Am i going crazy?

esie · Post by **esie** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:35 am

In the normal course my job, I end up with a lot of information I would probably rather not hear and would definately not pass on, when it comes to motorcycle accidents. I am sure that Jason would be in a similiar position. However, I also get a lot of information about other situations where a person has been happily going about his daily business and has ended up dead or in hospital. After a particularly bad shift I want to go home, wrap myself in cotton wool and never step outside again, never have children, never jump on the bike. It comes down to fate, when your time is up, your time is up and there is not a lot that anyone can do about that. Your time on earth is short, make the most of it!

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:56 am

There are a million and one rules in life, most of them made to stop stupid poeple killing themselves. Somehow, somewhere along the way, decent, clever and generally normal people get hurt or killed for no good reason. That would be a fact of life without motorbikes, or cars, or even matches and wood sheds

One person a week dies falling off a ladder, another two in house fires, god knows how many lose toes cutting the grass - how many get food poisoning, alcohol poisoning (OK we're suseptable to that

). Where do you draw the line?

We have a very limited time of this mortal coil, way to much of it is spent finding ways to survive. Some people are happy to drag their feet from home life to work life, and don't seem to have a life at all. By the time they die, they just plain forgot to live.

We're bikers, and we don't subscribe to the above 'life'style. Yes we work hard, but we play hard. Some of us are going to come unstuck, it happens. If it were a car group, there would be people hurt in cars. If it were a horse riding group, there would be those hurt doing that ( I grew up around a stables and can spin a yarn or two).

Enjoy what you do, and do it in the memory of those before you who enjoyed it too.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:35 am

My brother took his kids to the river at Noosa over the holidays and got run in to by one of those hire catamarans. Ended up in hospital thinking he had a broken leg. Imagine if they hit one of his kids instead... So stay out of the water!

I dunno. I think we make a lot of our own luck out there. I choose not to use the bike to commute anymore - the ippy mwy is scary enough in a car...and I don't push myself past what I know I am capable/comfortable with at other times. I try to never be complacent on the road...

Take up hangliding...

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:05 pm

photomike666 wrote:( I grew up around a stables and can spin a yarn or two).

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mmmm chicks with horses huh...

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:32 pm

Neka79 wrote:
photomike666 wrote:( I grew up around a stables and can spin a yarn or two).

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mmmm chicks with horses huh...

i think it illegal in every other state except for SA

kermitzx9r · Post by **kermitzx9r** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:20 pm

Neka79 wrote:
photomike666 wrote:( I grew up around a stables and can spin a yarn or two).

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mmmm chicks with horses huh...

wwwwiiiilllbbbeeerrr

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:58 pm

mrmina wrote:
Neka79 wrote:
photomike666 wrote:( I grew up around a stables and can spin a yarn or two).

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mmmm chicks with horses huh...
i think it illegal in every other state except for SA

dunno mate..but i found sum "interesting" videos on the net!!

midorioni · Post by **midorioni** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:54 am

It's the same all over the world tanya,we lose people we care and hate and we question our mortality but in the end, what we do in life will always be remembered by the living.
So just ride and don't think to much cause it's gonna effect the way you ride and live,I believe if it's time to go,it's time to go, so live to the fullest.

stevew_zzr · Post by **stevew_zzr** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:56 am

I'm beginning to wonder if fun and danger are related !

Either way, I'm not giving up riding any time soon. Life without motorbikes would suck.

Mizz ZZR · Post by **Mizz ZZR** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:01 am

stevew_zzr wrote:Life without motorbikes would suck.

AMEN to that!

Damon Z1000 · Post by **Damon Z1000** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:27 am

Life without a bike does suck mate, 7 years I went and it farkin killed me.

Going out for a drive on a Sunday arvo with all them bikes shootin past, fark it was torture.

Just glad I managed to convince the missus it was a good idea for my sanity

Obviously hasn't worked

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:13 pm

Sorry to add to your doubts Tanya,. Ive had a bloody good run when it comes to staying upright "I try not to take it for granted" And like the rest of us try & put as much distance between such negative events.
The crash last monday was Totally MY Fault yes there was a third party involved but i let him slip back to put me in his blind spot then i did a mirrors check to see were Jeff was. Looked back at the road to see options lessoning rapidly. I grabbed too much front brake which locked & did nothing to slow me from clipping the silly poor silly bugger. Then low sided along the bituemn for about 50 meters. I was more embarrassed about dropping a mates bike then my own injuries "as you do" But things will work out & i'll be back at page one trying to put as much distance between offs as possible for the future. Hope to see you all out there with me

2cs.

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:41 pm

Welcome back Ponti you old bastard, no more offs please, and that goes for everyone else out there too, even me!!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:06 pm

Damon ZX9R wrote:
Just glad I managed to convince the missus it was a good idea for my sanity

Obviously hasn't worked

not really...but its helping.....

Kishy · Post by **Kishy** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:08 am

Your problems solved.. for ever