scanevalexec wrote:I can say I wish I could ride with most of the gang here. If it wasn't for geography I think we would make a heck of a riding club. I think there may be a BC trip in my distant future.
I heartily agree!!!
Eventually, I would like to see this forum expanded to include a site for each state in the U.S. That would facilitate all us local folks getting together once in a while.
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scanevalexec: I'm sure all of us completely understand where you are coming from. It's easy to become disenfranchised from the local riding community because of dangerous and stupid riders. However, keep talking to local riders and you're bound to find a crew who share the same values. That way you can have your new buddies with ya and not have to worry about those silly idiot riders.
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the vast majority of the local riders are mid life crisis harley riders usually wearing no gear or helmet at all. We also have the requisite squid population.
Aside from family members it may be difficult to find people to ride with here. My wife is also wanting to start riding which makes one person to ride with, plus my wifes cousin who got me and my wife interested in riding. Also have a close friend that rides but is recovering from a severe accident on his bike (I posted a thread on this).
Sometimes it is just better to ride with a small group of people you know and trust or by yourself. I had the choice today of joining a group ride or going solo (with the wife). Decided to tootle around by ourselves and check out a new place we had heard about. 130 Kms later and we were at a nice venue with maybe a dozen bikes parked outside. Problem was, all the bikers were parked inside, in the bar. We ate and left and the party was still going strong. I did not even want to be on the same road as these guys.
I spent my therapy money an a K1200S
The therapy worked, I got a GS now
A touch of insanity crept back in the shape of an R1200R
jmillheiser wrote:the vast majority of the local riders are mid life crisis harley riders usually wearing no gear or helmet at all. We also have the requisite squid population.
"Mid-life crisis" harley riders? That's funny. Those kinds of characterizations tend to make me laugh. The guys that I ride with are mostly in-their-50's Harley riders who have been riding for years.... I'm the one approaching-middle-age girl in the bunch. They're also my skydiving buddies. I whole-heartedly LOVE my riding buddies, helmets or not. What else is great, besides sharing two wonderful hobbies with a wonderful group of people, is that we're a pretty low-key, easy-going bunch who, even when rumbling through some tiny back-woods town, still stops at the crosswalks....
Peace~
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