tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post2763698451516858854..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: MobilitySteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-66870090509324547212011-08-25T10:22:44.156-07:002011-08-25T10:22:44.156-07:00After I got married and left home, my younger brot...After I got married and left home, my younger brother got his first bike, a little Honda. Got a bigger Honda a couple years later, eventually a big Triumph with purple flames on the gas tank -- this in about 1972 or so. I guess my parents got tired of saying it was a bad idea.<br /><br />He got into a really bad wreck -- dog came at him, he squeezed the handbrake, the cable broke and wrapped around the front tire, pinwheeled him into the road. Broke several bones, got knocked cold. First words out of his mouth when the paramedics were hauling him away: "How's my bike?"<br /><br />Motorcycle riders are all crazy. I quit riding after a stint working the orthopedic ward at a local hospital. Every other patient was a biker.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-71487417580908796272011-08-23T22:27:19.325-07:002011-08-23T22:27:19.325-07:00Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I started on...Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I started on a Honda 90 at age 15, paid for it myself delivering newspapers on my bicycle. Fortunately, my father was in favor of getting it. From there I worked my way up to many different models and sizes of motorcycles. I have been riding my Harley's for the last ten years and I am still having a ball, even at the young age of 63. Once again, thanks for the trip back.Bob Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782609139711155767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-26523016627114511722011-08-23T19:28:53.494-07:002011-08-23T19:28:53.494-07:00Actually, a bunch of the scooters today are really...Actually, a bunch of the scooters today are really motorcycles in thin disguise. They'll hit respectable speeds, with not-so respectable acceleration. In fact, in my state, if it's over 50 cc engine displacement, or if it's going over 35 mph -- it counts as a motorcycle. With the same registration, licensing, etc. requirements.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393212692342514984noreply@blogger.com