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Originally posted by TP What about you? How many of you have sworn off the road? How many of you have sworn off the track? How many of you have wrestled with this decision yourself - and maybe changed your decision later? And why
I have throats like this all the time and have stopped myself riding/racing over several incidents.
Crashes I have had, the loss of close friends and when my son was borne family pressure,
I think they call it a healthy respect for what you are actually exposing yourself to.
Track riding is by far more fun but two of my friends have serious injuries sustained on track and I am talking One paralysed down the hole of his left side and the other lost his foot from stalling off the line.
Two of my closest friends were killed in road crashes. One in Germany seven years ago and the other in Dagenham when we were twenty-two years old. I miss him just as much now as I did at the time it happened. When you watch your friend die wile your waiting for the ambulance it can sort of make you think for a bit.
I have also lost friends in Boat racing crashes and windsurfing at Cortilo one minuet it was the best day perfect waves perfect wind and then it just all fell apart. When we were standing on the beach and Peter just vanished in to the Atlantic. No rescue just us on the beach then sailing offshore looking for him. I think that was the worst feeling of loss because there was nothing anyone could do, just felt so helpless.
Riding a motorcycle is an activity that delivers the ultimate rush and can also deliver the ultimate punishment. So if you feel like it is time to leave it for a wile and take stock, just remember you can just get back on when ever you need another fix and stay off as long as it takes to get your head right.
For me it’s like a drug, life without a bike just doesn’t do it and I keep coming back.
Like I said to the lucky fokes on the (is it all over) thread today you are lucky you just don’t know that now.
See now you got me thinking grim reaper again
But I have snapped out of it and booked myself in at Snett for this Monday coming.
