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From: Indianapolis
Well friends my riding days are now officially over. Dealership totaled out the bike, cost of repairs would be $13,900.22. My wife refuses to have another bike in our household because of the way people in Charlotte NC drive. All I keep hearing is I'm lucky he didn't kill me or worse yet cripple me for life. Right now I'm not feeling too lucky and I wish i could say what I'm really wanting to say. I've really enjoyed my 2 years of being on this forum and I may come back from time to time just to read up on what's going on. But, it's gong to take a long while before that happens.
May The Lord Bless and Protect You all the days that you ride.
Chris.
May The Lord Bless and Protect You all the days that you ride.
Chris.
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Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Nor Cal
Unfortunately, those are the "Ripples" that the Texting Teenager set into motion ...
That teenager chose to Break the Law and in turn caused someone to possibly never ride (or at least never own) a motorcycle again
Good Luck ... and you're still alive
That teenager chose to Break the Law and in turn caused someone to possibly never ride (or at least never own) a motorcycle again
Good Luck ... and you're still alive
Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 166
Likes: 25
From: Virginia
Sorry to hear that friend. I was coming home today in my SUV and beside me was a gray haired woman..probably mid 60's...texting. She would be 10-15 car lengths behind the next vehicle and then accelerate to about 2 car lengths and then drop back again..in a 45 mph zone. She was nose to the phone and then jerking her head up to look at the road and then back nose to the phone. 
I moved as far away as possible..just shaking my head. There needs to be some hard laws for this crap.
God Bless and Merry Christmas.
I moved as far away as possible..just shaking my head. There needs to be some hard laws for this crap.God Bless and Merry Christmas.
Well friends my riding days are now officially over. Dealership totaled out the bike, cost of repairs would be $13,900.22. My wife refuses to have another bike in our household because of the way people in Charlotte NC drive. All I keep hearing is I'm lucky he didn't kill me or worse yet cripple me for life. Right now I'm not feeling too lucky and I wish i could say what I'm really wanting to say. I've really enjoyed my 2 years of being on this forum and I may come back from time to time just to read up on what's going on. But, it's gong to take a long while before that happens.
May The Lord Bless and Protect You all the days that you ride.
Chris.
May The Lord Bless and Protect You all the days that you ride.
Chris.
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Joined: Feb 2018
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From: Seattle
Grey beard
That is a tough one for sure and sorry to hear of your issues.
However, would you give up driving your car if you had an accident?
What if you were on foot, stop walking?
Skiing, surfing, pedal biking, flying, etc., etc.,
It's a dangerous world and you have to think something bad can't always happen. When it does, do you learn from it or just give up?
Just sayin'
That is a tough one for sure and sorry to hear of your issues.
However, would you give up driving your car if you had an accident?
What if you were on foot, stop walking?
Skiing, surfing, pedal biking, flying, etc., etc.,
It's a dangerous world and you have to think something bad can't always happen. When it does, do you learn from it or just give up?
Just sayin'
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