don't waste a moment..let those you love, know

[Just Another Sign Guy]

I grew up in a family of honest 1% 's I Love motorcycles, but will NEVER get on one again after this weeks events. I don't care how long you live if you live past a 100yrs i t rreally isn't that long. Let those you love know..any one of our numbers can come up at any moment.
end of lecture.

 

[Salmoneye]

Don't really know what all of this means and not sure that I need to. It sounds as though you are going through something tragic and I hope that you are ok. Relationships are the most important thing that we have and we do need to make the most of everyday and not take them or the people in our lives for granted.
Best Wishes

 

[Jillbeans]

Hope you're OK.
Love...Jill

 

[maskman]

I am sorry for what happened ( whatever that maybe) and I hope you and your motorcycle family will be Ok. Hang strong and you will get through it!

 

[signage]

Hope you or your family member(s) is alright!

Could it be a southern thing?

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

Wake up each day and be thankful, find everything joyful about your day, be thrilled you have made it through day as you rest for the next.

 

[Marlene]

I had a fight with my Dad and he died two days later. I never got the chance to make up with him so I can tell you first hand just how important it is to say "I love you" and not to wait.

not sure what happen with you but I do hope things are OK

 

[letterman7]

Sounds like a hard lesson learned. I had a brother that passed of cancer several years ago - we had been estranged for more than 30. I regret every day now that I hadn't taken the time to even place a phone call...

 

[OldPaint]

aint it funny.........how you go thru life like its never ending,,,,,,,,,,THEN something slaps you upside your head...........NOW YOU realize how precious every waking moment is?
dont know if you was here last APRIL 2011. APRIL 17th i walked outa the house to go make a electronic bank deposit. on the way there i stopped to talk to someone i know, got into a road rage altercation, never hit anyone or got hit.........I JUST HADA HEART ATTACK AND DIED!!!!! just like that POOF.........i was no longer here. wife was told to make funeral plans, and i was really not in that body in the hospital bed. woke up a week later.........and the 1st thing i said to the wife......I LOVE YOU!!!! all that time layin in that bed in a coma........i was p.o. at myself cause i didnt tell her that the day I died. NOW, either one of go out the door......we say this to each other, KNOWING it is possibly the last time for either of us to convey that to the most precious people in out lives.

 

[Just Another Sign Guy]

sorry for the mystery....i was heading out of town on wed on a short business trip to setup another sign franchise production hub.

enroute i witness the most horrific motorcycle accident i've ever seen. without getting into unnecessary gruesome details...a ding dong riding irresponsibly went to pass a semi WAY too closely and was ran over and then ran over by the trailer (or what was left of him)

the trailer continued on without stopping...i was the only witness. to make things more "wonderful" there is a short cut where many ppl cut through an indian reservation on this route. because of this as I have learned your "constitutional rights" don't exactly apply. so from wed until last night I got to spend a fun filled half of a week on an indian reservation, in all fairness they were very polite even though they escorted me EVERYWHERE. but it was VERY clear I was not free to go until their investigation was completed even though i was not accused or suspected of any crime or wrong doing.

I have 2 lawyers on full time retainer for my personal endeavours and they said we can advise you but you need a tribal lawyer and quickly. it is a whole other world...or as was explained to me a sovereign nation. good times (sarcasm again)

that's the short story. sorry for the mystery, i was just glad to be home and kiss my baby daughter . life can end at any moment as we all know , just last week we lost a great member of this forum to a motorcycle accident.

i've grown up around motorcycles and extremely serious lifestyle 1% riders. I've chose to never wear a patch because those patches can get "awfully heavy" but my peaceful tim to clear my mind is with the wind in my face or it used to be...i will never put my leg over a motorcycle again. coming from someone who has ridden from portland oregon to daytona florida and back in 14 days total...i've got a few miles under my belt..it just isnt worth the risk anymore in my opinion.

Ride safe, Rubber side down...and remember everyone out there in a cage is out to kill you if they realize it or not.

tell everyone who means something to you, how much they mean to you today...none of us know when the time will come.

thanks for listening to my rambling.

and a HUGE thank you to Keith aka I 45 I know from our conversation you had no magic words but it helped more than I can tell you... thank you, I appreciate you taking the time.

 

[Fatboy]

Sorry to hear

 

[Gino]

Yowsa............

Sounds like the exact reason I gave them up when I was about 14 or 15.

Rode bikes on the trails and cross country for a few years on farmland. Never had an accident. Was home on a regular bicycle and not more than 30' away from me.... saw a guy get waffled with his own motorcycle. He had parts going everywhere.... his and the bike's. My brother got hit by a tractor trailer many years ago when the driver swerved forcing my brother into the guardrail. My cousin was creamed by someone backing out of a driveway. Another good friend lost it when his helmet got so hot on a ride, he passed out and went cruisin' about 100' on his head and the bike just narrowly missed hitting him following him. Some guy lost it on the curve outside my home some years ago and he'll never walk again.

I've seen too many motorcycle mishaps to ever ride one again. Just the other week, I said to my wife about getting the itch again, but after about 2 seconds said out loud... yeah right.

Glad to hear you're alright, yourself.

 

[Mosh]

To many morons watching American Chopper.

 

[SignManiac]

Dan sorry you had to witness that. I'm one of the fortunate few who lived to tell about it. Over thirty years of riding and I had my one and only accident in 2004. I was run over by a tractor trailer who decided at the last minute to make a left turn while I was passing him. I was thrown underneath the trailer and as he was coming to a stop, his left trailer wheel ran over my left leg. The bike was totaled and my leg was pretty effed up with six fractures.

The poor woman driving behind the tractor trailer saw the whole thing go down. She covered her young daughters eyes and said she was convinced I was dead. She was in tears and I felt bad for her.

It took me nearly a year to recover but I'm still here. I've cheated death so many times, I think I must be an angel by now. I was sure I would never ride a bike again, but I did buy another bike. I expect to die one day. At least it will be by my choice. Skydiving, motorcycles all carry a degree of risk. You can't be too careful. But the odds are far greater I'll die in a car by some idiot texting or a drunk. Total 100% awareness is an absolute necessity on the road. When I ride, it's always with the expectation that someone WILL try to kill me. No daydreaming for me on a bike.

I can't believe that the semi didn't stop. That just blows my mind. Once again, I'm sorry you had to go through that.

 

[Pat Whatley]

Sorry you had to see that and deal with it Dan. It's amazing how having a kid completely changes your views of everything you do.

 

[Steve C.]

Sorry to hear about your ordeal. At times we need that wake-up call.

I had a small bike when I was a teen. Had lots of friend who road as well. A few
were killed, a few scarred for life. I stopped riding when I was about 16. I have
always discouraged my boys from getting interested in bikes. I have been in a
few accidents that, if I had been on a bike at the time, I would be dead.

On the other note, as for cherishing your loved ones. My daughter died last year
of a Heroin overdose. We had been at odds for a while because of her drug use.
The last time I saw her she wanted to give me a hug goodbye when we parted.
I just blew her a kiss and said I'll see you Christmas if you get straight. I never
saw her again.

 

[ddarlak]

it is a whole other world...or as was explained to me a sovereign nation.

back in the revolutionary war the indians joined forces with britian and took up arms against the colonists. how in the hell were they granted reservations after an act of war....

i'll never get the idea that they are a sovereign nation, they were defeated and should have been treated as so...

sovereign nation my a$$.....

sorry for the piracy

 

[mtygabriel]

I am not a rider, but when I was twelve going to a picnic at the lake, some drunk hit a light pole which came down on the backseat rider of a bike. She had a helmet and all, but I saw brain matter being picked up off the street. The first person was unharmed entirely. I guess I don't trust everybody else around me for me to ride a bike.

In Mexico, food deliveries are made by employees on bikes and they are always on the news.

Sorry you had to watch it and live it firsthand.

Can't wait for my son to get back from school to hug him. That's for sure!

 

[Bly]

Sorry you had to live through that.

I've been to two motorcyclist friends' funerals this year already, and had a horrific crash myself a couple of years ago but I still ride.

We're here for a good time, not a long time brother.