Poll - Are You Or Have You Ever Been A Motorcycle Rider?

[Joshua Caldwell]

Motorcycles were banned by my parents, both of them were riders and trashed their knees in crashes... then when I was 12 I proved you didn't have to be on a motorized bike to do the same Go down a steep enough hill and you can easily go 40mph+, which is not good when the road (for some unknown reason that our town routinely did) covered the pavement with loose gravel.

 

[Steve McKenney]

It wasn't a drastic fall but I was lucky. Illinois doesn't have a helmet law and when I laid it down, I didn't roll head over heels but side over side. I also slid about 100 feet on a state hwy. I know that the best thing I could have done was get back on one and ride again but honestly, I think I got away with one and don't really want to push my luck. I miss riding but not at the expense of falling off again.

 

[Hog]

I had to sell my bike (Honda 750 Magna) when I was laid off last time. Looking forward to another 'bike' like the Elio.

 

[Neal]

My baby before the wreck. Haven't seen her since the crash site and I was taken to the ambulance. RIP. lol

 

[mrmeeks]

I had a motorcycle accident in September of 2012 (not my fault) and shattered my pelvis and that led to a total hip replacement this past February. I promised my wife I wouldn't ride two wheeled motorcycles any more. But I have been trying to talk her into letting me get a new Can-Am Spyder RSS but I'm not having much luck so far. I've been riding since I was 16 and I'm 70 now. My previous bikes are pictured here: http://s279.photobucket.com/user/mrmeeks_striple/library/?sort=6&start=all&page=1 This was my 2008 Triumph Street Triple before the accident:

 

[Terry Smart]

I rode motorcycles for 50+ years and just switched to riding a side-by-side Polaris.

 

[Lil4X]

I rode to public school until I entered college and after a stint in the service got back on a bike for commuting and weekends out in the dirt. Eventually I traded for a couple of smaller bikes I could hoist onto carriers on our motorhome. When those were sold after a few years, I wanted back in the wind, but having moved to Houston with all of the crazy traffic and plenty of drunks on the road, I postponed my purchase. My lady, now my wife, didn't like the idea of me riding again, and when a good friend of ours high-sided his big Yamaha when a woman pulled out in front of him, he was saved only by his gear and a lifetime of martial arts that taught him how to fall. He survived with a lot of bumps and bruises - and immediately sold his bike. At that point, my wife put her foot down. No more bikes for me.

Now she wants me to buy an Elio. Can you beat that? Well I can, my wife wants one of her own and my daughter wants one too. These women must have been closet biker chicks all along.

 

[bowers baldwin]

I have a "few" right now.

 

[PhilGoings]

I can't find a pix of my 84 Magna v45 but here are pix of my 99 Shadow 1100cc and my 09 VTX 1300c

 

[Catdad]

I'd love a motorcycle, but I can't ride one. Due to a past head injury, I get vertigo if I'm on a motorcycle more than 15 minutes. Same thing happens in convertibles, but it takes longer.