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who rides motorcycles and what do you ride?
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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 15926400" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>Man, truer words have never been typed. I went through a divorce in 2000. Ex wife took the kids, house, money and went with another guy. I didn't even see it coming. Hit me pretty hard (I know better now. No woman is worth that much heartache).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, what did I do? I went out and bought a 2001 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R with little to no riding experience thinking that would make me happy. After the purchase I rode the bike from Odessa Texas to Midland Texas. Friend of mine who took me to pick the bike up was laughing his @$$ off the entire time he was behind me as he watched my wobbly take offs and my leg shaking when coming to stops trying to hold the bike up. It was the dumbest thing I ever did.</p><p></p><p>As soon as I got to Midland I parked the bike at a friends house and immediately scheduled a motorcycle riders course at the air base in San Angelo. I truly believe that class possibly saved my life. Think if I would have kept ridding that crotch rocket without proper training I would have made a serious mistake and wound up seriously injured or dead.</p><p></p><p>In the end I never really got into riding it. I was in the military at the time and with all the security on base due to 9/11 it was a pain to stop, get my ID out, put it away and then take off. Then on the weekends when I would ride my shirt would ride up my back and it was not that comfortable to ride. New girl friend did not want to get on it, so it sat. Therefore, I ended up selling it and took a $3000 loss. Needless to say I thought it was a good idea to buy a bike, and I did have some fun, but in the end I shouldn't have bought it because I bought it for the wrong reasons.</p><p></p><p>Today my son-in-law has a 2018 Harley Davidson Street Bob and keeps it at my house as he has little to no riding experience. He was smart. He had the dealership deliver it to my house and I am giving him basic riding lessons until he takes the motorcycle safety course.</p><p></p><p>So, what am I doing while it's at my house? Getting the bug out and taking it for rides <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. At my age it is so much better riding a street bike instead of a crotch rocket <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>I think the ONE smart thing I did when I purchased my Ninja was get a yellow bike so everyone could see me coming LMAO!!!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1492843[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1492844[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 15926400, member: 70025"] Man, truer words have never been typed. I went through a divorce in 2000. Ex wife took the kids, house, money and went with another guy. I didn't even see it coming. Hit me pretty hard (I know better now. No woman is worth that much heartache). Anyway, what did I do? I went out and bought a 2001 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R with little to no riding experience thinking that would make me happy. After the purchase I rode the bike from Odessa Texas to Midland Texas. Friend of mine who took me to pick the bike up was laughing his @$$ off the entire time he was behind me as he watched my wobbly take offs and my leg shaking when coming to stops trying to hold the bike up. It was the dumbest thing I ever did. As soon as I got to Midland I parked the bike at a friends house and immediately scheduled a motorcycle riders course at the air base in San Angelo. I truly believe that class possibly saved my life. Think if I would have kept ridding that crotch rocket without proper training I would have made a serious mistake and wound up seriously injured or dead. In the end I never really got into riding it. I was in the military at the time and with all the security on base due to 9/11 it was a pain to stop, get my ID out, put it away and then take off. Then on the weekends when I would ride my shirt would ride up my back and it was not that comfortable to ride. New girl friend did not want to get on it, so it sat. Therefore, I ended up selling it and took a $3000 loss. Needless to say I thought it was a good idea to buy a bike, and I did have some fun, but in the end I shouldn't have bought it because I bought it for the wrong reasons. Today my son-in-law has a 2018 Harley Davidson Street Bob and keeps it at my house as he has little to no riding experience. He was smart. He had the dealership deliver it to my house and I am giving him basic riding lessons until he takes the motorcycle safety course. So, what am I doing while it's at my house? Getting the bug out and taking it for rides :D:D:D. At my age it is so much better riding a street bike instead of a crotch rocket :). I think the ONE smart thing I did when I purchased my Ninja was get a yellow bike so everyone could see me coming LMAO!!! [ATTACH=full]1492843[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1492844[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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