07-12-2015, 04:13 AM
I have been on a motorcycle since I was 6 years old when my dad got a used CB175 twin. He moved up to a CB750K? and then to a naked '78 Goldwing. I got my first bike the CB125s at 13 and progressed to the '83 650 Nighthawk which I wrecked one nice Sunday afternoon near Poulsbo, WA in 1990 totaling it and luckily only breaking my arm.
I was ready to get another bike immediately except for funds, living in the ship yard in Bremerton, WA(no place to store) and an impending transfer to who knows where. So it just was not the time to get one.
As it turned out I got married, transferred to a ship in Pearl Harbor (where the news reported people on scooters and m/c being involved in wrecks), and having our 1st child. My wife was not keen on me getting a bike, she once told her friend she was more afraid of me leaving her for a bike than another woman.
Finally after moving to Denver area she actually suggested I get a bike to save money after only 17 years of patience. Which brings me to getting a new CB11 when she offered/suggested I could get one when we sell our house.
I was ready to get another bike immediately except for funds, living in the ship yard in Bremerton, WA(no place to store) and an impending transfer to who knows where. So it just was not the time to get one.
As it turned out I got married, transferred to a ship in Pearl Harbor (where the news reported people on scooters and m/c being involved in wrecks), and having our 1st child. My wife was not keen on me getting a bike, she once told her friend she was more afraid of me leaving her for a bike than another woman.
Finally after moving to Denver area she actually suggested I get a bike to save money after only 17 years of patience. Which brings me to getting a new CB11 when she offered/suggested I could get one when we sell our house.