I really don't think that I would ever quit.

For me I have been riding since I was 5 on an old 5hp mini bike... Man that thing was fun...but I just enjoy it way to much to ever quit. I may go thru another phase...may be sport touring, but I wont quit.

I have been thru a lot of phases for riding..

Dirt, I had 1 RM 125, a KX 250, and 2 CR 250... a few broken fingers and toes, and a nasty couple of burns, and caused my mom several heart attacks and panic attacks.

I rode an enduro bike for several years trying to get the best of both worlds.

I rode a cruiser for a while

Then I was with out a bike for a while.. and now street bikes..

For me I really don't think I will ever quit riding it is in my blood....

What about you?

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Dad bungee chorded me to him on his CB 750 Super Sport when I was 1 year old.

Got my first Dirtbike at 5

Have been riding every since.

Took a bad spill on the 15 and rainbow that cost me the bike, but went home and rode dads. All the time, and friends. I also broke in all of my friends when they bought them.

I have had many motorcycles.
XR 100, CR 125, CR 250
CB 750, XS1100, V45 Magna, V45 Sabre, VTX 1800

I am taking lessons from my father. He took his 1800 Goldwing and turned it into a Trike. He said, " I know I may not be able to hold this thing up, but they are gonna have to pull me off of it when I am done."

So trike it is!

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FORMER SGT @ ARMS VKMC
WWGD

FTLR

I am the "DEAD FINGER"

As long as I'm physically able, I will ride.

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2005 Suzuki Hayabusa Limited Edition - lots of mods
2007 Suzuki GSXR600 - wifebeater and flip-flops optional
2000 Honda CBR600F4 - outfitted with the NRC case cover of invincibility
http://www.gleno.net

Dittttoooo, i hope to one day teach my kids to ride, bond, and enjoy.

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-Sin City Sportbikes

Septembr 9th 2005.....

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http://www.myspace.com/muaddibproductions

it may be believed that i quit riding a few years ago but the reality is that i havent. at least not entirely. every now and then i will take a friends/relatives bike out for a spin. i am still battling in my head whether or not to buy another bike or not. many times i lean towards yes, sometimes its no. so if i had tyo say ultimately....until the day i cant ride anymore

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Nick - One of the old timers...

until there is no more oil to make gas with

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Josh
R6

Hell, when that happens I'll still ride the "whatever" powered bikes that exist.

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The Cake is a Lie!
"You're gonna love my nuts!"
"I haven't seen Yayo..."
07 ZX-6R - "crack"
07 Mean Streak Special Edition - "blow"

I'll be riding until I can't physically ride anymore...

I've been riding for many years and my first street legal bike that I actually got my endorcement on at the age of 16 was a yamaha enduro 125..That was such a fun bike

My bikes included the Yamaha 125,94 Yamaha Radian, 88 Honda Nighthawk, 93 Honda Shadow 600 VTX, 02Yamaha V-Star, 99 Suzuki GSXR 600, 05 Suzuki GSXR 600, 07 Suzuki Boulevard M109, 98 Suzuki TL1000R, 08 Suzuki Hayabusa...Loved every single 1 of them and don't think I will EVER get tired of the Busa..Soon to have a Can Am Spyder for the wifey

When they pry my bike from between my cold, dead legs.

When they make me....

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"There's too much evil in the world, it will never take a day off, how can I?"
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When im dead ill have them bury my but on the bike so I can ride in hell lol :)

Things happen in life, which may force us to sell a bike, or may not let us get a replacement machine as fast as we would hope to. I dont think any of that means we will quit riding.

But if you are caught in that limbo land of not having a bike, it's selling your gear that is the final nail in the coffin!

Let's say you even choose to step away from bikes for a bit, so you sell your bike, well I dont think that means you've given up on riding. You may revisit it in a couple years, but if you go through with selling all of your gear, you have officially quit.

It's one thing to pick up another bike cause you caught the riding bug again, but not likely when you have to repurchase all that gear that took you so long to accumulate.

Meh. But what do I know. arson is talking about having sex with guys for KTM's lol

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Remembering Gleno

Back in 98 I vowed not to ride a street bike again after riding for ten years and many close calls with idiots (cars and bikes). Gas prices hit $4.00 +, broke down and bought another street bike in summer 08 and no regrets just missed a lot of changes thru the years. Same goes with dirt bikes, got out of it in 01, moved here in 04 and bought a new dirt bike and quad. Due to the economy I'm down to our two cars and the street bike. Like I told my wife I'm never gonna stop riding again. I'll be the old fart in 30 years still on a street bike unless I pick up a nice cruiser like Freddy's.

I am saving for an M Convertable.... So I can still feel the wind on my Scalp......

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After Gleno's accident I seriously questioned if it was worth riding anymore. Sometimes I still do. But I have been riding since I was 18 and I really doubt that I will ever stop riding.

...now if I can only get my bike fixed......

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and please have a safe New Year!!!


Snappy

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1997 Suzuki TL1000S/R

which bike isn't running the tlr or tls, i could possibly help ya get it going

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eNVy MotorSportz -Everything on wheels!

hey, jimmy. still want to help me lower my bike?

Fo sho, and lets shave that seat!

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If your going to shave the seat Jeff, check with Robert he got mine done at a great price and the guy custom the seat for us also.

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Yea but I can do it for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I've done it already to a few bikes, so I'm familiar with it, it's actually really simple, just depends how much you wanna take off. My short ass on the TL, I took 2 inches off my seat, so only 1 inch is left, you'd think it would be uncomfortable but it's not, it's way better, it's like sitting in a saddle now. Plus I cut underneath the foam so it retains the factory look when you're not on it.

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eNVy MotorSportz -Everything on wheels!

I took a year off not long ago. I may quit for a while from time to time , but it will always be part of my life.

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"Racing makes Heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty." -- Peter Egan

When I crash and broke my collar bone last year, I thought about it for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Answer: Nevah!!!

my seat is already shaved, its shellys that i want to shave now. free sounds like a great price for me. im going to call you in a few, JIMMMAAAYY

The day Gleno died. The similarities between his situation & mine (A geat wife, kids, age, etc.) were too close. As good a rider as he was and the total nothing he could've done events made me realize that it really could happen to me too. And as hard as that's been on his family, it would've been complete selfishness to swing my leg over & wave goodbye to the family. That's just my story. Sure as hell doesn't have be yours. Miss the hell out of my trusty steed though.

You know what, people die, motorcycle or not, they die and it sucks! You have a 17% chance of crashing/dieing on a motorcycle, you also have a 17% chance of crashing/dieing in an airplane. Now does that mean you're not going to fly just because planes crash? Or would it take someone you "knew" to die in a plane to keep you from getting on another aircraft?

I'm not trying to single anyone out, but it just bothers me that when people claim they don't ride because someone they know crashed/died on a bike. If you were a pilot, and you knew other pilots and everyone talked about all the crashes, people they know who crashed, etc... see where I'm going, do you think pilots wouldn't fly anymore?

People crash/die in cars 100 times more than motorcycles everyday! Doesn't mean you're any less likely to crash/die in a car than on a motorcycle, period!

You ride because you enjoy every aspect about it, just do your best to minimize the risks involved. And you don't ride..........because?!?!?

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eNVy MotorSportz -Everything on wheels!

Hey, everything you say is completely valid. Like I said, just my story. Riding to me became an avoidable risk.
Don't ride because the bike was sold within 3 weeks of Glen's death.

i think id have to lose an appendage to stop.

i completely agree, with this comment. A good friend of mine died doing a wheelie and hitting a rock with his rear tire. I never once thought about leaving the sportbike world.......................... When i ride, i just remeber to keep the fucker on 2 wheels to avoid tickets and rocks!

werd. my step brother died in a motorcycle accident... he was my best friend, hands down... but you know what? it wasnt his fault, and he wouldnt tell me o stop riding because of his death... hed tell me to organize a memorial run.

to live with fear is a life half lived...

"You came into this world small weak and afraid, don't leave it that way"

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"There's too much evil in the world, it will never take a day off, how can I?"
eNVy MotorSportz -Everything on wheels!

"You came into this world small weak and afraid, don't leave it that way"

to live with fear is a life half lived...

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.

Well, I think if riding is in your blood, you never truly quit. I have pseudo quit a few times due to health issues... now that I have it all figured out I don't anticipate quitting ever again. I'll be riding when I'm an 80 year-old grandma. On a sad note, a very special friend of mine who I rode with frequently, and roomed with on road trips passed away last week. When I go, I hope I go like him. We just did a road trip through CA in September (over 2K miles in 1 week). We just went to the Internat'l Motorcycle Show in Long Beach in the beginning of December. He told me then that he had leukemia and wasn't sure if he'd make it. 3 weeks later, he went into the hospital, then a coma, then a couple days later he died. That is a man who lived and rode until he died... I hope I can do the same...

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"Riding on a motorcycle makes you feel joyous, powerful, peaceful, frightened, vulnerable, and back out to happy again, perhaps in the same 10 miles. It is life compressed, it's own answer to the question, "Why?""--Melissa Holbrook Pierson

"There are no ordinary moments" -- Dan Millman

"At that moment, when you accept the fact that there is no fixed reality, no hard and fast set of rules that need to be followed, no limits or borders, you are making the choice to be free" --Garri Garripoli

So true, and well said. The times I have sold bikes, thinking I was DONE with riding, I didn't sell or get rid of one piece of gear... just in case. In my case, it was also the thought that maybe I'd even ride on the back of someone's bike...

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"Riding on a motorcycle makes you feel joyous, powerful, peaceful, frightened, vulnerable, and back out to happy again, perhaps in the same 10 miles. It is life compressed, it's own answer to the question, "Why?""--Melissa Holbrook Pierson

"There are no ordinary moments" -- Dan Millman

"At that moment, when you accept the fact that there is no fixed reality, no hard and fast set of rules that need to be followed, no limits or borders, you are making the choice to be free" --Garri Garripoli

Your friend that passed away, was it the guy that rode the older cbr??? Sorry to hear you lost a friend.

exactly.

No, I just met Nevin (guy you are referring to) im the beginning of December. This was an old retired guy I have ridden with for the last two years or so, with a group. Great guy. Thanks for the thoughts...

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"Riding on a motorcycle makes you feel joyous, powerful, peaceful, frightened, vulnerable, and back out to happy again, perhaps in the same 10 miles. It is life compressed, it's own answer to the question, "Why?""--Melissa Holbrook Pierson

"There are no ordinary moments" -- Dan Millman

"At that moment, when you accept the fact that there is no fixed reality, no hard and fast set of rules that need to be followed, no limits or borders, you are making the choice to be free" --Garri Garripoli

Oh ok, thanks

Talking about NOT riding depresses me... hope nobody takes this the wrong way but I have to side with Jimmy on this one. Alot of people die in car crashes and I have NEVER, NOT ONCE heard someone say, damn riding in a car is just too dangerous so I'm gonna walk from now on. I know there are risks when you get on a bike but they're actually not too different than getting into a car. I've had close calls on my bike and far more close calls in my vehicles and it will NEVER stop me from driving/riding. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and if they don't want to ride, this is a free country and they have that right but I also have the right to not understand the logic behind some of the reasons. I want to put this out there right now since it has been brought up...If something ever happened to me on my bike, I would hope that EVERYONE who knows me and rides would continue to ride and know that at least I left this world with a smile doing something I enjoy and living it up..


On a far much better note...Is everyone ready to ride tomorrow morning??? 1st group ride of the year

I was bikeless for around 9 months since I started street riddin. It was the worst 9 months of my life. I can't imagine not ridding.

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