| Author | Message | ||
     Johnboy777 |
Yup, decided to sell the girl this morning after I looked at the ODO and realized I only put 300 miles on this summer, 'cause of the back - I need to schedule an operation at the Cleveland Clinic after the Holidays. Classified LINK: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/21/ 501949.html?1255021134 Best bike I've ever owned and a great bunch of service guys at New castle HD in New Castle, PA...they guys are Buell fanatics. Thanks for all of the help here, although I didn't have problems to speak of - very friendly folks here. And a special thanks to Blake for a great site and the work it takes to keep it operating. Cheers,  John H. .... BTW, the best part of this whole experience was me doing a wheelie if front of the family at the 4th of July picnic at my house...very funny (my kids just shook their heads). . | ||
| Nipsey |
Sad day indeed! I will miss your antagonistic.....errr insightful posts . Who in the world can possibly replace your product reviews???? Good luck with the back surgery - hope it fixes you up! | ||
| Armymedic |
Sad day indeed. I seem to have switched from bike to bike based on the amount of back pain they give me. Cruiser=low back pain Sportbike=shoulder/upper back Uly=perfect so far. Bummer as I'm a young 40, I guess heaving bombs with hernia bars in the USMC wasn't such a good thing for the back. Hope all goes well with surgery and a speedy recovery to you. I'd watch after your bike if I didn't already have one. Post on ADVRIDER classifieds too. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
""Sad day indeed! I will miss your antagonistic.....errr insightful posts"" Thanks, I think. I much prefer to think of myself as a contrarian, though ... taking a contrary position, even if it's really not your own, seems much more interesting, somehow... . | ||
| Murraebueller |
Sorry to hear that you have to go under the knife- good luck with the operation and hopefully we'll see you back on a Uly next year. | ||
| Maximum |
Very nice bike John...looks like a great deal for someone! Good luck to you...and I hope to see you back here and riding in the near future! | ||
| Itileman |
Sorry to see you go. Get more than one opinion and good luck with the surgery. Tough way to spend the holidays. | ||
| Etennuly |
Well selling the bike does not mean you have to give up your keys to the BadWeB! It may even be good therapy for you. Good luck with the surgery. Been there, done that, don't want to go back! Wishing you and your family the best. | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Don't wish back surgery on anyone. Been through it over half a lifetime ago. Hope you feel better and good enough to ride in the coming months. Maybe you should hold on to your ULY as an incentive. I had times where I was pained to swing my right leg over my ULY but before you know it my body responded over time and it became no big deal and no pain. No reason to think you won't get back in the saddle if you set your mind to it. Count on it and it shall be. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
Thanks for the well-wishes from the well-wishers - you guys are the best...there's actually a bit more back story here that includes the plate in my neck too (I won't bore you w/ the details) ...but, I'm becoming neurologically challenged, so I'm about finished riding. The good newz is I'll be looking for a C3 Corvette to play w/ - it's gotta be loud, old, ratty and flawed, just like me. . | ||
| Etennuly |
The good newz is I'll be looking for a C3 Corvette to play w/ - it's gotta be loud, old, ratty and flawed, just like me. Well good news! Most of the C3's fit that category! My personal favorite was '79. I really like the big back window and room for golf clubs. It had the best looking of the rubber bumper cars. Mine had the 'special L48' package. 65,000 miles, fifteen years and never been touched. I think it was rated at 140 hp. but I would dispute its ability to reach that lofty goal. Looked like the oil had been changed a few times, but still had the original air filter, belts, wires and plugs. Lots of character, totally fun to drive, handled and looked great! | ||
| Etennuly |
I just realized I sold my Honda V65 Magna and my XL250 when I had my back surgery nineteen years ago. After recovering my next round of hobby/toy vehicles were my '79 Vette, and when things got a little better a '94 Vette. Odd eh?  | ||
| Blake |
Good luck with surgery and recovery. Don't give up on spectacular results and getting back on two wheels. But please, "I much prefer to think of myself as a contrarian, though ... taking a contrary position, even if it's really not your own, seems much more interesting, somehow...", try to be less contrarian; it comes across as trollish and can be very offputting. The difference I think is that a thoughtful debater will offer concessions to the opposition as valid points are made, where if one is in "contrarian" mode, there is never thoughtfulness or concession, only incessant contrariety, which is disrespectful and antagonistic, ie "trollish". | ||
| Riding_tall |
Best of luck with the surgery. Thankfully I've never had to have surgery but know what back prob's are like. Don't stop riding for to long if you can help it ... take it from some one who did. never having met you, the post I always relate to you your is the great video/review of the craptastic BMW winter gloves. The one with the vid of the snowblower. I had rode to the other side of atlanta in the fall just to get a pair .. felt great in the store. later in the year after my first true cold ride, as I was reading your post my hands were literary blue and too numb to type a, Ya your right .. the gloves suck post. Best of luck .. see you riding soon. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
""Good luck with surgery and recovery. Don't give up on spectacular results and getting back on two wheels"" Thanks, Blake & Riding tall. . | ||
| Jphish |
Yeah - whose going to test/critique the winter gear ?! I sent the "glove test" on to all my GS owning friends (they're not quite as bad as 'some' owners with HD emblazoned on every stitch of fabric & leather they own - including that cute little teddy bear with the HD vest. Gag) Anyway - the video may have made it to ADVrider site - you should have gotten an emmy for that. Johnboy - we're all pulling for ya... keep that well developed sense of humor intact. j | ||
| Johnboy777 |
""keep that well developed sense of humor intact. "" Oh please God, not again! As I was leaving High School, many years ago, one of my classmates wrote in my yearbook; "John, don't ever lose you're sense of humor"...up 'til then, I had no idea you 'could' lose it. The girl that wrote that line had no idea that with one quick stroke of her pen, she was condemning me to a lifetime filled with circular logic, transcendental dead ends and an emotional roller coaster of continual funny vs. not funny self-doubt... not to mention she misspelled 'your'. To be honest, that one line in my yearbook has plagued me mercilessly all these years. So you can lose it, I thought - then what? How would I function without it - would it come back, if I ever did lose it? What is funny all about, anyway? Why was Jerry Lewis so popular in France? On and on, and on. So you can see how troubling this has been for me, all of these years, Jphish . (Message edited by johnboy777 on October 13, 2009) | ||
| Jphish |
Well...why WAS he so popular in France? He must have been a transcendental existentialist. The French love that. I mean hell, ain't that where Camus & Sartre are from?? Anyway - humor is a wonderful gift - we get to see the world with all it's absurdities & inherent contradictions & still laugh...mostly at 'us'. Not taking ourselves too seriously is what keeps us sane. I have always enjoyed your refreshing 'perspective', it adds dimension to the motorcycle diatribe (like it's serious business, instead of a hobby) we tend to get caught up in from time to time. Hope the surgery is a success and you don't abandon us, Buell or no Buell. Hey! - you can still test stuff and make videos of the results. Like the consumer reports of motorcycle paraphernalia. Don't need no stinkin motorcycle to do that. Be well Johnboy777. Warm regards, Jphish |
