For those of you who don’t speak wife allow me to translate, when she says “I say you’re not getting a motorcycle” she means:
“You are a middle-aged suburbanite who has the reflexes of a clam. Getting a motorcycle would endanger your physical well-being, drive our insurance premiums sky-high, and overload our budget while at the same time make you look like a pathetic goof. Therefore in the interest of your health and our livelihoods I am going to insist that you drop the idea of buying a two-wheeled deathtrap.”
I have ridden a motorcycle for many years but recently downgraded to a scooter. Much slower vehicle but reasonable for local commuting. As a middle-aged man, I’m aware of all the dangers as well as insurance concerns (not as high as one might think). Still, I’ve always tried to drive the most fuel efficient vehicles I can (my car gets 40 mpg, the scooter gets 75).
Motorcycles aren’t good for chasing verility, but when used responsibly, they are acceptable forms of transportation.
We discussed my hubby getting a motorcycle for commuting. But between not being comfortable or safe in all types of weather, and what happens when a motorcyclist hits a deer, we bought a diesel that gets 40 mpg instead. Probably helped that the previous occupant of his office vacated because that man died by hitting a deer while he was riding his motorcycle.
My father rode a motorcycle until he was about 75. He stopped when he got hit by driver old enough to be his father. At 82 he still drives to Florida from Connecticut to visit his brother every year.
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
For those of you who don’t speak wife allow me to translate, when she says “I say you’re not getting a motorcycle” she means:
“You are a middle-aged suburbanite who has the reflexes of a clam. Getting a motorcycle would endanger your physical well-being, drive our insurance premiums sky-high, and overload our budget while at the same time make you look like a pathetic goof. Therefore in the interest of your health and our livelihoods I am going to insist that you drop the idea of buying a two-wheeled deathtrap.”
Edcole1961 over 14 years ago
Let’s call the whole thing off.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
EJCAPULET Why couldn’t my wife have said it so well? She just hung a “For Sale” sign on my dreams of youth.
cdward over 14 years ago
I have ridden a motorcycle for many years but recently downgraded to a scooter. Much slower vehicle but reasonable for local commuting. As a middle-aged man, I’m aware of all the dangers as well as insurance concerns (not as high as one might think). Still, I’ve always tried to drive the most fuel efficient vehicles I can (my car gets 40 mpg, the scooter gets 75).
Motorcycles aren’t good for chasing verility, but when used responsibly, they are acceptable forms of transportation.
bradwilliams over 14 years ago
Buy it anyway.
cleokaya over 14 years ago
Ahh marriage! The institution set up to squash one’s dreams. LOL
bald over 14 years ago
a friends wife also at first said he cannot have a motorcycle, but finally relented after increasing his life insurance to $2,000,000
he had the bike 3 years and sold it, but she kept the large policy
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
her arms are crossed and her mind is closed
comixrkl over 14 years ago
He gets a motorcycle. You get a Hawaiian vacation. Everybody’s happy.
Smiley Rmom over 14 years ago
We discussed my hubby getting a motorcycle for commuting. But between not being comfortable or safe in all types of weather, and what happens when a motorcyclist hits a deer, we bought a diesel that gets 40 mpg instead. Probably helped that the previous occupant of his office vacated because that man died by hitting a deer while he was riding his motorcycle.
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
My father rode a motorcycle until he was about 75. He stopped when he got hit by driver old enough to be his father. At 82 he still drives to Florida from Connecticut to visit his brother every year.