Motorcycles and motorcyclists

JAGG · 01-21-2013, 05:52 PM

My first car was a bike. lol 1983 I was 18 and a Marine just reported to my first duty station, and I bought a Honda CB750. I really wanted a Honda Shadow but it was out of my price range. I had the CB 750 custom for 1 solid week when I got hit by a drunk driver. After the casts came off and the burns healed 3 months later with the insurance money I was able to afford the Honda Shadow. Remember that saying be careful what you wish for..... lmao. All is well that ends well I suppose. I have owned yamaha's dirt bikes etc... I have always had a bike. I own a Harley Softail Standard now.
I would like to get a custom bike with the extra wide rear tire, chopped out slightly with 8 in risers and drag bars like I have now, but I want a big fuel tank so I don't want it chopped out too much. Either that or another Harley Softtail or a WideGlide. I don't belong to any riding groups.

-Red-Flag- · 01-21-2013, 06:05 PM

I take passengers, but its rare, for benefit rides. If I am dating someone, I will take them.

But I totally get what you are saying about the what ifs and everyone else on the road that you have to be aware of.

Parker · 01-21-2013, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JAGG

My first car was a bike. lol 1983 I was 18 and a Marine just reported to my first duty station, and I bought a Honda CB750. I really wanted a Honda Shadow but it was out of my price range.

Ha - same here, almost exactly ..... except I was 21 and got a Suzuki before getting a Magna - but I really wanted a Shadow. I didnt want a car, so I got a bike and that was my car for almost 4 years while living in CA.

GreeneyedMe · 01-21-2013, 06:31 PM

Never owned my own bike, but I worked part time at a local Harley Dealership for 3 years. I was invited to go on tons of rides and runs....so I was the passenger...

I learned quickly how to jump off bikes that were going down...(sad but necessary) the ultimate importance of proper gear...and to respect and listen to the person driving that bike. It takes a lot to put your life in someone's hands like that, and more than once I seriously questioned my sanity for going with certain people back then! Also was good to have extra eyes...just because people on 4 wheels DO NOT pay attention like they should...it sucks. I am always on the lookout and listening....

I have been on the back of so many different types of bikes from full dressers, to trikes, to even riding in a side car once...omg that was terrifying! One run was a 75 mile Dice Run on the back of a Sportster with ONLY a bitch bar on the back...That ride was hell...with nothing to lean against, and the driver leaning on me! WTH!! Anyway I thought I would never walk again after that ride....and he was not the most responsible driver....and then it rained...oh what an experience that was....

I also belonged to our local chapter of A.B.A.T.E..(American Bikers Aimed Toward Education)We did tons of fundraising, brought wreaths to the local emergency rooms, even sponsored part of the expressway for clean up detail. And so much more....it was a great time in my life...I miss those days...always willing to be a passenger!

Cowboi · 01-21-2013, 06:54 PM

I sold my bike about 3 years ago. I had a 2004, 1600cc Kawasaki Mean Streak, candy green. I miss it. I took my rear pegs off, so I couldnt ride anyone, and put a single stilleto seat on it.

01-21-2013, 05:52 PM	#1
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,529 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	My first car was a bike. lol 1983 I was 18 and a Marine just reported to my first duty station, and I bought a Honda CB750. I really wanted a Honda Shadow but it was out of my price range. I had the CB 750 custom for 1 solid week when I got hit by a drunk driver. After the casts came off and the burns healed 3 months later with the insurance money I was able to afford the Honda Shadow. Remember that saying be careful what you wish for..... lmao. All is well that ends well I suppose. I have owned yamaha's dirt bikes etc... I have always had a bike. I own a Harley Softail Standard now. I would like to get a custom bike with the extra wide rear tire, chopped out slightly with 8 in risers and drag bars like I have now, but I want a big fuel tank so I don't want it chopped out too much. Either that or another Harley Softtail or a WideGlide. I don't belong to any riding groups. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

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-Red-Flag- Member How Do You Identify?: .Butch. Join Date: May 2010 Location: .Maine. Posts: 1,254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,777 Thanked 3,610 Times in 930 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I take passengers, but its rare, for benefit rides. If I am dating someone, I will take them. But I totally get what you are saying about the what ifs and everyone else on the road that you have to be aware of. __________________ You will always be fond of me. I represent all the sins you never had the courage to commit.--Oscar Wilde Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.--Oscar Wilde I want to fill my mouth with your name.— Pablo Neruda

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GreeneyedMe Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Sweet Femme ones Relationship Status: Peeking around the corner... Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 874 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,380 Thanked 4,375 Times in 804 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Never owned my own bike, but I worked part time at a local Harley Dealership for 3 years. I was invited to go on tons of rides and runs....so I was the passenger... I learned quickly how to jump off bikes that were going down...(sad but necessary) the ultimate importance of proper gear...and to respect and listen to the person driving that bike. It takes a lot to put your life in someone's hands like that, and more than once I seriously questioned my sanity for going with certain people back then! Also was good to have extra eyes...just because people on 4 wheels DO NOT pay attention like they should...it sucks. I am always on the lookout and listening.... I have been on the back of so many different types of bikes from full dressers, to trikes, to even riding in a side car once...omg that was terrifying! One run was a 75 mile Dice Run on the back of a Sportster with ONLY a bitch bar on the back...That ride was hell...with nothing to lean against, and the driver leaning on me! WTH!! Anyway I thought I would never walk again after that ride....and he was not the most responsible driver....and then it rained...oh what an experience that was.... I also belonged to our local chapter of A.B.A.T.E..(American Bikers Aimed Toward Education)We did tons of fundraising, brought wreaths to the local emergency rooms, even sponsored part of the expressway for clean up detail. And so much more....it was a great time in my life...I miss those days...always willing to be a passenger! __________________ "I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy." ~Richard Bach

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Cowboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Holding My Red Circle Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,051 Thanked 3,962 Times in 1,230 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I sold my bike about 3 years ago. I had a 2004, 1600cc Kawasaki Mean Streak, candy green. I miss it. I took my rear pegs off, so I couldnt ride anyone, and put a single stilleto seat on it. __________________ Let There Be Cowgirls