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You all Made me Sell my Bike!!!

cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
Seriously, after reading all the responses about motorcycles and how dangerous they are, it kinda started eating on me and I stuck that dude on ebay, sold it in a day and a half--lost $200 bucks. I think the thing that stuck in my mind most was someone saying "when you start getting scared of them it's time to sell" or something close to that. Of course I told my wife I'm going to need a "severance package" and she understands! Actually I'd been thinking about selling it anyway and all the posts drove[:D] me to it.

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Ahw maaaan, we didn't mean it like that, we just meant you gotta learn how to put it down with the minimum amount of damage to you and the bike.
  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I rode for thirty years and was never not "scared of them". Nor do I think that was such a bad thing. A clear indicator of when it's time to sell is when the fun no longer outweighs the fear; sounds like you reached that point on your own. Congrats!
  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    Sorry you sold your bike.. I'm looking for one..

    Been meaning to talk to you about the evils of all them guns you own.. I probably could take them off your hands so you won't get hurt.. [:D]

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  • maggiethecatmaggiethecat Member Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i'm thinking of doing the same thing. i put it down 18 months ago, broke all but one bone in my hand and arm. my brother is just now starting to fix it. i may just let him have i

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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll pro'lly sell mine when I get old too.[}:)]

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  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I suspect I'll buy another one, I should say there were a number of factors including fear that influenced my decision to sell. It's a long story but basically I wanted a bigger bike, I had a 1200 Sportster Custom, loved it at first but I started riding more and it was too rough for that. It was free and clear and I got deal on it, so I sold it for close to what I had in it. I wanted a Big twin Hog but didn't want payments and am returning to school for about a year. So I bought a Yamaha V- Star Classic, don't get me wrong It's an awesome bike, but it ain't no Hog! So, I think that contributed to the disproportional amount of fear vs. pleasure because I knew in my heart I wanted a Harley. Maybe by the time I get out of school I'll get off bikes all together, but I doubt it. I'm thinkin' I need a Kimber to help me deal with the loss[:D][:D]
  • Rawhide PeteRawhide Pete Member Posts: 191 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Them bikes ain't too all dangerous, now my quarter hoss Pimento is plum scary!
  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Rawhide Pete

    ...my quarter hoss Pimento is plum scary!

    Seems Quantrill had a hoss name of Pimento. You wouldn't be a Jayhawker, wouldya?[;)]
  • elect1mikeelect1mike Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heck I'm 47 and still want another harley but for that matter I still want my first tatoo also. I guess I am just a kid at heart.

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  • jjmitchell60jjmitchell60 Member Posts: 3,887
    edited November -1
    I am 43 and will ride till either I am dead or paralized! Every time I straddle my bike I fear for my safety but not from the bike but from the stupid cage drivers out there!

    elect1mike, I am wanting another tatoo right now but was undecided as to what until I went to the Astronaunt's Hall of Fame. There is a painting there that I want on my back or shoulder!
  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    I sold ,gave my son my bike.1989 LOW RIDER.I enjoyed the long rides to Durango co,and Casa Grande AZ.I got tired of the cost of a room(100.00 a night+),and everyone else tring to send thier kids to school with my money.It was nice to hangout with old friends and make new ones.Checking out the great leathers from the venders out of Texas and getting a square deal for a great set of chaps or vest.Eating like a king and riding all day, and sometimes allnight.Ridding all mornung in the cold to Eaglesnest and stopping at the first fire that was flying old glory.Being given a cup of coffee without having to ask for one,warming up by the fire.Then last but not least knowing twenty of the thirty guys around that same campfire.Missing the ones I served with,and meeting some that made it home.Or being on the giving side of that same event.Will I miss it maybe,will I ever forget it no.Its time to let my son the gulf vet ride with pride.
  • spinyspiny Member Posts: 3,117
    edited November -1
    Pleassssssssseeeeeeeeeeee tell me you would not let internet blips tell you how to live your life.

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  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    alright I'm selling my guns too! anymore advice from the wise *'s out there?
  • Supreme OneSupreme One Member Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello, the day I get ON my motorcycle and I am NOT scared, is the day I sell it.

    Michael

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  • joey garzajoey garza Member Posts: 523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    victor your a poet
  • ArielleArielle Member Posts: 348 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wow, sorry you sold your bike. I really want a motorcycle of my own. But I probably will buy my first gun before i get my first bike...[:I]

    Arielle

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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dano

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  • nitrouznitrouz Member Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the loss of that bike can be the birth of a new one.....


    will be easier to convince the wife you want another....blame us.

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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Anybody who would quit riding and sell their bike because they're worried about it being too dangerous was never a biker to begin with.

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

    Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets

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  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is a biker? I guess anyone who sells a gun was never a shooter anyway! If you quit drugs, you were never a doper?
  • Rawhide PeteRawhide Pete Member Posts: 191 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If Lowrider had to explain, well you know.
  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    There are people who just own motorcycles and then there are people who live and breathe motorcycles.

    To the former it's just a possession with a gasoline engine on it. Something that's fun to ride once in a while but sooner or later you lose interest in it, or grow out of it or quit riding because it's too dangerous.

    To the latter, the biker, it's a way of life. It's your best friend. It's your retreat to sanity when things get too insane. It's loading your saddlebags and disappearing into the sunset on a long-awaited cross-country ride. It's all by yourself, blasting across the Nevada desert at 5am with the sun just coming up over the hills. It's leaned-over hard, shooting through a tight sweeping turn at 12,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies with your pipes bellowing, the October sun warm on your back and the thin cold air heavy with the smell of pine forests and the promise of snow by week's end. It's heading out for a big biker party or get-together, talking motorcycles with people you've never met before and hooking-up with friends you haven't seen since the LAST big run. It's the guy who loses his leg in a crash, thanks to some brain-dead Cadillac driver, and builds a trike so he can stay in the wind, regardless of his disability.

    I'd rather cut an arm off than quit riding. As long as I can still throw a leg over my scooter, no matter how old I am, I'm hitting the road.

    To me, that's a BIKER.

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

    Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets

    She was only a fisherman's daughter,
    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lowrider...[:D][:D][:D]

    Live to ride...ride to live.

    Think I'll go for a putt.

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Me too, Bro.[8D]

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

    Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets

    She was only a fisherman's daughter,
    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    It is better to hold ones tongue and let the world think you are stupid,then to use that same tongue and remove all doubt.I serve only one Lord, who is Holy.The rest are puffed up with out power, and pompous.We live in a country that gives us the right to pursue are own happiness.For one person or a small group of people to try and tell us how to do so is ludicrous.Live the life you love ,an love the life you live,an let others do the same.Most of all remember there is only one road to a life of eternity.But again its your choice no one elses.
  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Huh?

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

    Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets

    She was only a fisherman's daughter,
    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And then there are some who make the claim that unless you ride a Harley, you are not a biker but just a mere wannabe.

    Personlay the danger of riding a bike is what turns me on. Take a turn posted at 25MPH at 70MPH on a bike designed to do that, scare the crap outa yourself and enjoy the rush! Better than drugs I say[:D]



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  • FW357FW357 Member Posts: 435 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Personlay the danger of riding a bike is what turns me on. Take a turn posted at 25MPH at 70MPH on a bike designed to do that, scare the crap outa yourself and enjoy the rush

    Thats not a Biker, thats an Idiot.

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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's better than scaring little old ladies with loud pipes[:D][}:)]

    Politicians are like diapers, every so often you need to change them, for obvious reasons.
  • FW357FW357 Member Posts: 435 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Loud Pipes saves Lives"

    I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. Magnum Force
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know, those who say that are also the ones who will throw a fit over some teenybopper cranking up his stereo in public. "Rev that V-Twin up with those drag pipes but don't you dare let me hear your music"

    Politicians are like diapers, every so often you need to change them, for obvious reasons.
  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd rather hear a Harley than a Rap song any day[:D]
  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The 4 speakers on my Harley ***ROCK***
    People say they can hear me coming from a long ways away, one way or the other.

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dano[:D][:D][:D][:D]

    Politicians are like diapers, every so often you need to change them, for obvious reasons.
  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My next bike will be a Harley, I've already had one and I want another, but I got guns to buy and deer to hunt for now!
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