touching my bike!!!!
#113
10-09-2008, 03:14 PM
Ok, That's disrespect ... that is different. I usually ask them would it be ok if I opened the door on their car and sat in it?
#114
10-09-2008, 04:09 PM
Elite HDF Member
My cousin was very ill and having exteme financial difficulties when I bought my first new Harley. He came to my house to visit, which he didn't do very often and I showed him my new bike. I knew he was very ill and I knew how much he loved Harleys and how long it had been since he had been able to ride his.
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
#116
10-09-2008, 05:03 PM
My cousin was very ill and having exteme financial difficulties when I bought my first new Harley. He came to my house to visit, which he didn't do very often and I showed him my new bike. I knew he was very ill and I knew how much he loved Harleys and how long it had been since he had been able to ride his.
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
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10-10-2008, 07:34 AM
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My cousin was very ill and having exteme financial difficulties when I bought my first new Harley. He came to my house to visit, which he didn't do very often and I showed him my new bike. I knew he was very ill and I knew how much he loved Harleys and how long it had been since he had been able to ride his.
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
He asked me if it would be ok if he sat on it. I said yes. Then he asked if he could start it up and hear it run, again I said yes without hesitation. Then he asked if there was any way he could take it for a short ride. I thought about it for about a tenth of a second. I knew if the shoe was on the other foot he wouldn't had even thought about it. He would've told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't worry about it.
He went for a short ride. He came back with the biggest smile on his face that I had seen in months. That was the last time I saw him alive. His wife and sons told me after he died that was the happiest day he had in the last six months of his life. They told me they thought I was crazy for trusting him with my new scoot, but they were sure glad that I did because it made him so happy.
I am glad that I don't put my friends and family in line behind my scoot, but my reaction would be altogether different if it was a stranger.
Dennis
+2 That's what I'm talking about.
#118
10-10-2008, 08:39 AM
Outstanding HDF Member
#119
10-10-2008, 09:27 AM
Didn't want to jump in but after I thought about it for a while.............
Lost a good friend this year. My sis in law. She rode her own. As a matter fact she rode that bike right out of this world as we know it. I realized how little my bike means to me compared to a friend. Ya, ya, use some common sense and do what you gotta do but it's only a bike. That bike is never gonna love you back.
Lost a good friend this year. My sis in law. She rode her own. As a matter fact she rode that bike right out of this world as we know it. I realized how little my bike means to me compared to a friend. Ya, ya, use some common sense and do what you gotta do but it's only a bike. That bike is never gonna love you back.
