Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 11:40:26 AM
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 11:40:26 AM
Sure, most of us rode bicycles as kids, but motorcycles are not the same. Most people don't make the jump to a motorized two wheeled vehicle. I admit when I first tried it I was hooked. Now if you never had experimented, and tried motorcycles, you'd never have know. But, since you did, is it something you were meant to, and have to do? Is it take it or leave it? Or, do you think you made a mistake? :dunno:
Title: I was
Post by: The Buddha on September 12, 2005, 11:47:55 AM
Post by: The Buddha on September 12, 2005, 11:47:55 AM
I believe I was, but I still call this thread a 3-5 ...
Yea that's the number of posts before it lands in the TF ... :lol:
Lets see ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Yea that's the number of posts before it lands in the TF ... :lol:
Lets see ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Roadstergal on September 12, 2005, 11:53:17 AM
Post by: Roadstergal on September 12, 2005, 11:53:17 AM
Some of my best friends are motorcyclists.
(But would you really want your daughter to marry one?)
(But would you really want your daughter to marry one?)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 11:59:13 AM
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 11:59:13 AM
:icon_confused:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 12:08:25 PM
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 12:08:25 PM
Quote from: Ed_in_AzQuote from: RoadstergalSome of my best friends are motorcyclists.
(But would you really want your daughter to marry one?)
Good one. :cheers:
My daughters boyfriend rides quads. :dunno:
I would rather have my daughters boyfriend drive a motorcycle then drive a SUV, staion wagon, or something with a big back seat.
I had a 1987 Escort SW and a few girls that I dated there Dads wouldn't let me take them out in the wagon :dunno:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Get my drift? ROMPER ROOM. That brings back memories....
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 12:15:36 PM
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 12:15:36 PM
:icon_confused:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 12:19:32 PM
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 12:19:32 PM
Quote from: Ed_in_AzQuote from: BlazinjrQuote from: Ed_in_AzQuote from: RoadstergalSome of my best friends are motorcyclists.
(But would you really want your daughter to marry one?)
Good one. :cheers:
My daughters boyfriend rides quads. :dunno:
I would rather have my daughters boyfriend drive a motorcycle then drive a SUV, staion wagon, or something with a big back seat.
I had a 1987 Escort SW and a few girls that I dated there Dads wouldn't let me take them out in the wagon :dunno:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Get my drift? ROMPER ROOM. That brings back memories....
I don't worry too much ... he's Lutheran. :dunno:
Whats that got to do with anything. :dunno:
You were young once too. Young guy + hormones + girl = :o
I was raised going to church too, and so was the girl I dated for two years after highschool and that did not stop us.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 12:21:15 PM
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 12:21:15 PM
'twas a joke :thumb:
So, r ya born a biker?
So, r ya born a biker?
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: davipu on September 12, 2005, 12:23:12 PM
Post by: davipu on September 12, 2005, 12:23:12 PM
Roadstergal is the kind of girl that I'd take home to shock my mother.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Roadstergal on September 12, 2005, 12:33:11 PM
Post by: Roadstergal on September 12, 2005, 12:33:11 PM
If you don't shock your mother already, I don't think I'd do it.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: JMyrick on September 12, 2005, 12:46:42 PM
Post by: JMyrick on September 12, 2005, 12:46:42 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 12:54:08 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 12:54:08 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: RVertigo on September 12, 2005, 12:54:10 PM
Post by: RVertigo on September 12, 2005, 12:54:10 PM
Well... I know I wasn't born to ride motorcycles... But, the first time I did I couldn't stop... and haven't stopped... and never want to stop.
Two days without riding makes me grumpy.
Two days without riding makes me grumpy.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 12:55:29 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 12:55:29 PM
Quote from: RVertigoTwo days without riding makes me grumpy.
So how do we distinguish between the regular gwumpies and the "non riding" gwumpies? :dunno:
:kiss: :mrgreen:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Phaedrus on September 12, 2005, 01:12:32 PM
Post by: Phaedrus on September 12, 2005, 01:12:32 PM
On rainy days, he can sit on the washing machine while its on and close his eyes and pretend he is out riding. That makes him happy and gets rid of his grumpies from lack of riding :kiss: Regular grumpies are subdued by pills. :lol:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:15:56 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:15:56 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: RVertigo on September 12, 2005, 01:31:06 PM
Post by: RVertigo on September 12, 2005, 01:31:06 PM
Quote from: pandySo how do we distinguish between the regular gwumpies and the "non riding" gwumpies? :dunno:Well... I have a few different grumpies to choose from...
But... The moto-grumpies are distinguishable from the rest by my incessant pointing out of motos...
"Look!!!"
"What?"
"MOTO!!!"
:roll:
**whine**
And... On rainy days... I just ride slower.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: davipu on September 12, 2005, 01:37:09 PM
Post by: davipu on September 12, 2005, 01:37:09 PM
and like none of you have ever picked up streetwalkers on your bike....
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: roguegeek on September 12, 2005, 01:50:06 PM
Post by: roguegeek on September 12, 2005, 01:50:06 PM
In the 27 years I've been living on this Earth, I've only been riding for one. I would definitely say I wasn't born a motorcyclist. I love it so much, though, that I have no idea how I went 26 years without it. Much like driving (something I would say I'm an extreme enthusiast and sportsman for), I would claim I have a deep passion for motorcycling now and i would be lying if I didn't say the group of people on this forum have very much helped me find this. :thumb:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:53:57 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:53:57 PM
Quote from: RVertigoWell... I have a few different grumpies to choose from...But... The moto-grumpies are distinguishable from the rest by my incessant pointing out of motos... "Look!!!" "What?""MOTO!!!" :roll: **whine**
And... On rainy days... I just ride slower.
Wasn't that YOU I saw the other day rolling around on the ground, stomping and beating your hands and legs on the ground and crying, "But I WANNA go MOTO riding!! I WANNA WANNA WANNA....NOW!! *stomp* *stomp*? :dunno:
:mrgreen:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:54:20 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 01:54:20 PM
Quote from: davipuand like none of you have ever picked up streetwalkers on your bike....
I can honestly say that I never have. :P
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: scratch on September 12, 2005, 01:56:37 PM
Post by: scratch on September 12, 2005, 01:56:37 PM
Quote from: davipuand like none of you have ever picked up streetwalkers on your bike....
Holy $#!+, how'd you know?!?
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 02:05:44 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 02:05:44 PM
Quote from: scratchQuote from: davipuand like none of you have ever picked up streetwalkers on your bike....Holy $#!+, how'd you know?!?
Nooo Nooooo Nooooo!!! You're one of the sweet ones!! davipu is one of the evil ones!! Don't let him drag you over to the dark side!!!! ;)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Alphamazing on September 12, 2005, 02:15:19 PM
Post by: Alphamazing on September 12, 2005, 02:15:19 PM
I can safely I say I was born to ride. As soon as I started, I had a knack for it. I had a knack for crashing, as well, but that's beside the point. Everyone I've ridden with says it's nice to see someone with such little saddle time controlling the bike as well as I do (as quoted from many of my father's friends, as well as my father himself).
Riding is my passion.
Riding is my passion.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 02:19:30 PM
Post by: Ed_in_Az on September 12, 2005, 02:19:30 PM
;)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 02:22:18 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 02:22:18 PM
Quote from: Ed_in_AzSo far, we share one good attribute. Well, maybe two, you are human right? :cheers:
So then what attribute would you two share? :dunno:
:mrgreen:
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: scratch on September 12, 2005, 02:25:53 PM
Post by: scratch on September 12, 2005, 02:25:53 PM
Quote from: pandyQuote from: scratchQuote from: davipuand like none of you have ever picked up streetwalkers on your bike....Holy $#!+, how'd you know?!?
Nooo Nooooo Nooooo!!! You're one of the sweet ones!! davipu is one of the evil ones!! Don't let him drag you over to the dark side!!!! ;)
Aw, no, it was some Harley dood that just needed a ride down the street.
Oh, and to actually answer the thread starter's question: No, I was not born a motorcyclist, but I do think I was born to be a bicyclist, so the transition to motorized two-wheeled transportation seemed easier, since I hate cars (having been ran over by one when I was 3, traumatized by my driving instructor, and not coordinated enough to drive a stick).
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Alphamazing on September 12, 2005, 02:34:33 PM
Post by: Alphamazing on September 12, 2005, 02:34:33 PM
Quote from: pandyQuote from: Ed_in_AzSo far, we share one good attribute. Well, maybe two, you are human right? :cheers:
So then what attribute would you two share? :dunno: :mrgreen:
The riding is passion thing, I'd assume. I recently joined a club here on campus called the UT Sportbike Rider's Association. They do track days! I'm freakin' excited.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: oppy00 on September 12, 2005, 06:20:52 PM
Post by: oppy00 on September 12, 2005, 06:20:52 PM
I've had a hard-on for motorcycles as long as I can remember. I had a great-great uncle or something like that who raced Harleys on board tracks. Apparently he was a little nuts. :lol: I bought a bike a several months before I turned 21, and like others I get cranky when I haven't ridden for a while. This is my best point of reference for what ladies go through once a month, PMS. I call mine NMS, No Moto Syndrome. I get abdominal cramps, hot/cold flashes, head-aches, and general crankiness. Fortunately I can just go down to the garage, sit on my GS, and make 'vroom vroom VROOOOOOOM!' noises, and I'm mostly cured. Otherwise I just go for a ride.
I swear on the grave my mother isn't in yet, that I will do everything in my power to continue riding until it kills me.
I swear on the grave my mother isn't in yet, that I will do everything in my power to continue riding until it kills me.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: callmelenny on September 12, 2005, 07:02:20 PM
Post by: callmelenny on September 12, 2005, 07:02:20 PM
Motorcycling is a lifestyle choice and we need to stop pretending such a perversion is genetic! Just because a small percentage of the population rides on two wheels does not mean it is normal. It makes me sick to see motorcyclist in public, can't they just stay at their little tracks where they are only a danger to each other?
Encouraging helmet use only condones riding! We need to teach people that any time you get on a bike you are risking your life.. Wearing "protection" doesn't always work!! Teaching MSF classes is just giving people permission to ride.
Don't hate the motorcyclist, hate the motorcyle.
Encouraging helmet use only condones riding! We need to teach people that any time you get on a bike you are risking your life.. Wearing "protection" doesn't always work!! Teaching MSF classes is just giving people permission to ride.
Don't hate the motorcyclist, hate the motorcyle.
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: jake42 on September 12, 2005, 08:27:26 PM
Post by: jake42 on September 12, 2005, 08:27:26 PM
my earliest memory of being on a bike is riding a benelli minibike with my older brother at age 4 or 5.
since that time I've tried to ride at every chance in my 33 years.
in no particular order, but somewhat chronologically, all the different bikes I can rmember riding. Not all mine mind you, but each one was fun in it's own way.
honda 50 - older style 3 speed auto.
honda XR 75
kawasaki 100 - the green monster, with a bad coil.
suzuki ts 185 - i used to walk 4 miles to brothers house when i was 12 or 13 to take this bike out and ride it. I loved that damn thing.
honda xr 600 - had a broken compression lever and I couldn't kickstart, it once threw me over the bars.
kawasaki kdx 200 - one of my favorite bikes to ride ever. great all around woods bike.
Husky 250 - set up for my 265 brother. This thing was so tall i had to practically jump off it when i stopped, but man that bike was fast as hell and scary when you hit hte powerband.
Husky 430 - This was the same brother's bike, it was awesome. Power galore, but it fouled plugs alot and one day it fouled a plug and surged afterwards and tossed me int he woods and I dislocated my shoulder.
rm125 - neighbor kid's bike, really tall for a 125 and wanted to wheelie like crazy.
gl1100? - big suzuki belt drive from the 80's. same brother that had the husky's owned this.
intruder 1400- my other older brother's bike. Kind of a tall skinny crusier I thought. But man, it would really open up. The mirror blew off when i was doing about 80 in 3rd gear.
vulcan 1500 - my nighbor's big cruser. Probably the most balanced bike I've ever been on. You can stop and not put your feet down at stop signs and then just roll on.
klr650 - again my neighbor's bike. It's a fun dualsport. It's a little tall for me, but i was suprised at how comfy it was to ride around.
yamaha ycs1 180 - 1967 - my first street bike. bought in 2000 in a box for a 150 bucks. I spent all winter rebuilding it and it started on the first kick. I was so excited I started it in the garage in mid january and called my brother to listen to it. My wife almost killed me making the house smell like 2 stroke.
96 GS500 - my second bike. bought in 2003 off ebay. I drove to dearborn michigan to pick it up. been tinkering with it ever since.
i'm sure there's more I can't remember, but just taking the time to write this has made me feel better. So yeah, I guess I was born to ride. A large part is due to my older brothers. At least 5 of them have had bikes at one point or another so I've been around them all my life.
Jake
since that time I've tried to ride at every chance in my 33 years.
in no particular order, but somewhat chronologically, all the different bikes I can rmember riding. Not all mine mind you, but each one was fun in it's own way.
honda 50 - older style 3 speed auto.
honda XR 75
kawasaki 100 - the green monster, with a bad coil.
suzuki ts 185 - i used to walk 4 miles to brothers house when i was 12 or 13 to take this bike out and ride it. I loved that damn thing.
honda xr 600 - had a broken compression lever and I couldn't kickstart, it once threw me over the bars.
kawasaki kdx 200 - one of my favorite bikes to ride ever. great all around woods bike.
Husky 250 - set up for my 265 brother. This thing was so tall i had to practically jump off it when i stopped, but man that bike was fast as hell and scary when you hit hte powerband.
Husky 430 - This was the same brother's bike, it was awesome. Power galore, but it fouled plugs alot and one day it fouled a plug and surged afterwards and tossed me int he woods and I dislocated my shoulder.
rm125 - neighbor kid's bike, really tall for a 125 and wanted to wheelie like crazy.
gl1100? - big suzuki belt drive from the 80's. same brother that had the husky's owned this.
intruder 1400- my other older brother's bike. Kind of a tall skinny crusier I thought. But man, it would really open up. The mirror blew off when i was doing about 80 in 3rd gear.
vulcan 1500 - my nighbor's big cruser. Probably the most balanced bike I've ever been on. You can stop and not put your feet down at stop signs and then just roll on.
klr650 - again my neighbor's bike. It's a fun dualsport. It's a little tall for me, but i was suprised at how comfy it was to ride around.
yamaha ycs1 180 - 1967 - my first street bike. bought in 2000 in a box for a 150 bucks. I spent all winter rebuilding it and it started on the first kick. I was so excited I started it in the garage in mid january and called my brother to listen to it. My wife almost killed me making the house smell like 2 stroke.
96 GS500 - my second bike. bought in 2003 off ebay. I drove to dearborn michigan to pick it up. been tinkering with it ever since.
i'm sure there's more I can't remember, but just taking the time to write this has made me feel better. So yeah, I guess I was born to ride. A large part is due to my older brothers. At least 5 of them have had bikes at one point or another so I've been around them all my life.
Jake
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 10:14:53 PM
Post by: Blazinjr on September 12, 2005, 10:14:53 PM
Quote from: pandyNooo Nooooo Nooooo!!! You're one of the sweet ones!! davipu is one of the evil ones!! Don't let him drag you over to the dark side!!!! ;)
What's wrong with the DARK SIDE? (see windscreen)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 10:54:08 PM
Post by: pandy on September 12, 2005, 10:54:08 PM
WooHoo!! THAT kinda dark side I can live with! :thumb:
Quote from: BlazinjrQuote from: pandyNooo Nooooo Nooooo!!! You're one of the sweet ones!! davipu is one of the evil ones!! Don't let him drag you over to the dark side!!!! ;)
What's wrong with the DARK SIDE? (see windscreen)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: aaronstj on September 12, 2005, 11:28:51 PM
Post by: aaronstj on September 12, 2005, 11:28:51 PM
I can confidently say that I wasn't born a motorcyclist. Far from it. I was always pretty much a sissy growing up. My brother was always the daredevil, and I never wanted to do anything remotely dangerous - take big jumps on my bicycle, climb any higher in the tree, ride the roller coaster with the loop.
Over the last several years, I've been getting away from that attitude, but I'm still kind of a sissy at heart.
And until last Saturday, I'd never ridden a bike, or a dirt bike, or a scooter or moped or anything. But for some reason I decided I motorcycle would be fun, so I signed up for the MSF and got all excited and, well, here I am.
So I wasn't born to ride, but I gotta admit, I love it. (At least, as much as you can tell after one weekend on a 125cc bike :) )
Over the last several years, I've been getting away from that attitude, but I'm still kind of a sissy at heart.
And until last Saturday, I'd never ridden a bike, or a dirt bike, or a scooter or moped or anything. But for some reason I decided I motorcycle would be fun, so I signed up for the MSF and got all excited and, well, here I am.
So I wasn't born to ride, but I gotta admit, I love it. (At least, as much as you can tell after one weekend on a 125cc bike :) )
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: un1261 on September 13, 2005, 03:24:02 AM
Post by: un1261 on September 13, 2005, 03:24:02 AM
8)
Born to ride...OH YEAH!
Told my mother at the age of 10 that I would ride motorcycles and drive big rigs when I got older. She laughed at me :x ....now I'm the one laughing, all the way there and back again unless it's raining. 1st bike @ 14, drove my 1st semi @ 16...on a dirt road out in the middle of no where.
Also told her not expect grandkids. 43 and no youngins yet. :)
Born to ride...OH YEAH!
Told my mother at the age of 10 that I would ride motorcycles and drive big rigs when I got older. She laughed at me :x ....now I'm the one laughing, all the way there and back again unless it's raining. 1st bike @ 14, drove my 1st semi @ 16...on a dirt road out in the middle of no where.
Also told her not expect grandkids. 43 and no youngins yet. :)
Title: Do you think you were born a motorcyclist?
Post by: RVertigo on September 14, 2005, 11:23:06 AM
Post by: RVertigo on September 14, 2005, 11:23:06 AM
Quote from: aaronstjI signed up for the MSFYou do it out in Renton? Who was your instructor?