Current Events > Do you own a motorcycle? Or would like to?

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CedarPointcp posted...

Tupacrulez posted...

This topic is reminding me that the market for RC45s is softening just a little and in a few years I'll be looking for one seriously.

Its also reminding me that I really need to pick up an xr650.
And maybe another sportbike. Can never have too many.

you ever been in an accident?

Yes. As I already posted. I was about a month in and had a 15 year old with her learners turn her vw beetle left infront of me. I went over her hood, landed on the left side of my face/head, skidded a bit and my bike ended up on top of my legs somehow.

I lost consciousness instantly because I was wearing a less than stellar helmet at the time (ironically, I was going to pick up a new, much higher quality helmet when this happened).

I proceeded to rapidly gain and lose consciousness over the course of the next half hour. For a full day I had no memory beyond "what happened to my bike?". Apparently I asked that question over 100 times before I got to a hospital, and then every 20 minutes when I was woken up during the night.

I have no memory of the accident, this is all third hand. Infact, I have no memory of the month of June 2010 whatsoever. I don't even remember getting my next motorcycle a week later and literally riding it home. There are pictures of it that I didn't know were taken by me.

Am I scared? No. Not one bit. Been riding since without incident. I've ridden through rain, loose gravel for miles, mud, hail, literal blizzards (with proof).

Nothing to be scared of. Git gud
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Own one
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No. I tried to learn in my early twenties, ended up crashing into the side of the garage, got off with a golfball-sized hematoma on the back of my hand and considered myself lucky. But actually what turned me off to it entirely was the next time I tried, putzing a field on a dirtbike at five mph, wobbling around and looking like a complete tool; it dawned on me then that I was only doing this because I was letting my insecurity push me into doing a manly man thing, and that riding a bike couldn't give me any more rewarding feelings than just driving my car with the windows down.
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masterpug53 posted...

No. I tried to learn in my early twenties, ended up crashing into the side of the garage, got off with a golfball-sized hematoma on the back of my hand and considered myself lucky. But actually what turned me off to it entirely was the next time I tried, putzing a field on a dirtbike at five mph, wobbling around and looking like a complete tool; it dawned on me then that I was only doing this because I was letting my insecurity push me into doing a manly man thing, and that riding a bike couldn't give me any more rewarding feelings than just driving my car with the windows down.

You poor misguided soul.
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Tupacrulez posted...

masterpug53 posted...

No. I tried to learn in my early twenties, ended up crashing into the side of the garage, got off with a golfball-sized hematoma on the back of my hand and considered myself lucky. But actually what turned me off to it entirely was the next time I tried, putzing a field on a dirtbike at five mph, wobbling around and looking like a complete tool; it dawned on me then that I was only doing this because I was letting my insecurity push me into doing a manly man thing, and that riding a bike couldn't give me any more rewarding feelings than just driving my car with the windows down.

You poor misguided soul.

Nah. You can't accelerate in a car like you can on a bike unless the car is a crazy car. Going from 60 to 110 in a few seconds with no effort on a vehicle that costs less than $10k is an amazing feeling.
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im prob the only guy for whom speed and acceleration are negatives when it comes to bikes. fuck that, 110 mph fuck that all the way. no one needs to go that fast
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I wouldn't be caught dead on a donorcycle.
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I want one just for leisure. Riding through the mountains or road trips to the beach sound amazing on one.

I want a jet ski more though so that will be the next thing I get (hopefully next year)
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Had one. After getting hit, it changed my mind on owning one lol.
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I've had a few over the years but I'm too old to take that risk anymore with having a family and all.
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whitelytning posted...

I bought a ZX10R and had it for one day before crashing it. Got knocked out cold in the middle of an intersection and had some road rash but no breaks or anything terrible. Helmet probably saved my life. I saw it as a sign and fixed the bike and sold it without ever riding it again. Went 156 mph on the way home from where I bought it after never riding a bike other than the practice ones they give you when you take the little course. That was, and still is, the best adrenaline rush I have ever had.

That was a few years ago and I have considered getting one and trying again lately but can't pull the trigger. I know its a risky bad idea but still want one. I'm looking at really small ones though like a Grom to just drive around town and back and forth to work without being able to go too fast.

Liter bikes are no good for squids

whitelytning posted...

Tupacrulez posted...

masterpug53 posted...

No. I tried to learn in my early twenties, ended up crashing into the side of the garage, got off with a golfball-sized hematoma on the back of my hand and considered myself lucky. But actually what turned me off to it entirely was the next time I tried, putzing a field on a dirtbike at five mph, wobbling around and looking like a complete tool; it dawned on me then that I was only doing this because I was letting my insecurity push me into doing a manly man thing, and that riding a bike couldn't give me any more rewarding feelings than just driving my car with the windows down.

You poor misguided soul.

Nah. You can't accelerate in a car like you can on a bike unless the car is a crazy car. Going from 60 to 110 in a few seconds with no effort on a vehicle that costs less than $10k is an amazing feeling.

Yes, I know this.
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