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I don´t like taking time away from my family on the weekends, so I mostly ride to and from work or to meet my buddies for a chat.
I bought a Buell Blast for my wife (I tried to get her to go for a Ninja 250) and she´ll soon have her license, so I hope that we´ll go riding together on the weekends with some group rides.
I rode my first time when I was about 14 visiting my relatives on the farm in Illinois. My uncle had just purchased a small displacement bike, probably 90cc, which I was able to convince him to let me ride. I´m surprised I didn´t get hurt then...
Later in the Air Force, at 19, I dumped someone else´s bike and received enough road rash (and crap from my CO) to convince me to follow my dad´s advice (he´s a plastic surgeon) and avoid motorcycles. It´s sad that I gave up something I really loved just to make everyone else comfortable. Fortunately, before it was too late I realized that if I didn´t start riding again soon, I´d probably be too old to enjoy it.
My dad was right, I had two other serious drops.
One with nasty knee road rash and another hitting the ground at 110+ breaking both my hands and right foot and guess what, more knee road rash...LOL
But I´m back on a bike again because I really love riding. I know I´ll go down again sometime... It really doesn´t matter though because I have a high pain threshold and a history of falling off bikes, horses and motorcycles...!!! When´s it´s time for the nursing home, I´ll be looking to get a "butt rocket"...
