I hate those times
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 987
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From: Maryland
If I listened to that little voice, I'd have quit my job, would be sucking the governmental teet, and staying home.
Instead, I take the scoot out, crank her up to 90, and breathe in some free air and realize I'm not a slacker loser that blames everyone else for my problems.
If I live another day, I live. If I die today, I die. Not like I'll really know the difference, and it's not like I really care either way. The world got on without me just fine before I was born, so I'm sure it will be fine after I bite the dust.
Instead, I take the scoot out, crank her up to 90, and breathe in some free air and realize I'm not a slacker loser that blames everyone else for my problems.
If I live another day, I live. If I die today, I die. Not like I'll really know the difference, and it's not like I really care either way. The world got on without me just fine before I was born, so I'm sure it will be fine after I bite the dust.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 11,166
Likes: 1,801
From: Puget Sound, WA.
I had a feeling one day - something wasn't right in the universe or whatever.
A bunch of guys came over to get me on a ride and I said I wouldn't and why.
They laughed and called me ***** and all that and finally took off.
A little bit later on a bridge a guy's kicker came off- hit another guy in the arm forcing him to veer into a bike and causing that bike to hit the bridge, tearing the rider's leg off,.throwing him off the bridge- and the passenger breaking her back on the bridge grating. not to mention the 5 or 6 people laying their bikes down around the carnage.
Whether it was genuine or not- I listen to my senses every minute and so far-so good.
Club Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 4,806
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From: In a house down by the river
Beautiful day out today and I really want to do a putt to the lake, but my "little" voice is telling me to wait until tomorrow. The boss, my wife, says I can't go because I just had a liver biopsy this morning. Damn voices.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,164
Likes: 6
From: Greenfield, Massachusetts
I have had "strange vibes" while riding. Several times I've been riding, everything is fine, then all of a sudden that unexplained uneasy feeling comes over me. THis has ALWAYS been on the highway, and I have no problem on the highway, in fact I am one of those strange ones that actually LIKES most highways! So when it has happened, I have slowed down until that feeling passed, then continued on. I have learned to trust my instincts because any time I don't, I have regretted it.
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,346
Likes: 3
From: Dallas, Texas
I feel safer on the highway. Everybod's going roughly the same speed, same direction, no one coming at you from a side street or turning left in your path, you can out-accelerate most everybody to get out of tight spots but if you have a blow-out or hit a shovel - you're toast.
Speaking of which, yesterday I cruised home on the highway (75-80mph) & when I exited and tried to take the turn into my neighborhood the bike was very difficult to turn. Felt like some thing wrong up front. Pulled into a gas station and my back tire was flat as a board. Talk about luck, there's no way that sucker was flat while I was up on the highway.
Speaking of which, yesterday I cruised home on the highway (75-80mph) & when I exited and tried to take the turn into my neighborhood the bike was very difficult to turn. Felt like some thing wrong up front. Pulled into a gas station and my back tire was flat as a board. Talk about luck, there's no way that sucker was flat while I was up on the highway.
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Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 21,736
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From: Driftless Area
That feeling is similar to the "Aw Crap!" moment...except it's sooner.
The "AW Crap!" moment is scraping the boards on a curve in the middle of nowhere, and finding a squad car on the other end, shooting radar out of a private rural driveway.
Cost me 125 bucks. First bike ticket ever, in over 30 years. Crap.
The "AW Crap!" moment is scraping the boards on a curve in the middle of nowhere, and finding a squad car on the other end, shooting radar out of a private rural driveway.
Cost me 125 bucks. First bike ticket ever, in over 30 years. Crap.