selling up

You cant go anywhere mate... every forum needs a mad Irish man!!

You will be back... I am sure.

If you ever fancy a bimble anywhere as pillion then i am only down the road.... If your pride will allow you onto a pointy that is!

Dave

Not read the entire post, but why not just get a towbar, trailer, and track bike?

I know some people who simply won't ride on the road due to the dangers they can endure. They just save their pennies and go on track days all over the place instead, europe, uk etc...

I wouldn't give up biking because of other people. Go tracking, safer, all 1 way, gravel traps, and if the worst happens, a full medical centre on site.

And if you do bin it, you just dont ride until you can afford it, no insurance to worry about, no ncb to loose..

Worth thinking of...

I can totally understand your decision. 6-7 years ago I came off my bike (when riding off-road) and gave myself pretty severe concussion for a few days. I then just wasn't interested in getting back on my bike - not scared or anything, just not interested. A couple of months later, I saw the bike gathering dust in the garage and went out on it and fairly quickly I got my enthusiasm back (well, as much enthusiasm as a fair-weather biker can muster).

There have been a few people who asked what happened on the Hovis thread, but the people who knew didn't want to say. I can totally understand that - they were close to him and it was obviously incredibly upsetting for them (I shed a few tears and I'd never even spoken to him).
Like you, I wondered quite a lot about whether I should continue riding my bike (I've since been out on a few long rides and are happy with it again), and knowing whether it was down to rider-error or something totally out of the riders control would change my outlook on things quite considerably.
If you think this might help (for some people, it may not make a jot of difference), maybe you could approach someone in the know and speak to them about the details (I'd certainly not advocate an open-forum discussion on it) - from what I know of Hovis, he'd be absolutely gutted if he knew that he'd caused someone to leave the biking fraternity - I seem to remember reading something about how patient and undertanding he'd been with someone (might have been Lilly?) when they were learning or trying to improve their confidence.

Whatever decision you take, it's the right one.

ive been in the same boat of late dave'...had my first accident in may this year after 26 years of riding( non fault too/audi driver grr) after undergoing knee surgery im now back on a bike albeit with total loss of confidence that 26 yrs has given me, ive rode 50+ bikes from 50cc to 1300cc and covered on average 25000 miles every year come rain or shine or deep snow..since my off ive been a wobbly scared rider to say the least and its only now im getting back to some kind of normallity, untill i approach a right hander and a red audi comes round fast and its all back to sq 1 again, i too have considered quitting( cos i defo have noticed the roads getting alot more idiots of late)..but i have a large group of biker m8s who talk me round etc etc...stil not 1005 happy to continue but like the rest have said its your decision m8 and i trully trully understand where your coming from....good luck in what u decide and im sure u could always buy a little bike to keep for the odd sunday day tootle( yes i have also considered a 125cc for same thing)

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Its something a lot of people consider at the end of summer when they are laying their bike up for winter...events like the end of this year add even more thoughts to that equation.

Good luck with what you decide. You posted this before your ride today... so maybe your opinion will have changed once you get back.

Riding becomes your life.

Hi Dave, what a surprise and you hav'nt given me the chance to have a ride-out and a pint with you?
I think that DAIMO makes some very valid points before you finalise. Why don't you and G come and spend the weekend of the 28th November with us, Saturday at Mallory watch some of he ORGER'S at play, the NEC and local shop's for G, all within 30 minutes of ours. Just a thought 2 or 4 wheels. Perhaps one of your local lads is coming down for Mallory, maybe a spare seat?.
AS BT said "It's good to talk"
JOHN

Originally Posted by Daimo

why not just get a towbar, trailer, and caravan?

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