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Have you ever had thoughts of hanging it up on riding?
Oldodge replied to Eck's topic in Watering Hole
I had an accident years ago and it scared my wife pretty bad. She wasn't with me but she lost desire to ride. She worried every time I left the house. I love my wife more than riding so the bike was sold. A couple years later I got another. Time had helped her cope, still didn't want to ride but was ok with me riding. Then our daughter was born and my priorities changed again. Sold the bike and didn't get another for about ten years. I have been riding for the last 15 to 18 years steady now. I ride solo and with no other bikes 99% of the time. I commute to work and take an occasional day ride with a couple friends from work. Once in a while I will take the long way home like I did Tuesday. About 140 miles home that day. Last year I took my longest ride ever to South Carolina with a friend. I loved it and I itch to do more travel on the bike. But it isn't going to happen. My wife who started to ride again when I bought the RSV, soon after developed some health issues that prevent her from enjoying even a short ride. I honestly am ok with her not riding as I worry about hurting her if I just even tip over. She says go if you want to go, but I want to spend time with her more than I want to "go ride". I have a couple antique cars and we really enjoy driving them around. I should probably sell the RSV and invest the money in the cars to make them better/nicer. I am not ready to do that yet. When the time is right to quit, you will know it. I quit hunting 25 years ago and rarely miss it. Usually when I quit doing something it is a sub-concious decision and one day I realize. "Wow I haven't done that for awhile, I guess that is over now". With hunting I was riding my bike in buck season ( a near religious holiday here in PA) when it hit me. Why buy a license to hunt if I would rather ride. Haven't bought one yet. I think about quitting things all the time, but usually when I do quit something it just happens and I think about it later. If that make sense to anyone else, i have no idea. -
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I had that happen to one too. It would spin with the starter and I had spark. If I put a small squirt of motor oil in the spark plug hole, re-installed plug and pulled the cord it would run for a few seconds. The extra oil filled the ring gap until it burned off. Old trick on 4 stroke engines to determine if ring or valve issue causing poor compression. I knew then it was definitely a compression issue. On mine the rings were stuck big time in the piston. I just ended up replacing it.
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