03-02-2021, 11:26 AM
GoldOxide ('GO' would make for a very cool abbreviation, as does Cormanus's chemical formula nick for you), all I do these days is work on my physical therapy, read, watch Youtube and Netflix, and obsess over guitar gear.
Regarding that last one, old habits die exceedingly hard, as it turns out.
I don't write as much as I did before. These days, I seem to do more editing than writing, which kind of sucks.
mickey, of course all you see in Ohio are Harleys, other cruisers, scooters, and probably the odd GoldWing. It's the Midwest, for starters, and Ohio is not exactly Michigan's Upper Peninsula. You have no mountains, canyons, coastlines, deserts, race roads, etc. No world-class sportbike roads. No Death Valleys for ADV riders. No culture of riding as a sport, not just for leisure or transportation. Besides Mid-Ohio Racetrack, which hasn't been an important part of the roadracing landscape for far too long, all you likely have there for the sporting enthusiast is a bit of offroad riding. You probably have a decent number of motocross riders, ATV riders, and trail riders. Otherwise, you literally have to ride to neighboring states to find any of the Really Good Stuff.
What's a kid with an R1 or CBR600RR to do there? Drag race for pink slips?
Like you, I sold motorcycles for a long time. Honda and Suzuki, in the main. For years and years, our roads were thick with 600 and 1200 Bandits, and all manner of Katanas. GSX-Rs and CBRs were legion.
Meanwhile, even though I live in America's version of Motorcycle Mecca, I have seen no more than a half dozen CB1100s of any stripe out in the wild, ever since they first arrived on our shores in 2013. And you know I've been looking, hard. I pay very close attention to CBs. Keep in mind, I have not attended any CB1100 rallies or small get-togethers. My one day riding with Eric is the only time I've ridden with or spoken to someone in person who owned a CB1100.
That's why you spot more CB1100s than various sportbikes there in your neck of the woods. It's because you're hardwired to be on the lookout for them, while sportbikes barely create a blip on your inner radar. You can be certain, however, that for every CB1100 you've spotted in the wild, you've blindly ran across ten (fifty? a hundred?) times their number in sportbikes and ADVs.
Regarding that last one, old habits die exceedingly hard, as it turns out.
I don't write as much as I did before. These days, I seem to do more editing than writing, which kind of sucks.
mickey, of course all you see in Ohio are Harleys, other cruisers, scooters, and probably the odd GoldWing. It's the Midwest, for starters, and Ohio is not exactly Michigan's Upper Peninsula. You have no mountains, canyons, coastlines, deserts, race roads, etc. No world-class sportbike roads. No Death Valleys for ADV riders. No culture of riding as a sport, not just for leisure or transportation. Besides Mid-Ohio Racetrack, which hasn't been an important part of the roadracing landscape for far too long, all you likely have there for the sporting enthusiast is a bit of offroad riding. You probably have a decent number of motocross riders, ATV riders, and trail riders. Otherwise, you literally have to ride to neighboring states to find any of the Really Good Stuff.
What's a kid with an R1 or CBR600RR to do there? Drag race for pink slips?
Like you, I sold motorcycles for a long time. Honda and Suzuki, in the main. For years and years, our roads were thick with 600 and 1200 Bandits, and all manner of Katanas. GSX-Rs and CBRs were legion.
Meanwhile, even though I live in America's version of Motorcycle Mecca, I have seen no more than a half dozen CB1100s of any stripe out in the wild, ever since they first arrived on our shores in 2013. And you know I've been looking, hard. I pay very close attention to CBs. Keep in mind, I have not attended any CB1100 rallies or small get-togethers. My one day riding with Eric is the only time I've ridden with or spoken to someone in person who owned a CB1100.
That's why you spot more CB1100s than various sportbikes there in your neck of the woods. It's because you're hardwired to be on the lookout for them, while sportbikes barely create a blip on your inner radar. You can be certain, however, that for every CB1100 you've spotted in the wild, you've blindly ran across ten (fifty? a hundred?) times their number in sportbikes and ADVs.