Motorcycle riders

Anyone here a motorcycle rider in the Cincinnati area?

We do from end of November till around end of Feb, middle of March. Then it's Harley season! And fishing too!

I had a Honda CB900, but sold it a few years ago.  Way too many amateur drivers here in the northern suburbs of Chicago.  I had 30 years of accident free riding and decided to quit while I was ahead.

Post Edited (clocknut) : 2/22/2011 5:16:05 PM (GMT-7)

I have ridden many different motorcycles for many years. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer early last year I decided to buy my brother-in-law's brother's 1982 Yamaha Seca 750. I figured I was eventually going to die from something so I might as well have some fun before that happens.

Last summer Copley hospital where I was having my IMRT treatments done was doing some construction on their cancer wing. They closed off the parking lot where I usually parked and opened up another one a little bit off from the main entrance. They had a parking attendant assigned to assist people with a wheelchair to get in to the building if they needed such assistance. So one day I pulled into the newly designated lot and parked the Yamaha and went in for my appointment. When I came out the attendant came over and told me that the lot was for cancer patients only and that I would need to find somewhere else to park. I looked at him with a kind of perplexed look and told him that I was a cancer patient. He told me he was sorry because he thought since I was riding a motorcycle that I was not a cancer patient. I put my helmet on and rode out of the lot and in to work.

Want to really have a great time for you and your families

Go to your local rehab center and see what happens to Motorcycle accident patients , nuff said

Then go get a convertible, if you can make it an M6 and 3 other very very happy campers can tag along with you

You do realize you have the ability of taking that careless CAR driver out of the equation

MrGimpy sounds like my mother. I started riding motorcycles when I was a teenager and she still chides me about it :)

After I had my seed implants I was told not to ride for 2 weeks. I didn't care for that.

My boys and I took the bikes out for a short ride this past Sat. when it was up in the 40's around here. It was fun.

I loved my motorcycle(s).  I used them for commuting, for fun, for errands, but two things were always foremost in my mind.

1.  A "fender bender" type accident can easily kill a motorcyclist.

2.  "Motorcycle awareness" is probably not teachable.  The human brain processes visual information somewhat predictably.  The motorist's brain  is scanning for dangers and threats, and that mean the brain is primarily recognizing automobiles and trucks.  Put a pedestrian where he doesn't belong or a motorcyclist where he's not expected, and the brain is slow to recognize their presence.  Add the current distractions of celll phones, IPOD's, MP3 players, and so forth, and you have a recipe for disaster. 

So, when the motorist laments, "I didn't see him," he's not lying, and the wise motorcylist has to realize that he's somewhat "invisible" to other drivers, at least some of the time.

Still, when I hear my friends planning their next ride, I often wish I was going with them. 

My bike is one of my forms of therapy. In Feb of 2009,Friday the 13th,I suffered a Hemorrhagic Stroke. A blood vessel had burst deep inside my brain.While 65% of the people who have these never make it to the hospital,and slightly less 35% are severally disabled,I walked away with some very slight side effects. The likes of which the Neurologists at the UC Medical center have never seen. A walking miracle as my wife says. One of the things that kept me going was wanting to ride my bike again. It was 3 months before I was allowed to drive,and I was one my bike the next day.
My Uro told me I can't ride for 2 months,but I am looking forward to it with the same passion as after the stroke. Hopefully the weather here will break for good by then.
My bike gets 47mpg, my truck 17mpg. With the price of gas going up like it is, I think I'll be riding the bike a little more!

Susan, its always about the toys with us, lol

We are a strange breed aren't we?