A personal example of how full gear can save your ass!

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

AL... good post actually. Very rare for me to read such long stuff. YOu bruoght out allot of good points that even if not applied to Dlit apply to many.

i know a rider that crashed a couple of years ago. Not a real bad crash but enough to take the heat from his pants. Now he rides 50% that he use to and is on the edge of loosing the bug. I keep telling him to just get a cruiser, he really likes mine and the way I have it setup but says he's not set at home to have such a bike. I keep pushing him that way cause I know he'll get the bug back and enjoy riding again.

It's always different strokes for different folks and how they deal with crashes. When I high sided the 9R for a damn deer, it didn't slow me down at all. I was on the hill of more and more risk. Till I just told myself a few times, this is getting stupid. Much like DLIT I wasn't happy till I was over 125. I hung up my leather track suit for good and never looked back. Traded in for chrome and chaps. I like it and I have met more people and been to more places on my bike than ever before. It's great.

perhaps dlit will hang up his track suit in a year for a cruiser or maybe he'll get into hot rod cars. Do what you enjoy and F what people think.

True dat! I'm just playing devil's advocate and trying to cheer/fire him up a little. To be honest, I've considered quitting several times between funerals and crashes but I always come back. Like I said, you ARE going to die, I know that better than most. I plan to die with a smile on my face and lots of stories to tell in hell!