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Posted by Zoar
- December 07, 2016, 14:28:10 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on December 04, 2016, 13:21:43 PMThat's interesting. My first wife was beautiful and my second wife was gorgeous and very sexy. As the years go by and I get uglier I realize my chances of getting what I had will never happen again... "Acceptance": a reality check way to be.PC if you want to start a picture war I have pictures of my ex wife and that will curl your hair and take you off our feed for a few weeks.........
Better than living delusionally.
So, grateful for not being delusional too is the morale of this post. 
Posted by pcarrell
- December 04, 2016, 18:46:02 PMI GIVE!!!! I GIVE!!!!!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 04, 2016, 13:21:43 PMPC if you want to start a picture war I have pictures of my ex wife and that will curl your hair and take you off our feed for a few weeks.........
Posted by pcarrell
- December 03, 2016, 23:13:50 PMLook, I've been riding for a long time. I started riding in the '70's on a Suzuki TC90. I graduated from there to a Suzuki 550SS, then to a Honda 750/4, and then to a Yamaha 850. Through all of that, I managed to not kill myself, even though I was young and dumb. I took the 90's and early 2000's off to raise a family. In the late 2000's I couldn't take it anymore, and I bought the last bike I'd ever buy.......a Drifter. My wife called my bike, named Nadine, my other girlfriend.
My girlfriend is now dead.
My face does not look like it used to. My body does not work like it used to. I'm still getting used to that. It's OK though, because I'm still here, and that's what's important.
As for a sidehack, I'd love to, but there's more at stake then just me. See, since my wife has Muscular Dystrophy, she's going to need me in later life, and I can't be there for her if I'm 6 feet under. As such, my 2 or 3 wheel days must come to an end.
Could I ride a sidehack? Sure, and I'd love to! Would I do it? No, because I love my wife so much that her needs outweigh my own.
As for my face, it's amazing what modern medicine can do! I don't look exactly like I used to, but it's close!
As for your pics, bring 'em, on big boy! I've been through hell and back! Your pics are childsplay! 
Besides, I have your email address too, and I have pics of my injuries BEFORE they fixed me up! Hint: It's not pretty! 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 03, 2016, 19:58:56 PMOk I have sat here quiet and polite long enough now let me understand this conversation......
as stated by PC = My face was repaired,
as stated by GB = Well, that's debatable....
as stated by PC = You've got that right GB!
I had said nothing posted no pictures and Gb said your face was fixed is debatable and you agreed with him.......boy if I had said that you would have been offended.....
Have you thought about a Drifter with a sidehack? That is going to be the route I go shortly when I am no longer able to maintain my balance or have the leg strength to keep my bike upright........or live as long as a couple of our venerable and ancient members.
Bathing suit pictures for PC are next on my weekend to do list........lol..............
Posted by pcarrell
- December 03, 2016, 18:29:10 PMYou've got that right GB!
Posted by greenbarn
- December 02, 2016, 22:02:55 PMQuote from: pcarrell on November 29, 2016, 22:47:41 PM.....My face was repaired
Well, that's debatable.... 
JUST KIDDING!!!
Quote from: pcarrell on November 29, 2016, 22:47:41 PM..... and my sense of humor in tact!
This is a good thing! 
PC: Having met you in person, I'm thankful you pulled through as good as you did - so many people have it worse. I know it's been a really hard road, but I'm glad to hear you're up and walking with a cane. Keep working on it, you'll be walking without it before you know it brother!!! Our God is GOOD!!
Posted by pcarrell
- November 30, 2016, 00:06:32 AMSorry, I'm not trying to be a downer.
God has been good to me and I praise Him every day! (Not to get too religious on everyone)
I guess what I am really trying to get at is that life is precious. Don't waste a single day!
You Rock Zoar!
Posted by Zoar
- November 29, 2016, 23:53:50 PMQuote from: pcarrell on November 29, 2016, 22:47:41 PMAcknowledging your post for its intense message. I had such a year some time ago. Fortitude in kind.I'm thankful that my Drifter, Nadine, saved my life.
I really believe, that although my injuries from my accident were indeed extreme, my beautiful Nadine took the brunt of the force, and as such, allowed me to live another day.
They say that you should never ride faster then your guardian angel can fly, and I now know for certain that mine can do 50mph. That was the speed I was doing when I parted ways with Nadine and took to the air, hoping to end up better then her.
In the end, it was a draw. Nadine was destroyed. I'm glad she'll help another Drifter live on, but she is gone.
I spent days in the ICU. I was on a breathing machine for most of those days. I wouldn't wish that hell on my worst enemy.
(Sorry....big tough biker crying here......)
They tell me that I died a number of times on the operating table. My chest was completely collapsed, my nose broken in many places, my face shredded, broken teeth, and my left foot amputated......but God had another plan!
My face was repaired, my foot reattached, my lungs fixed, and my sense of humor in tact!
Today, I'm walking with a cane. I know I'll never run again, but I'm OK with that. As of now, I could never hold up a bike. I'd love to ride again.....It's in my soul! But I don't think I ever will again. I'll just have to settle for dropping the top on a cage.
As for "Reasons To Be Grateful", I have so many!
I'm grateful to be alive!
I'm grateful to wake up every morning next to the most beautiful woman in the world.....my wife!
I'm grateful to walk on my own two feet, even if it is with a cane! Modern medicine is amazing!
I'm grateful for the friends and family that I have. Without them I don't think I would have made it.
I'm grateful for my God. Without Him, I have no doubt at all.....I wouldn't have made it.
(OK.....Crying again..........)
I'm sorry....big boy's aren't supposed to cry......
It's been a VERY hard year!
But God has another plan!
In the mean time, even though I know Nadine is being parted out, and I'm glad she lives on to help other Drifters, I'll always prefer to remember her as she was........a bad to the bone bad girl!
FIRST PLACE!!!
Sorry, but I guess this wasn't really an 800 thing. I didn't mean to intrude.........
You sound like your head and heart are in such a good place.
And grateful.
Posted by pcarrell
- November 29, 2016, 23:21:20 PMWow, that was a tougher post to make then I thought it would be!
Posted by pcarrell
- November 29, 2016, 22:47:41 PMI'm thankful that my Drifter, Nadine, saved my life.
I really believe, that although my injuries from my accident were indeed extreme, my beautiful Nadine took the brunt of the force, and as such, allowed me to live another day.
They say that you should never ride faster then your guardian angel can fly, and I now know for certain that mine can do 50mph. That was the speed I was doing when I parted ways with Nadine and took to the air, hoping to end up better then her.
In the end, it was a draw. Nadine was destroyed. I'm glad she'll help another Drifter live on, but she is gone.
I spent days in the ICU. I was on a breathing machine for most of those days. I wouldn't wish that hell on my worst enemy. Memories......
(Sorry....big tough biker crying here......)
They tell me that I died a number of times on the operating table. My chest was completely collapsed, my nose broken in many places, my face shredded, broken teeth, and my left foot amputated......but God had another plan!
My face was repaired, my foot reattached, my lungs fixed, and my sense of humor in tact!
Today, I'm walking with a cane. I know I'll never run again, but I'm OK with that. As of now, I could never hold up a bike. I'd love to ride again.....It's in my soul! But I don't think I ever will again. I'll just have to settle for dropping the top on a cage.
As for "Reasons To Be Grateful", I have so many!
I'm grateful to be alive!
I'm grateful to wake up every morning next to the most beautiful woman in the world.....my wife!
I'm grateful to walk on my own two feet, even if it is with a cane! Modern medicine is amazing!
I'm grateful for the friends and family that I have. Without them I don't think I would have made it.
I'm grateful for my God. Without Him, I have no doubt at all.....I wouldn't have made it.
(OK.....Crying again..........)
I'm sorry....big boy's aren't supposed to cry......
It's been a VERY hard year!
But God has another plan!
In the mean time, even though I know Nadine is being parted out, and I'm glad she lives on to help other Drifters, I'll always prefer to remember her as she was........a bad to the bone bad girl!
FIRST PLACE!!!
Posted by Zoar
- November 25, 2016, 22:56:08 PMSo many people were running each other over with shopping carts or getting in fist fights over a dam on sale crock pot... me? I was out riding my Drifter, cutting sharp corners and throttling it up past the speed limit, safely of course. Day after Thanksgiving! I am thankful for my Drifter! And a day in late November to ride!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- November 25, 2016, 18:34:49 PMGood for you and go ahead and rub it in.....salt on the wound..........
Posted by Zoar
- November 25, 2016, 16:21:36 PMReasons to be grateful:
The day after Thanksgiving. 50's temp. Took the 800 for a nice ride here in upstate NY! WOW!
Posted by Zoar
- November 16, 2016, 09:15:45 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on November 15, 2016, 23:33:37 PMAlso, I am sure we will be communicating and messaging here. No need to rely on the Pi Truck FB page. I am looking forward to seeing my Drifter Compadre's and want to make the trip out here well worth your while. Details. Details. I also highly recommend the Curtis Museum when you are coming out here. You will get to see the origins of the motorcycle and some amazing bikes at that museum as well as history of flying machines and flying boats and even motor homes that will astound you.GB while we are filling our faces with the free pizza Sam can show you around and explain it all to you.........
We just have to keep an eye on his face book page to find him as he seems to move around a lot, might be to keep people from finding him and asking for free food.......
As indicated, you guys are welcome to stay at my place, overnighting for a few days, if you want. There is a lot to see how here and you don't want to try forcing it into one day or two.