what he saidOriginally Posted by Crasherfromwayback
MAD I SAY
what he said
LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST SO WHEN YOU DIE YOUR FRIENDS DONT HAVE TO LIE AT YOUR FUNERAL
Better Red then Dead...
it happens from time to time when interest in a pass time fades out.... some time the worst thing you can do it totally get rid of that pass time..ie: your motorbike because situations change and 6 months down the track you may regret selling your bike...
have a break, park up the bike in the garage under a cover and re access it down the track if it is something you are going to re kindle or regret doing...
Me... I have been in a similar situation with jet boating... luckily I did not sell the boat and after a 2 year layoff with the boat taking up room in the garage Now I am getting back into it... so glad I did not sell my boat and all my boating gear as it would of costed shit loads to get all the gear back again...
So my advice would be if you feel like that then have a break and put the bike in storage with rego on hold... give it time before you decide to get rid of everything...
Forum whore
A. Yes.
B. Yes. Thing is once I get into a project I find the project more fun than the riding. Weird, eh? Massively satisfying to produce a rideable bike that's better than the state you found it in, but it leaves you going, "Right! Next!".
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
parting of the sensory
Ack, Shirley - I thought it was a good question.
I've asked myself that a few times.
My mind isn't as sharp as it used to was (too many prescription droogz in the last 10 years, and too much booze in the last 35), and there've been times when I wonder if I'm alert enough and "on to it" enough to be riding. Yes, yes, I know that means I'm still 235% better than your average moron D'Auckland driver, but is that enough?
Also, for one reason or t'other, I haven't done a weekend ride for AGES, and that was the first in a very long time. There's always some reason: I'm too busy, I've got no friends, it's too hot/cold/wet, the moon's in thw rong phase, I can't be bothered, communtering every day has put me off, blah blah blah...
It's the same with bikes - I love test-riding bikes, but haven't done one for over four years: I shouldn't do it if I have no intention of buying (Huh - that's how I bought my current bike!), dunno what to try, the salesman might mock by scruffy looking paint, blah blah blah.
And track days - I've been to only one, and it was about 10 years ago. It was fanatastic! One of my Best days Ever!
Yet... even thouh my insuarnce allows for it, I'm scared I'll bin it, and there's lots of reasons to not go...
Have I just lost my biking mojo?
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Smarty pants... since ages ago
Thoughts of giving up motorcycling generally race through your head, whilst in the process of binning your bike. Those thoughts are usually accompanied by thoughts of..... this is going to hurt/I might die.... or thoughts of similar...
Such thoughts usually disappear when you survive ... or die...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
parting of the sensory
Well.... that's only happened to me once, when I binned my VFR750, and was lying on the road in pain, thinking "Man! This sucks!!"
I was all set to give it away - even got as far as test-driving a car twice. When it came to signing the paper, I realised I wasn't quite done yet. I've had about 6 more years of fun since then.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Smarty pants... since ages ago
Only once .... Lucky bugger... I've lost count...
Its sorta like waking up with a really bad hangover... the never again thoughts... 'till the next time...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
ACC can go fuck themselves
When you can't get your leg over...
Hardcore Biker
Good advice and so very true....
Guest
Technically speaking, yes. However, on a more practical level they just manage to keep their balance between toilet stops.
Easily ammused
Shit they must hate it not being able to bitch to someone when they're riding.
Some things are worth dying for, living is one of them.
The original Disco
When I sold my bikes and got a car I was really stoked for a while - then I started wanting another bike again. Realistically I cannot afford to buy and maintain one as well as a car so the choice sits with the car.
I have recently just got back in touch with a very old and dear friend - we lost touch about the time I started riding a few years back. He has just told me he did it on purpose as he was scared of losing a friend to a bike accident.
The practicality of a car as well as the relief of others that I no longer risk my life on a motorbike is well worth it.
Keep the bike - de reg it, put it away somewhere safe and show it to your grandkids one day
Forum whore
Keep the bike - de reg it, put it away somewhere safe and show it to your grandkids one day
He's got Grandkids now.
Now bugger off cage driver and never darken these halls again.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Forum whore
He either fears his fate too muchWhen I sold my bikes and got a car I was really stoked for a while - then I started wanting another bike again. Realistically I cannot afford to buy and maintain one as well as a car so the choice sits with the car.
I have recently just got back in touch with a very old and dear friend - we lost touch about the time I started riding a few years back. He has just told me he did it on purpose as he was scared of losing a friend to a bike accident.
The practicality of a car as well as the relief of others that I no longer risk my life on a motorbike is well worth it.
Keep the bike - de reg it, put it away somewhere safe and show it to your grandkids one day
Or his desserts are small
That durst not put it to the touch
To win or lose at all
Fair weather rider
When you're dead lol
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