I've heard the same things! I just can't get enough!

 

"Are you crazy? Sell it before you get hurt!"

Since I bought it, I'm saner than I've ever been in my life. (And I smile more than ever)

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Loss of brain cells will do that . :fitz



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"You're not really riding that thing all the way to Arkansas, are you?"

Damn right I am.

P.S. And next year too!

 

My Dad saying I was eff`n nuts when I stopped by on a Saturday to tell him I had just been sky diving.

My Dad saying I was eff`n nuts when I stopped by on a Saturday with my first Harley.

Finding out later from my Mom that he was bragging each of the following Sundays, to anyone at Church that would listen, about what his crazy son had just done.

Miss you Dad.

 

Great thread! My wife doesn't even question me anymore.

Me: "I'm riding to Uncle Brian's in the mid 30's and rain."

Her: (Not even looking up from her book) "Have fun."

I could tell her I was riding to Mars and she wouldn't try and talk me out of it.

 

Ever think she was just glad you were leaving?

Too bad I talked Jen into going with me a few times. Now she always wants to go.

 

Its 22 degrees and riding into work before the sun comes up... All the crazy looks you get...

 

What chapter of CVMA Em? Me 27-2

 

My Dad when I was 18 telling me if I buy a motorcycle he will kick me out of the house and me telling him I'll be back for my stuff.
Me six months later with my Dad on the back of my bike, smiling from ear to ear.

 

Things That Make You Smile

The sound of my bike everytime I fire it up.

 

Remembering back when I was 16 and my dad helping me buy and pay for my first bike. Even talked the guy down on the selling price and kept my mom from kicking us both out over buying it.

 

I was about twelve and the TV quit, Dad asked if I wanted a new TV or a new motorcycle, the next week I had a new YZ80, I didn't need no Stinkin TV...

Makes me smile to think about because, my Mom hates motorcycles but, loves us anyhow. Even gave up a new RCA so I could have a bike.

 

This is a great story.

 

Right now I have to say that when my grand son asks his grandma if grandpa can come out and play on the dirt bikes. Then he promises that he won't let his papa (me) get hurt. Then we go out and ride some trails. He is 11.

 

"You're riding that thing to Ohio to meet a bunch of BIKERS that you met on the internet? You're CRAZY!"

Five months later she went to Fostoria with me to the Wives Collision. Loved it.

Then Eureka Springs (at least part of the way on the bike!) Loved that.

She's looking forward to Fostoria in January and another trip to ES with many, many more miles.

 

"You're riding that thing to Ohio to meet a bunch of BIKERS that you met on the internet? You're CRAZY!"



Five months later she went to Fostoria with me to the Wives Collision. Loved it.



Then Eureka Springs (at least part of the way on the bike!) Loved that.



She's looking forward to Fostoria in January and another trip to ES with many, many more miles.

Mmmmmm, Mrs. Gravs. You got a winner. Great story.

 

Stopped at a red light the other day and a guy pulls up in the lane beside me and points to my "get-back-whip" and says:
"I think you lost your dog!!"


2007 ElectraGlide
65,000 miles and counting!

 

Now that even made me smile!!

 

Guy in parking lot: "Nice bike, how much did it cost, about 30K?" Me: "Close, but not quite that much"... I ride a $13,000 2014 Sportster, but why does anyone have to know how much I paid.

 

I've had that at the gas pump add well. ..but the guy really had something up his @s$and was very bitter. ..I was on an 06 ultra and was like must be nice to be on a 25k dollar bike...and the d bag was wearing a harley shirt. ..really? This might now go here though. ..it didn't make me smile

 

I stenciled "I MUST BE CRAZY!" on the back of my rain suit. I get a kick out of looking in the rear view mirror at the stoplights and seeing folks in the cars behind me laughing.

 

I love this.

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Every single time I walk out in the garage and my bike is still there it makes me smile a lot. I wanted a Harley for a LONG time and sometimes I can't believe I actually have one.

I also smile riding down the road when it's 30ish degrees and people in their heated cages look at me like I'm crazy because they don't understand why I am actually enjoying the ride.

 

When my wife woke me up 2 hrs early the day I picked up the bike

She wanted me to have 2 more hrs of anticipatory excitement. She woke me up to Steppin
Wolf's "Get Your Motor Runnin"

 

Adorable.

 

I love the guys, usually "older" guys, that pull up next to my Road King Classic at a stoplight and roll their window down to compliment my Harley. Regardless whether the bike is dirty with road grime or sparkling clean. They smile real big, nod their head in admiration, drool a little bit and are basically gobsmacked. Had a guy in San Antonio creep along with me for a quarter mile when traffic was backed up, jabbering the entire time. I love it when that happens.

 

I love it.

 

You went to the Sturgis Rally from Columbus Ohio (go bucks!)
"You trailered all the way out there?"........
No way, I rode.......
"Wasn't that a long way to ride?"
It sure was! I loved every minute of it.
"I don't get why you would want to do that when trailering is so much easier
I know you don't get it, I'm sorry you don't

 

You went to the Sturgis Rally from Columbus Ohio (go bucks!)

"You trailered all the way out there?"........

No way, I rode.......

"Wasn't that a long way to ride?"

It sure was! I loved every minute of it.

"I don't get why you would want to do that when trailering is so much easier

I know you don't get it, I'm sorry you don't

This is greatness.

Them: "I don't understand why you'd ride."

You: "I know."

 

I love the horrified looks and looks of bewilderment I get when I tell people that I rode my sled to Arkansas, via Chicago. "You know it's faster to go straight to Arkansas from here....right?"

Then I tell them about next years ride.

 

Classic "Long Way Home Syndrome" -- always good for a smile.

( Like riding 1100+ miles to have a beer with some buddies )

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My granddaughter.

 

The thing that makes me smile the most right now is. When my grandson who is three comes over and I'm downstairs and I hear him say.
Hi Nana, where's Papa?
And she says papas downstairs, he comes truckin downstairs and says Papa I'm here, let's play cars. Makes me smile every time.
Or he just hollers out. Papa I'm here.

 

The thing that makes me smile
the most right now is. When my grandson who is three comes over and I'm downstairs and I hear him say. Hi Nana, where's Papa? And she says papas downstairs, he comes truckin downstairs and says Papa I'm here, let's play cars. Makes me
smile every time.
Or he just hollers out. Papa I'm here.

It will make him smile too . . . . . . some day

 

for some reason I have not figured it out yet she wont let me bring my Harley in the house smile

 

Things that make me smile.

No mater where I go riding, be it on the back roads or in town, its amazing how many people of all ages, race, or gender, wave, say hi, or make comments of how great my King looks. When I'm coming down the road, the heads come up with a smile and a wave, cause they know its a Harley comin. Plus I've met a lot of nice people who have a common passion as I.

 

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Riding the 2 lane roads in nearby counties has me often stopping for gas and a coffee, maybe just coffee and a smoke at some little convenience store, and all manner of folks coming and going will say hello, nice bike, I used to ride, where ya from, great day for riding, etc., etc.

 

Things that make you smile?

I told my (79 year old) mother that I bought a new bike. For me pushing 60, she said, "are you still doing that?"

 

:thumbsup