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Farewell fellow C50'ers

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#1 ·
It's been a little while since I've been on, but I wanted to say thanks for all the help over the years. I was hit by a car on the way home from work last spring and broke my tib/fib. Had to get a rod in my bone and some screws and whatnot. I'm hanging up my helmet for a few years for the kid's sake. It's put them through a lot with me not being able to walk for 3/4 a year. Bike was totaled too so that's that I guess. So until next time! Keep the shiny side up!


 
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Hey. Gravity is a cruel mistress who must be obeyed. I went down twice in 2009, once in May right before my birthday (lost control of the bike on the interstate, high sided) and then again in December (low sided, slid off the road and over an embankment). My wife wrecked here FZ6 in 2014 (pulled out into traffic, stalled the bike, then swerved to avoid being hit, went over the handle bars) and my daughter had two wrecks, one in 2016 (she was side swiped by a car that didn't see her on the interstate) and in 2018 (her tires hydroplaned when she was riding home through heavy rain and she hit the car in front of her). Yes it hurts. But none of us gave up the dream and we continue to ride, although it is a bit slower and more cautiously than before.
 
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Glad to see that you are on the mend. Nothing makes you feel your mortality like a bike accident. As others have said, stick around and contribute what you can. Hopefully you'll get back into riding when the timing is right. I stopped for 27+ years and got back into the saddle by accident. Haven't regretted it since. Hope you'll stick around.
 
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It's been a little while since I've been on, but I wanted to say thanks for all the help over the years. I was hit by a car on the way home from work last spring and broke my tib/fib. Had to get a rod in my bone and some screws and whatnot. I'm hanging up my helmet for a few years for the kid's sake. It's put them through a lot with me not being able to walk for 3/4 a year. Bike was totaled too so that's that I guess. So until next time! Keep the shiny side up!







There are plenty of non riders on the forum. Anyway, feel better. It’s only fun if you want it to be fun and broken legs are not fun. I have laid in a ditch before, taking off my helmet while getting pummeled by half frozen rain saying “ya know, this isn’t as fun as it used to be.”

And I gave up the 75% of it that wasn’t fun anymore. The fatigue and risk and crappy weather and misery and aches and pains...

And yes, I rode only about 5000 miles last year, which is for me, a drastic reduction... and maybe, when I send my kid to college next year, I take her in a convertible I bought from selling all this stuff.

Enjoy what you got from it and leave behind what you didn’t like. Pick it up while it’s hot and drop it when it’s cold. Enjoy every sandwich.


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