Hang on to that dream Dio,,,
And maybe later, we can get on it.
Talkin’ about the motobike thingy here.
Last night, I was chattin’ with Brudda B about it, and his ‘two cents’ was ‘Don’t do it” and he had a seriously good arugment for the NO. Scary picture sort of argument. Won’t post it, as I didn’t ask permission and its not his to give anyways,,,, I’ll respect the privacy of his neice. Prayers for her, even if she is Ok, because some injuries take years to manifest.
And then today, while out doing the bank thing for payday, I was cut off by INCHES from a fast moving cage, close enough I could see the eyes of the driver and no, he didn’t LOOK first, that was second as he realized ‘oh, theres a truck there!’,,, and didn’t slow down,,,,
and not a minute later, nearly rear-ended by another one. So close I couldn’t see the windshield of the little car over my tailgate in my rearview. They were so close, I am shocked they didn’t actually swap paint with me. (yes, after that little incident that didn’t go full bore, I pulled up to a store, back up to the big window and made sure my brakelights were working. They are, all three, so it wasn’t that.)
Me be thinking, Nudge is in agreement with Brudda B (obviously, she sent me TWO signs.) and that maybe, I need to let this dream go for a bit. At least until such time as I can actually afford it, AND in an area where the Loose nutz behind the wheel are fewer and further between. (which, sadly means, NEVER GONNA HAPPEN,,,,)
I do so miss that feeling though. I guess I just have to make do with kayaks.
And camping. The whole ‘escape’ thing. Maybe pull a Mark E and just do a month down some river, head water to end. Get away from the world for awhile and get that ‘fix’,,,, dunno. Hard to say since its not like I have a reliable income stream that isn’t selling my lifehours to others. No work, no pay is the rule for now. (and that is a hard boondoggle to break free from. Getting the assets that bring in money: doable, but not easily when you are paycheck to paycheck. And on current course and speed, that is getting even tighter all around, not just for me.)
It’s Turdsday thursday, and I still have a mostly intact truck, no new dings or dinks, though they were both mighty close,,, and I have one more day of workweek before Race weekend. Life is good enough without adding another headache to it, right?
sigh
vroom! lol. Still have my memories from riding all those years prior,,, Good enough for now.
Keep on livin’




I feel your pain Dio! I’ve been wanting a bike for a number of years now, but the Mrs. insists not until we move out to the boondocks cuz it’ll be safer away from the kooks and krazees in Commifornia… But from the sound of it, maybe that’s no good either. Dang! People ruin everything!!
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April 25, 2024 at 6:11 pm
I haven’t given up on it, just setting it aside for a bit. Really can’t afford it right now as is. BUT,,,,
I learned to ride in SoCal, Orange county area, with all the sand from the coast, and the unlicensed immigre,,,
The big problem around here I lay on lawyers: everyone is looking for that “check” and wanting you to t-bone them (that first getting cut off was one I believe) so they can sue.
Yeah, People ruin everything.
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April 25, 2024 at 6:16 pm
I bought my first Yamaha 80 in 1964 brand new for $299. When I was eleven years old. Started racing dirt bikes in 1969…many broken bones later and bikes , finally stopped racing them in 84.
still continued to ride on and off road till 2014. Had avoided encounters with cages for over fifty years till then…
learned the hard way , that ya can’t avoid them all. Took almost a year before I could walk again. Still ride off road. But ain’t no way I’ll ever ride in traffic again.
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April 26, 2024 at 7:17 am
I recall when that happened. Starting to be of similar mind
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April 26, 2024 at 7:31 am