Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I am becoming ordinary

I sold my V-Strom 650 today, my last motorcycle. I am now that much more boring. I am sad :-(.

-- Badtux the Boring Penguin

8 comments:

  1. You poor old man . Be glad you had it as long as you did . Some of us gave up much earlier , for differen't reasons .
    a compasionate and even older ,
    w3ski

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  2. If the withdrawal symptoms get too bad can always go get another one.

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  3. Hmmmmm. Maybe a new guitar in your near future?

    JzB the hopeful trombonist

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  4. Not only does one feel as if they are more ordinary buy such a change, but less free as well. Sure, a car can get you to most of the same places, but it just isn't the same.

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  5. To be honest with you ,I didn't give up riding although that would of been affected too . I had an on the job injury , I am/was a Smog Tech . An Explorer went from park to drive at 2500 rpm and I happened to be in fornt of it . It was awhile till I could even open a hood without being nervous . It ruined me . Attitude , confidence , even my skills were affected . I've had to retire from Auto . Sure I can do backyard stuff now , but not under pressure . Changed me forever .
    w3ski

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  6. Yikes! No more two wheels? What is the world coming to?

    Yeah, even though I gave mine up 20+ years ago, I still consider myself a biker (Have even kept my motorcycle license current, but I wouldn't dream of jumping on one now without a training course again.).

    Dave

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  7. i gave them up when i found out that motorcycles don't climb pine trees. totally useless items, if you're living here in the piney woods.

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