my midlife crisis - version 2.0
Posted by Oinker at 3/10/2009 6:20 PM 
Categories: musings, Humor
Tags: motorcycle midlife crisis middle age crazy
Categories: musings, Humor
Tags: motorcycle midlife crisis middle age crazy
OK, so midlife crisis #1 was the whole "moving to Australia to be with a man I barely knew" thing... thankfully, I got that one out of my system without losing life or limb or home or career, tho. So, since I'm still in the prime of "midlife", I figured I have time for another little dose of "middle-age crazy" before I'm too old to qualify.
Midlife Crisis Version 2.0 is almost as dangerous as Version 1.0, but at least it should be way more fun... yes, I am getting a motorcycle! The cool thing is that it's a one-owner 5-year old Suzuki Savage 650 - perfectly sized for me, and I know the owner well - my brother. The even cooler thing is that my bro just gave me the bike. What a cool guy!! How lucky am I??! Sheesh!
Then, another cool thing happened yesterday - I happened across a bike-hauling guy on the internet who happened to be in South Florida and was heading up this way... woo hoo! So we negotiated a mutually happy deal and my new Savage is on it's way here as I write this. It will be here either tomorrow night or Thursday morning, according to Ernest, the bike-haulin' guy.... I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas and it's taking forever!
Wow - this motorcycle thing was an interesting twist in an already interesting past week. A couple months ago, I had started thinking about getting a bike sometime this summer, so the seed was already planted in my little brain garden. Then a week ago, I discovered quite by accident that my former boyfriend, James had died, which of course led me to toddle down memory lane. Several of those memories included our previous biker days, which James had ushered in for me, as he was an avid motorcyclist. At that time, I had a Honda Shadow 700 that James had given me, which was a similar style to my new bike but much larger in size. (see photo below) So, while in Key Biscayne with my bro and his family last week, I mentioned that I was thinking about getting a motorcycle, bla bla... and that's when my bro offered me his. The rest is history. Amazingly cool how things work out sometimes.
It seems extra-fitting somehow - me getting a bike at this time, that is - as my mental revisiting of all things James last week had reminded me of just how much I used to love biking. It also reminded me that life is short - sometimes really short.
So, I'm back in the saddle again and ready to revisit my biker bi-atch life! Vrooom Vrooom!! Tomorrow I must going shopping for biatchin' boots and chaps and assorted bad-ass biker accoutrements.
Li'l TD with my old Honda Shadow
James with his Honda CBR 1100 in 1996
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It's heeeeeere! It arrived at 2:45am, delivered by a very cute young guy who's a motorcycle racer. Of course, today it's been too fricking cold to ride... waaaaahhh! Maybe I'll bring it into the house and ride around - ha!
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