wrong but I dont think riding schools would recommend any size bike over another as if the rider ends up killing themselves they would possibly not want to feel any guilt or liability. As you said if you were a true mid life crisis rider you would ride the biggest you could afford irrespective of what others thought most likely. Maybe the law needs to be changed to make things safer for mid life crisis riders or those who have not ridden for many years to limit them to LAMS bikes only for the first few years after returning.

Whats a Mid Life Crisis?

[razza11]

Whats a Mid Life Crisis?

Guessing its something bad that happens midway through life. Trouble is you don't know if its a mid life crisis till you're dead and can reconcile where the mid point of your life was

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[FJRider]

Whats a Mid Life Crisis?

When your doctor tells you to cut down on you booze intake ... on your 50th birthday ..

[FJRider]

I might be wrong

You always are ...

but I dont think ...

You finally admit it ...

Maybe the law needs to be changed to make things safer ...

Perhaps they should get people to stop ignoring the existing ones first ... but few would agree that we need MORE traffic laws ...

[Jeeper]

Would it still be a mid life crisis if I went out and bought an old school V8 TransAm at 18?

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[Voltaire]

I googled it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis

Individuals experiencing a mid-life crisis may feel:[12]

a deep sense of remorse for goals not accomplished
a fear of humiliation among more successful colleagues
longing to achieve a feeling of youthfulness
need to spend more time alone or with certain peers
a heightened sense of their sexuality or lack thereof
ennui, confusion, resentment or anger due to their discontent with their marital, work, health, economic, or social status
ambitious to right the missteps they feel they have taken early in life[13]
sadness at owning a Honda from the 70's
a sense of superiority over MLC returning riders

I just feel going to work every day cuts into my bike shed and riding time, need to try more craft beers,ride/race more

old bikes, and do more traveling.

[razza11]

Would it still be a mid life crisis if I webt out and a old school V8 TransAm at 18?

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Depending on circumstances prior to purchase and if you died at 36. I guess.

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[pritch]

Your analogy with doctors is nonsense as they do ongoing courses due to changes in medical technology. What changes about riding your motorbike each year for you to do ongoing rider training?

OK not necessarily every year, but it pays to do a course or read a book occasionally. If a dog suddenly runs out in front of you, (or even if it seems sudden because you were dozing at the time), it's better to be looking for a recent memory in that vital 1/3 of a second, than trying to search back to 1976. Since nothing like that was needed to get a licence in 1976, going back there won't help any way. There's nothing there.

Cassina, just as a matter of interest, if hitting a cat or dog is absolutely unavoidable there is one thing you must absolutely ensure, what is it?

[Jeeper]

I googled it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis




I just feel going to work every day cuts into my bike shed and riding time, need to try more craft beers,ride/race more

old bikes, and do more traveling.

Based on that definition, I did not suffer this mid life crisis ailment everyone speaks of when I bought the bike or my other toys (motorized or otherwise) at different times in my life.

Are there any preventative steps I can take to avoid ending up miserable, bitter, jealous and dim witted person; like the one that has suffered this ailment and keeps trolling this forum?

I have taken the first step to add them to my blocked list so that I won't have to read such BS. Am I on the road to Shangrila now?

[Moi]

Will you lot all stop talking about mid-life crises...

for goodness sake, shut up about them...

it's just SO depressing!


Here I am, retired and never experienced such a thing... experienced lots of other things of which the vast majority fall into the "that was great" category... but not a hint of a MLC ever, not even a whiff!

Guess my life was wasted... perhaps I should shove my head in the gas oven and turn it on and hope I get electrocuted!

[razza11]

Some things become fashionable and so people think they gotta have one too. But then some of us aren't fashion followers.


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