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Title: Stereotypes ... and, maybe not. Post by IslandRoad on 06/11/17 at 02:44:45 I've been riding for about 6 months. I started with a Ninja 250R - before I knew what I didn't know. Two months later came the Savage/S40. It introduced me to the life of riding: other riders nod at me when they come the other way on the highway, when I take a pit-stop at a cafe I get invited to ride with the random bunch of blokes that stop for a break while on their monthly ride, strangers (old Harley riders) ask me about the bike, I meet friendly and generous people on the interwebs, I got a job because I asked the guy at the local 'small engines' shop if he had a vacancy while I was seeking advice about tuning my carb. I started to ask myself "why did I wait so long to find this?" That question changed a few days a go. An old biker came into the shop looking for a part. He had the look of the 'typical' biker: bald head, tattoos up the back of his head, and a leather lace-up waistcoat weighed down with club badges and pins. He was probably 70 years old or so. And, he was the softest-spoken bloke I've ever met. We chatted about bikes. He also had a brace on his leg. He told me he hit a gravel patch on a country road while riding his Harley. He came off the road and hit a tree side on. He broke the major bones in his upper and lower leg, and wouldn't be back on a bike for at least three months more. I wished him well. A week later I bumped into him at the post office while I was down the street running some errands. He was inspecting some x-rays of his leg. I asked him how he was doing. He said "not so good. The legs not healing ... the doctors reckon it's old age". I can still see the sadness in his eyes. During the conversation I thought, "what positive thing can I say?" "Have you thought about a trike?" "Yeah, that might be the next option" he said "But I'm not giving up yet." Why didn't I find this sooner? No. Thank heavens I found it now. |
Title: Re: Stereotypes ... and, maybe not. Post by LANCER on 06/11/17 at 03:45:17 Everything happens at the proper time, whether we think so at the time or not. |
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