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thumper · 12-11-2014, 10:33 AM

i once had a YZF-R1. i used to ride more than drive a car. i was so crazy about it back then i used to think in the winter if the snow didn't stick to the ground i would consider it to still be good riding weather.

but after it got stolen/unrecovered and having to deal with the grief i had with icbc etc. i stopped riding. now that i'm older i'm sort of thankful it got stolen because i would probably have killed myself with it because it was too damn fast for city streets. also, a few people i used to ride with died in traffic accidents on their bikes which made me sober up. now that i'm older with some shred of sanity i'm happy with just my car thanks.

(but i still miss riding... sigh.)

12-11-2014, 10:33 AM	#27
thumper Witness protection Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: GVRD Posts: 14,427 Thanked 5,343 Times in 2,222 Posts Failed 111 Times in 57 Posts Member's Picture Albums	i once had a YZF-R1. i used to ride more than drive a car. i was so crazy about it back then i used to think in the winter if the snow didn't stick to the ground i would consider it to still be good riding weather. but after it got stolen/unrecovered and having to deal with the grief i had with icbc etc. i stopped riding. now that i'm older i'm sort of thankful it got stolen because i would probably have killed myself with it because it was too damn fast for city streets. also, a few people i used to ride with died in traffic accidents on their bikes which made me sober up. now that i'm older with some shred of sanity i'm happy with just my car thanks. (but i still miss riding... sigh.) __________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds Last edited by thumper; 12-11-2014 at 10:57 AM.