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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/23/2009 4:37:15 PM | OP, the guy I'm seeing at the moment told me that in his last relationship he was told point blank that he couldn't have a bike and he's 48. Pffft!! I'm sorry but you don't tell anybody that age what they can and can't have, yanno? He went out just a few weeks ago, bought a Suzuki 1800 and the first place he went was to pick me up and take me for a ride. (My profile pic is of me sitting on his bike just yesterday as a matter of fact.) Just seeing the look on his face when he showed me that bike told me he had been in an emotional prison way too long and I'm glad he was finally able to realize one of his dreams...I'm just lucky that I'm a part of it.
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/23/2009 5:29:57 PM | ^^^I guess thats what happens sometimes, people find out how little they have in common, they grow apart so to speak....Having said that I love bikes and always will. Have fun !!! | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/23/2009 6:04:32 PM | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.......................................................
I must say.. I don't understand the mentality here.
It seems most male posters are stating it's a form of.. freedom.
Freedom from what exactly?
Body and mind?
That's a separation.. should you get in a bad enough accident that would require.. well.. I'm sure you get it........ ?
A feeling of indestructibility?
Cause.. if that's the "freedom" your feeling.. I assure all of you.. you're not indestructible.
I guess I'm jsut not into living life on the edge. Healthwise.. I've been to the edge.. and it was NO fun. I'm into preservation.. mainly at this age.. my own.. for as long as I possibly can.
My nephew stated he bought a bike to conserve on the cost of gas for his car. Only.. he ended up paying an outrageous price for his insurance on the dang thing. Gas.. would've actually been cheaper for him to buy for a humvee.. then the cost of insurance on his "bike". He had to have a brand new machine as well.. and got a loan for it. He has two years of payments left.. but.. the bike was scrapped after his second accident with it.. a year ago. Where does this make sense?
So.. I repeat.. I don't get it!JMO | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/23/2009 6:17:09 PM | It's freedom from the mundane, the routine, the average, the normal, the typical......shall I go on and on?
This is no different from climbing that first mountain and seeing 10 more to climb and feeling so good doing it. It is no different from taking that first dive in the ocean and seeing a whole new world to discover and enjoy. It is no different from that first raft trip that one takes down a gentle river which ends up being a roaring gorge, and you can't wait to do it again.
There is really no true comparison with that feeling you get doing something out of the ordinary, and taking it as far as you care to enjoy. There are few things that compare to the adventures enjoyed on two lane highways, back roads, and small towns visited on your way to some destination that is not half the fun as the journey has been.
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/24/2009 4:33:12 PM | Yanno OP, I'm 50 and I've taken more risks than any of my friends my age (and still do, btw) and a lot of guys in the past were intimidated with my sense of adventure but I figure we have one life to live and I would rather live it than to coast through it in "exist" mode. When I meet someone my age that was held down for so long (male or female) to the point of being smothered for years I support them in anything they want to do in order to feel "free" again. I've been single for 25 years and made sure I was never held down from how or where I wanted to live my life whether it be by my friends, family or my "flavor of the month" as my mom so lovingly refers to my boyfriends. 
There is nothing wrong with wanting to experience what it's like to own a motorcycle, a jet ski, a boat or a hot air balloon in my opinion. It's about living your life the way you want to, not living it the way others think you should.
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/24/2009 10:07:40 PM | Because it is fun. I can forget all the bad stuff when I am riding. There is no mental space to think about it. It is also dangerous. I have pins and plates to prove it. Wear all the gear all the time. Those little skull buckets and fingerless gloves are all about style and won't save your skin when the rubber side isn't down any more! If something stupid can happen right in front of you it WILL! Always have an escape plan.
I am not over 45 yet but am confident I will have a similar attitude then. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/24/2009 10:18:17 PM | | Bikes and fish!! Lots of pictures of men and their fish. I'm beginning to think it's all veeerrryyy symbolic somehow. Although, I do love riding and am into cool cars. . . but still, you have a point. I'll have to keep reading to see what the guys have to say. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/24/2009 10:30:58 PM |
It's freedom from the mundane, the routine, the average, the normal, the typical......shall I go on and on?
...Oh I know what you mean, I get the same sort of feeling when I'm laying on the ship's deck sipping Margaritas with little umbrella's. 
...maeflowers | |
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Posted: 4/25/2009 4:45:38 AM | I have been riding for years love the freedom the power,I have seen many profile of females that say they like motorbikes..
In the state in which i live you can lane split (ride between cars) you are allowed to park on footpath in the city as long as you do not impede pedestrian traffic
Now a horse an animal with the brain the size of a peanut that is crazy riding one of those | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 6:06:21 AM | Some of us have ridden bikes our whole life..we enjoy the freedom, the wind, the sun..
My 3rd harley lived in my livingroom when I had a walkout..
Some yuppies buy bikes with retirement money and try to be bikers..buying the clothes, big bikes and getting a tat..they are obvious.
Many women ride and we love them for it..:)
I for one ride almost year round when I can..it's not something to impress women or penis envy or any midlife crappola..I included my pic on the profile to let potential dates know I like to ride...no other reason. I have received spiteful hatemail on pof from women who evidently were married or dated shallow men,being accused of penis envy, not growing up..a variety of things..funny.. I will have 2 retirements and SS at 62...
So ladies take the pics as what they are..nothing more.. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 7:13:54 AM | I had two older bros who bought Harleys [much after they became middle-aged] and I knew them well enough to suggest this.
Men who are not lucky in love see the bike as a consolation prize and potentially
a big vibrator [if it has a rear seat] for a woman.
Sometimes guys after middle age need something they can control (unlike women who can leave/divorce them for any or no reason) while forgetting that they can't control traffic [people not seeing them and running over them].
Older guys see their excitement slipping away [fewer women] and the bike
makes them feel like life is still exciting in some way, though much different than
women's attention (sex).. They show pics of themselves with the bike because deep in their soul, they believe/wrongly that women get the same charge as men do about bikes. Most respectable women would rather have a hand-held vibrator. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 8:00:40 AM | ^wow you are so off..maybe your brothers thought that but most men don't.
That is your opinion of your family.. not a proven fact.
What's lucky in love? dates? I can date every day if I chose to..I was married 23+ years..3 wonderful kids...that's lucky
Women don't leave and divorce men for no reason..that's nowhere near a fact either..It takes two to make a marriage work or end..
My excitement is waking up everyday..knowing I'm healthy, with ajob and kids/family who love me..
I'm sorry if your family is like you describe but most men never feel like you describe.
Respectable women don't need a vibrator..sheesh..
Maybe there are no good role models for you but here we have plenty. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 1:26:32 PM | | Well said Sir Dusty!! Some of the guys on here seem fixated with women and vibrators among other things . . . I just ventured on the forums and have been rather surprised at the crude comments, which certainly don't represent the world I live in! | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 2:07:11 PM | wouldnt mind if my guy rode; not sure I could, as an ICU nurse I picked too much gravel out of biker's legs & arms; not to mention the major fractures & head injuries.
now you see the "kids" weaving in & out of traffic over 100mph...someday they are going to crash... get the body bag officer.... | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 3:33:55 PM | | Some of us have been into Motorcycling since we were 25. Some of us are not Harley guys. We just enjoy traveling the NW back roads on our modern sport touring bikes. It's a great way to see what's over the hill besides us. LOL It’s all about the adventure that you can find when you do 20K miles every summer. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 3:54:32 PM | The biggest ‘complaint’ with bikes is the danger factor, and there’s no denying that you’re somewhat ‘out in the open’ when you ride a bike, and you’ll probably lose if you tangle with a car or a fixed obstacle. But most of the folks that cite stats for bike mishaps and injuries are really not saying anything that everyone hasn’t heard thousands of times previously. And they’re usually the type that will tell folks not to skydive because the ‘shute might not open, not to bungy-drop for fear that the bungy cord might break, not to climb up the side of a mountain ‘cause you might slip. Those that don’t like an element of danger, don’t like danger. And you’re not going to change their minds and it’s senseless to argue with them about it.
The bottom line is that there is a feeling of danger on a bike – that’s part of the lure. There’s no denying it. But when you ride a bike, you drive ‘differently’. You instinctively look inside every parked car for occupants as you pass a row of them on a street and ride with the knowledge that other drivers can, and will do, anything. You ride, prepared for impossibilities, ride with the knowledge that you are completely invisible to all other forms of transportation. Yes, I’ve lost a few friends over the years to bike mishaps. I’ve lost a few to car mishaps. One friend of mine fell off the side of a mountain and lost his life many years ago.
But I’d sooner be out there, enjoying what I like to do, being knowledgeable of danger, but not letting it rule me. Better that than end up in an old-age home wondering what I’m going to do with myself today.
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 3:57:14 PM | | Anyone of us could be hit by a bus while standing on the sidewalk.............might as well have fun. If being safe is my number one priority I know I am dead anyway. | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 5:49:58 PM | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...................................
"It's freedom from the mundane, the routine, the average, the normal, the typical......shall I go on and on?"
And... freedom from the mundane.. routine.. or "the average".. means either getting a bike.. or mountain climbing?
"There is really no true comparison with that feeling you get doing something out of the ordinary,"
Sorry.. I can just think of tooooo many ways to be out of the ordinary.. that don't constitute losing possible life or limb.
So.. it's being daring.. throwing caution to the wind.. acting out that "bad boy/girl".. thinking of oneself as invincible.. still? Like.. when we were going through our adolescent angsts? Ring a bell.. anyone?
Just today.. I saw so many bikes out.. since the temperature was somewhere in the 80's for the first time in 7 months where I live. And.. wouldn't you know it.. a biker cut-off a pick-up truck and the unhelmeted kid in shorts and a beater.. nearly got creamed! The truck was rightin front of me. Good thing I lagged behind at the light and gave the truck plenty of room to slam on the brakes.
Sorry.. I just don't see the risk being worth the.. thrill. Especially.. for just one moment in time. I happen to think life.. is risky enough without lessening my chances for a tomorrow.JMO | |
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| Why Are Over 45 Men In Love With Motorcycles?
Posted: 4/25/2009 6:37:18 PM | Well said Sir Dusty!! Some of the guys on here seem fixated with women and vibrators among other things . . . I just ventured on the forums and have been rather surprised at the crude comments, which certainly don't represent the world I live in!
....I agree. Good for you Dusty....that's what I like about the forums, comments like that gives one a good idea of their mindset.
...maeflowers | |
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