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Thanx for the B-day wish...The new me!

Happy New Year y'all
Well...instead of a day or so, I had to wait a full week for the results of a drug test required by the FAA in regards to the length of my absense. WHaaaat...nobody wants to hang around during the Christmas season and test samples??? Anyways...I'M BAAAAAAAACK. December 31st was my first day back to work and what a great New Years celebration in my personal opinion. I can't believe how fast that 8 hours went, really shows what an effect of boredom 24 hrs a day at home can cause. It seems like Monday will be my new Friday and I'll be having a 5 day work weekend to party. Feels so great to be back. While I do believe the Bibles verse that "to die is to gain"...it was not yet my time. While I thank God he escorted me through this whole trial, I really thank him for the condition in which I was spared. Compared to the initial diagnosis, I could have been nothing but a medical burden to family. After this, I don't know how I will be able to stand retirement, but that's a long ways off...so who knows. For now I will jump, run and play with the kids, be happy at work and enjoy this wonderful world God has given us and look forward for what he has next for us.
Happy New Year again to all.
 
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Happy New Year y'all
Well...instead of a day or so, I had to wait a full week for the results of a drug test required by the FAA in regards to the length of my absense. WHaaaat...nobody wants to hang around during the Christmas season and test samples??? Anyways...I'M BAAAAAAAACK. December 31st was my first day back to work and what a great New Years celebration in my personal opinion. I can't believe how fast that 8 hours went, really shows what an effect of boredom 24 hrs a day at home can cause. It seems like Monday will be my new Friday and I'll be having a 5 day work weekend to party. Feels so great to be back. While I do believe the Bibles verse that "to die is to gain"...it was not yet my time. While I thank God he escorted me through this whole trial, I really thank him for the condition in which I was spared. Compared to the initial diagnosis, I could have been nothing but a medical burden to family. After this, I don't know how I will be able to stand retirement, but that's a long ways off...so who knows. For now I will jump, run and play with the kids, be happy at work and enjoy this wonderful world God has given us and look forward for what he has next for us.
Happy New Year again to all.
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Happy New Year to you as well. It sounds like you are doing so much better and things went well for you. Here is a verse for you Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. That just seems so appropriate after what you wrote. Live well and don't worry about retirement just yet.
 
A very happy new year to you as well, and I hope you continue to enjoy every minute that this life brings you. I wish you the best for continued healing and success with your future.
 
This actually kind of hurt...It's time to get a vehicle of some sort. Although I have been looking at autotrader and such, I happened to look at cyctrader for fun...something I haven't done in a while. I really hate what happened and miss riding. Although I absolutley miss my Spyder and wish it didn't need ot be lemon lawed...I love sport v-twins and really loved the TL1000S that replaced it. Why did this pop up on the front page of cycletrader.
http://www.cycletrader.com/find/listing/2001-SUZUKI-TL1000S-96270718
 
Man did I make a mistake today. I received a little info from a friend whose spouse works at Tucson Harley/Buell. Buell is closing up, they will be making race only...no road bikes. They have the remaining Buell 1125CR @ 6999.00. I called my wife and dad to see how firm they were on me no longer riding. I feel terrible after the response.
 
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Man did I make a mistake today. I received a little info from a friend whose spouse works at Tucson Harley/Buell. Buell is closing up, they will be making race only...no road bikes. They have the remaining Buell 1125CR @ 6999.00. I called my wife and dad to see how firm they were on me no longer riding. I feel terrible after the response.
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Sorry, Jim. Mybe they just don't heal as quickly as you do...LOL. Give them some time, maybe eventually they will come around. I know how tough it is for you. When I had to finally give up my competition driver's license due to health issues, I couldn't stand to go near a race track or race vehicle for several years. Made me way too nuts. Sooner or later things seem to work themselves out, one way or another. Hang in there, bro, and keep hoping.
 
That bad huh? I hope they did not use the words crazy in any of it. It is in your blood and cannot be helped. Have you talked to them about the Spyder at all? Perhaps that would get a different response. :dontknow:
 
No, it was much worse than. The words were civil, but it's hard to understand a conversation when the other members are in tears. I apologized and continued to the auto dealers, which is where I was suppose to be going. I wasted the day, I'm just not motivated and the salesmen could tell. I can't tell if I was being ridiculous in my offers to some of the vehicles I was looking at or not. They just said, have a nice day.
 
Wow, sounds like the emotional stuff is tough to go through as well as all the physical stuff. I am very happy that you pulled through everything and your determination seemed to heal ya pretty dam quick!

Well, I used to say to HDX, I AM NOT A BIKER CHICK. I would say that over and over and over again. Once we moved to our other house (which we have since sold), I never got on my two wheels again. I loved to ride but I was always burdened w/ the slow speed stuff and after a while with my neck problem and arms going numb I decided to pack it all in. Never had an accident on two wheels but I did drop it a couple of times - stupid stuff but still, scared the cr@p out of me and took my confidence away. Didn't say much to anyone that I was "done" but it was obvious w/ the thing sitting in the garage and not going anywhere. Plus we lived on a cliff basically and that terrified me getting the Harley down the steep windy hill after not being ridden for a long time.

Then along came the Spyder who sat down beside her - I'll tell ya, I missed riding so much. And when this came along it got me going again. Before the Spyder while my Harley sat in the garage, I would ride passenger w/ HDX on his Harley - I still do that sometimes now only because it is fun to ride w/ HDX and I get to not have to concentrate and relax once in a while.

Ryding is all I think about when the nice weather comes. It's all I think about with the snow outside - that is why I am on here. Just wanna ryde. So I guess I got the biker in me afterall and I spent quite a long time "stuffing it" and trying to talk myself out of it.

I do understand how your family members feel. I watched my mom go down on a bike - not a huge bike but she got banged up pretty good. I was the one who had to ride it back home. Jumped off the back of my dad's bike, put her on the back and I took her bike over. All she did was slide on sand - not much harm to the bike but lots of harm to her face and arms (we never wore helmets back then). Now I never lost my love for riding but when she found out I was getting my mc license, well she wasn't too happy. BUT once she found out after a few years that I am now on the Spyder she is totally ok with it.

Spyder is an awsome concept, and hopefully they will be able to fix the bugs it has. I am capable of emergency situations (learned in mc school) and on my old bikes so I feel confident I can handle things. I may get the sh*t scared out of me but I do think I have a chance at surviving something with what I was taught.

Boy, I am rambling. Sorry. I think maybe a compromise for you might be cool. I know you were looking at that bike in Cycle Trader but I can also see why it freaked out your family. Maybe keep workin' on them w/ the Spyder concept. You can have just as much fun on them as you can on two wheels.

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I'd love another spyder, but I just don't trust the whole Can-Am thing. With all the shops closing or cutting them from the product inventory, I don't want a machine that can't be repaired. The ride now franchise is still considering releasing them as well. It's hard enough let alone the future possibilty of having to go 500~1000 miles to find a Cam-Am repair? Creating a software that's only available to it's dealers that's REQUIRED to perform maintenance and there's no other options out there for owners to purchase to perform the maintenance. No bypass unit to get the machine home until you can make it to a repair.
No thanx, I'll watch & learn...wait & see...maybe one day.
 
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What about another trike - Goldwing? The new Harley one? Or a URAL - those ARE SO COOL!!!!!!

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I'd love another spyder, but I just don't trust the whole Can-Am thing. With all the shops closing or cutting them from the product inventory, I don't want a machine that can't be repaired. The ride now franchise is still considering releasing them as well. It's hard enough let alone the future possibilty of having to go 500~1000 miles to find a Cam-Am repair? Creating a software that's only available to it's dealers that's REQUIRED to perform maintenance and there's no other options out there for owners to purchase to perform the maintenance. No bypass unit to get the machine home until you can make it to a repair.
No thanx, I'll watch & learn...wait & see...maybe one day.
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