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dentheman 11-12-2010 10:30 PM

At my home town.
 
http://usridernews.com/2010/11/12/see-u ... e-planned/ Click the 'Lubbock Online' link at the bottom of the article for a better written article.

sc_frontier 12-14-2010 05:59 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
That is sad, when I lived in college station we had a lot of fatalities.

Water Warrior 2 12-14-2010 08:17 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
Reports of riders dying sometimes make me wonder why I still ride. As we age our lives are much more of a concern and it amazes me that there are any older riders out on the streets.

JWR 12-14-2010 08:39 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
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Water Warrior 2 12-14-2010 08:44 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JWR
I am not going to live forever.

This is why I like riding more now than when I was younger.

Four bypasses, two stents and a hand full of pills each day, I damn sure am
not afraid of dying on a motorcycle.

It's not the dying part, it's the surviving part but being all bent and twisted in pain for the remaining years.

blaine 12-14-2010 09:06 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JWR
I am not going to live forever.

This is why I like riding more now than when I was younger.
I damn sure am
not afraid of dying on a motorcycle.

My thoughts exactly!! :plus1: :plus1:

mole2 12-15-2010 10:16 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JWR
I am not going to live forever.

This is why I like riding more now than when I was younger.

Four bypasses, two stents and a hand full of pills each day, I damn sure am
not afraid of dying on a motorcycle.

I agree. That's why I took up riding. lol The only thing that I fear is surviving and being paraplegic. THAT would suck.


:)

alanmcorcoran 12-15-2010 10:56 PM

Re: At my home town.
 
It seems like every other weekend there is a report of one, two or more MC fatalities on Santiago Canyon (for those keeping track, it was two this weekend - rider crossed the divider - took out another rider - then was clipped himself by a third.) Santiago is our weekend milk run: 12 miles of traffic light free sweepers - optionally terminating at Cooks Corner - a firmly established biker bar/hangout.

When I first started riding I thought it was noteworthy. After the twenty or thirtieth story of a "45/27/54 year old male rider riding his Harley/Suzuki/Honda was struck/lost control on Saturday/Sunday/ Monday afternoon while out riding with his brother/Dad/girlfriend, the cause of the accident is under investigation by the police/Sheriff's Dept/CHP" I decided that it's probably best to just stop reading the news...

Water Warrior 2 12-16-2010 12:28 AM

Re: At my home town.
 
It seems no one is ever going to be free of potential mishap no matter how safe they ride or where they ride. The Grim Reaper trolls all the roads for victims.

Easy Rider 12-16-2010 10:45 AM

Re: At my home town.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
It seems like every other weekend there is a report of one, two or more MC fatalities on Santiago Canyon .......

Some places like that seem to be "idiot magnets".
I'll probably never ride the Dragon either for that same reason.


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