bad influence

[nostatic]

[Jim Richards]

You're not hard to push over the edge, are you?

[911Rob]

wish, want, need, got.

Where you at?

[TheMentat]

Originally Posted by nostatic

buddy of mine just got one... sick, sick, sick

[Tobra]

so the bad influence is you or the red scoot?

[nostatic]

heh...siren song of a v-twin.

Close to the edge. Interesting psychological adventure on Sunday as I had my first trip on the freeway on 2-wheels during a test ride. Twas quite white knuckle. Funny, because around the city streets leaving the shop it was all grins and giggles. The second time 'round on the freeway was better (and was on the HYM as opposed to a GT1000, with the HYM, pictured above, actually feeling more planted on the freeway), but still a mind-fark.

I have friends strongly on both sides of the fence on this one. Some say, "no way," while others say, "absolutely." The fatalist in me always looked at the accident as a warning and fulfillment of "whatever can go wrong will." But two different friends pointed out that another way to look at it is that despite a very bad crash under pretty much "worst case" conditions, I survived. And there is something to be said about getting back on the horse...

The bottom line is that being on 2-wheels is either in you or not. And some of us have "extreme" personalities that need to be fed one way or another. The trick is just figuring out how to stack the odds and grab the activities that will fulfill without too much drama.

[Moses]

If you get another bike, assume you will go to ground again. Might not be as bad next time... might be worse. When you can wrap your head around the fact that you WILL crash again it's time to buy another bike.

[Don Plumley]

Sweet bike. On one hand I don't want to be sitting at Peets with you in 20 years listening to you say, "I really wish I got that bike." On the other, I want to have that cup of coffee with you.

But as the man says, life is short, live each day to the fullest. If you can't live that day to the fullest without the bike, then your question is answered.

[JavaBrewer]

What's with you and the ducs... Next thing you'll be shopping for a prancing horse car and hair folic docs...

[nostatic]

well, this is another one that is on the radar

[gprsh924]

Both of those bikes leave me really, really wanting to get a motorcycle...to bad my parents will not let me.

[lendaddy]

Todd, get your rocks off some other way....maybe offroad with the boy JMHO.

[TheMentat]

Originally Posted by nostatic

well, this is another one that is on the radar

That is just uncanny... the only other close frind of mine with a bike, rides one of these! Fine taste in bikes...

The 3-cylinder triumph sounds phenomenal (especially with aftermarket pipes).


FWIW... I should also admit that the guy with the Ducati has already written off a 749 and a 999. I have a feeling that the bikes are inspirational - but in a bad way...

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Todd, get your rocks off some other way....maybe offroad with the boy JMHO.

mom has so far nixed the boy on motorcycles. Maybe that'll change after (if) she/we move.

That does involve a wholesale vehicle swap as well though. All sorts of factors to consider...

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by nostatic

mom has so far nixed the boy on motorcycles. Maybe that'll change after (if) she/we move.

That does involve a wholesale vehicle swap as well though. All sorts of factors to consider...

Yea, that's a bad spot. I'm not trying to be holier than thou, lord knows I've been selfish but if I remember right your boy is getting close to his teens...father and son get their own bond........

[Rick Lee]

After last weekend's rides, I'm hooked for life, however long or short it may be.



I know it's dangerous. I try to be careful. I can't imagine anything worse than wishing I had a bike for years and years and then getting hit by a bus while walking across the street. Our lives have expiration dates on them at birth. Get the bike.

[JavaBrewer]

Promise that you at least ride the triple, indulge in the 1050 triple too, before pulling the trigger on another twin. I hate the stock cans on the new Triumphs but saw a sweet aftermarket setup with a bottom exit that sounded incredible. Next best sounding bike I heard was a RC51 with dual Sato exhaust. Incredible.

FYI - do not read what I just said as encouraging you back on the a bike. I also like the dirt bike/son suggestion. I would be open to it myself but Zack is not quite mature enough. Maybe in '09...

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by Moses

If you get another bike, assume you will go to ground again. Might not be as bad next time... might be worse. When you can wrap your head around the fact that you WILL crash again it's time to buy another bike.

Listen to him. My buddy did the same thing. 1st time around broke his left leg and arm, spent a year in rehab getting to work right again.

2nd time (Aug 07) tboned 1 block away from home = RIP.





Either way, good luck and stay safe.

rjp

[SlowToady]

You've nailed it right there. Either you HAVE to have 2 wheels, or you don't. The fact that you're thinking so deeply and intently about this seems to suggest you have it, and know it. If you can't get back on the horse after a crash, maybe you never really had it. No big deal.

My old man has been riding motorcycles since he was 14 or 16, I can't remember which. In any event, he's now 58 and has had at least one motorcycle for every year I've been alive (he's in the high 20s). He's been in numerous accidents over the years, but for the miles he's ridden and all the bikes, it wouldn't be statistically significant. Once, back in his 20s, he was showing off a bike, I think for a girl, and broadsided a car that ran a stop sign. His back problems to this day are a result of it. He's gone down on gravel once or twice, and another time a car side swiped him. Just a few years ago, in his early-mid 50s, he was forced off the road and had to lay it down on a gravel shoulder. He chased the guy down and about beat him half to death. Not one time has he ever wondered whether or not he should be on a bike; in fact it's quite the opposite. He has plans to be buried with his motorcycle.

Buy the bike, Todd. You'll find out pretty quickly whether or not it's really in you. And if it's not, you had fun while it lasted and can sell it for nearly what you bought it for. Especially so with the Duc.

The bottom line is that being on 2-wheels is either in you or not. And some of us have "extreme" personalities that need to be fed one way or another. The trick is just figuring out how to stack the odds and grab the activities that will fulfill without too much drama.

[CJFusco]

I'd take either, but my vote is for the Triumph