Ya know what, I just might say sumtin like that...
That she must go with me on my last ride.
To date she has refused to go.

Maybe, with a perfect weather day, etc, it might hook her  

OK guys, when we get closer I'll post up asking for prayers to the savage god in my behalf, or I mean, her half  

Since the bike is paid for ....it will cost you very little to keep it.  My wife is not a huge fan of riding - but she does know how much I like it and she allows me that activity.  When the weather is right we ride double for our Friday night date....and we have taken one vacation with the motorcycle on a trailer.  We went up to Michigan and trailered the bike up, and then took day rides to see the sights.  We are planning similar trips to Gettysburg and other locations.  The Savage was not a comfortable bike for us to ride double however.......we did buy a larger bike for riding double.

I do use one of the bikes for running errands, and it makes them a lot more fun to do.

You guys are an inspiration, I thank you for applying your boot to my butt, however, the energy from that extreme seems to dissipate before it has chance to influence my last remaining brain cell...

Yes. its true, I still have one that fires  

My wife is a real outdoor person.
We went from tent camping, to tent trailer, etc, as the kids grew.
They all love that experience, and repeating it with our grand kids.
I know the love is there, I just have to figger out how to fan it.

You guys have honestly given me hope, and focus, and I really like the little bike, all she gives me, from tinkering with Versy's mods, to keeping my reflexes current, it has value in my life.

I will not go into the abyss of caging, willingly, but offer one more stance, before it can stand, no mores    

THANKS BUDDIES!

I would say to her
Do you want me to 'live' a life of denial, while I die a little each time I see another bike? Or actually live, untill I don't, anymore? (of course you may not feel that strongly about bikes)
I knew a guy who quit riding at his wife's behest, and lived a miserable life
Until a collision with a cable dump took his life, 4 months or so down the road, while commuting home on the freeway
On his bike, he never took the freeway

It was mean, it was horrible, it was nasty, but I couldn't help myself, as I said "good thing he was in that nice safe car on the freeway, instead of on that 'dangerous' bike on an empty back road"

Everyone here knows how i feel about this by now, you marry a person, it shouldn't make you their slave (IMO you shouldn't marry, period) It's SUPPOSED to be a partner ship of Mutual Benefit

I'm not riding much right now, but that's my choice, not someone else's
Your contribution to her life is every bit as beneficial as hers to yours, at least for the past 14 years, possibly more so, if you are the 'provider' in the relationship, but you somehow 'owe her' the surrender of something you love 'because wife'

Your call, brother, and no judgement, regardless how prickly my diatribe may sound, it's your choice, not mine, but I just can't see letting someone else control me

Art Webb wrote on 11/06/16 at 08:31:41:


Thanks Art....
I know how hard it is to dialogue in this domain, we lack visual and audio input, which can be as important as the words spoken, in defining the meaning and intent, of any given subject.

I understand your gist, and appreciate it buddy!

We are all unique, and that it what is so wonderful about accepting life, on its terms.
We can try and bend it to our liking, our comfort zone, or to justify us, but that so steals away that which makes each one as different as our thumb print.

I am like a pioneer, who ventured west to the gold fields, looking for placer deposits....
I gather supplies, game plan, but I will need to wade into the water of a chilling creek, to dip my pan.
My body may shiver, my back ache, my hands turn blue, but its a price I must pay in order to succeed.
I work the pan, till all that is left, is the remnants of what I started with.  Its up to me to decide that which has value, and that that doesn't, before I plunge it back in again.... or move on.

You guys, by your sharing, have loaded my pan with all sorts of keepers, its up to me now to discern.......  

Thank you