07-13-2015, 01:26 AM
(07-12-2015, 07:23 AM)silverbub_imp Wrote: So...this thread had "impact" for me in that I did not pay attention to the initial date of the thread & just started reading as if it were a "current" thread...then...I came to Post#9 and was "snapped" to the realization that I was reading our deceased contributor's musings on the subject...WOW!...his response took on importance to me in a somber way...particularly his last sentence: "There may come a day when I make the choice to park it but not for now."...That day he spoke of never really came for him to "park it"...and to me, upon some reflection,...perhaps that is what I would choose...Guess I will pay more attention to the starting time-stamp for Threads!
Oh,...glad Jim got back into riding...and spread his adrenaline drip over joint riding outings with you, Mr. Ferret, instead of having an adrenaline cascade over about 9-10 seconds in 1/4 mile drag run!
Well I just learned something new, was not aware OldF7Guy was not with is anymore, this is an eerie thread.
I was never allowed to ride as a child because my folks refused to let me own a bike (I rode friends bikes instead), apparently my father's cousin was decapitated going through a fence at speed. So I started riding for real much later in life, and I've been ate up with it since. I've only laid a bike down on my very first solo ride as an adult, a DR650 that got out from under me when turning onto a gravel road.
I've had a few close calls with deer and birds, but so far God has kept me safe. I do ride everyday it isn't freezing or raining out.