Comments on: Motorcycling http://segwayne.wordpress.com Welcome to my random thoughts. Scared yet? Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wayne http://segwayne.wordpress.com/motorcycling/#comment-68 Wayne Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://segwayne.wordpress.com/?page_id=8#comment-68 @Amigadave I would have given anything to see the wheelie from hell.. Sounds like it was almost a tossup between "take your chances" and "let go of the bars and take your lumps" but I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end. As for dad, he's keeping his latest, the orange 2003 goldwing, but just bought a 2005 VTX 1800c to ride around with all his Harley buddies. Me? Feels like I'll be paying for my Goldwing until the second coming.. Wayne @Amigadave

I would have given anything to see the wheelie from hell.. Sounds like it was almost a tossup between “take your chances” and “let go of the bars and take your lumps” but I’m glad it all worked out for you in the end.

As for dad, he’s keeping his latest, the orange 2003 goldwing, but just bought a 2005 VTX 1800c to ride around with all his Harley buddies.

Me? Feels like I’ll be paying for my Goldwing until the second coming..

Wayne

]]> By: amigadave http://segwayne.wordpress.com/motorcycling/#comment-67 amigadave Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:02:02 +0000 http://segwayne.wordpress.com/?page_id=8#comment-67 Hi Wayne, this is my first blog comment anywhere, but I just wanted to say hi and tell you that I enjoyed your story about you and your Dad riding motorcycles. I too was smitten early with riding, getting my first bike as a Christmas present at age 16. I owned a bike almost continuously until age 24, then had a long drought until I bought a Kawasaki KLR 650 at age 50. I was not sure I would remember how to ride anymore, but it seemed to be coming back to me until one day while on my way to work I snaked through traffic at a stop light and was a little nervous about the drivers being a bit upset that I had gotten in front of them in that way, but I tried to relax. I assumed that the traffic in the left turn lane in front of me would get a green arrow before I would get a green light to go, so I put the bike in neutral and my hand off the clutch lever. You can guess what happened next. I got the green to go and panicked to put the bike in gear too fast to get out of the way of the cars I had just snaked through and I ended up popping the clutch on a bike that I had only been riding for a couple of weeks after not riding for 20+ years. I performed the highest wheelie I had ever seen across the entire intersection, so much so that I had to take my feet off the pegs and I was laying on the tank with my feet and legs flailing behind me. I don't know how I managed to keep it straight and pull myself back on top to bring it back to Earth, but I survived and made it to work unscathed. I later found that the KLR did not suit me as it is too heavy for riding in the dirt near my home, and it is not comfortable or stable enough for cruising on the highways, so I have it up for sale and have bought a Suzuki DRZ400 SuperMoto and installed rain tires to have a bit more tread in the dirt when I take my 15 year-old Son riding on his Yamaha 125 TT. The Suzuki was modified by the previous owner and has more power than the KLR 650 and much less weight, so it is very quick and fun on the mountain roads, but again it is not exactly what I need as the rain tires just don't cut it in the dirt and I have already fallen a few times riding with the Son. I guess the solution is to either stop riding in the dirt or get two bikes. Congrats on becoming closer with your Dad, that is a great story and what life is all about. Hi Wayne, this is my first blog comment anywhere, but I just wanted to say hi and tell you that I enjoyed your story about you and your Dad riding motorcycles. I too was smitten early with riding, getting my first bike as a Christmas present at age 16. I owned a bike almost continuously until age 24, then had a long drought until I bought a Kawasaki KLR 650 at age 50. I was not sure I would remember how to ride anymore, but it seemed to be coming back to me until one day while on my way to work I snaked through traffic at a stop light and was a little nervous about the drivers being a bit upset that I had gotten in front of them in that way, but I tried to relax. I assumed that the traffic in the left turn lane in front of me would get a green arrow before I would get a green light to go, so I put the bike in neutral and my hand off the clutch lever. You can guess what happened next. I got the green to go and panicked to put the bike in gear too fast to get out of the way of the cars I had just snaked through and I ended up popping the clutch on a bike that I had only been riding for a couple of weeks after not riding for 20+ years. I performed the highest wheelie I had ever seen across the entire intersection, so much so that I had to take my feet off the pegs and I was laying on the tank with my feet and legs flailing behind me. I don’t know how I managed to keep it straight and pull myself back on top to bring it back to Earth, but I survived and made it to work unscathed. I later found that the KLR did not suit me as it is too heavy for riding in the dirt near my home, and it is not comfortable or stable enough for cruising on the highways, so I have it up for sale and have bought a Suzuki DRZ400 SuperMoto and installed rain tires to have a bit more tread in the dirt when I take my 15 year-old Son riding on his Yamaha 125 TT. The Suzuki was modified by the previous owner and has more power than the KLR 650 and much less weight, so it is very quick and fun on the mountain roads, but again it is not exactly what I need as the rain tires just don’t cut it in the dirt and I have already fallen a few times riding with the Son. I guess the solution is to either stop riding in the dirt or get two bikes. Congrats on becoming closer with your Dad, that is a great story and what life is all about.

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