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.
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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.
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