hillbillyhector
01-15-2008, 05:06 PM
hillbillyhector here... I've been a lurker at KTMtalk, thumpertalk, ADVrider, supermotojunkie, etc. for some time now...
haven't had a whole lot to talk about, other than technical questions... spending my time with keyword searches for specifics, and PMs for classified postings... not much of a 'community contribution'...
until I recently fractured four vertebrae in my neck (including C1)... I realized that debating technical topics, and buying more equipment.. wasn't exactly productive, or enjoyable... so I sit, as I type this, not paralyzed, but not exactly functional, waiting for the day I can rid myself the the 'MIAMI J' brace, and start physical therapy... yesterday I sold the last of my motorcycles. (thanks craigslist!..damn low-ballers) I now own one car... & will eventually drive it again, once my neck can support the weight of my head, & turn.
I was given my first motorcycle at age 7, by my uncle Ed. He never rode with me, nor did my father. I just learned on my own, practicing every day after school, exploring old logging roads by our house, and hand-digging jumps in the back yard. Soon finding choolmates with bikes to ride with every weekend..50s, 80s, and 125s later, I got a drivers liscence, and discovered the opposite sex, and didn't ride much untill I turned 20. a couple street bikes, and subsiquent hooligan activity, I knew it was time to settle down, to work diligently in my automotive electronics career, and keep the domestic harmony with my soon-to-be wife... the desire to ride dirtbikes was always there, but seemed financially frivilous, and unattainable... and then my fiance left. suddenly I was a bachelor with a few bucks out ahead, and ready for a bike again...
In the last year, I have reconnected with my childhood friends (who happen to be the best ridding buddys) and have had the time of my life spending every weekend traveling to new riding areas, exploring backroads on the motard, and wrenching on bikes. I wouldn't give up these experiences for the world...and I don't regret that it has resulted in my injury.
physically, being stuck at the hospital, and now home.. in a neck brace is horrible. however, it has given me a new outlook, and a positive attitude twards my recovery... I now savor the thought of endless possibilities awaiting in the beautiful life I have yet to live.
I am so much happier with myself, and positive about the future, right now... than a lot of guys who have better jobs, more money, beautiful wives, and brand new bikes they plan on riding next weekend... funny how that works, hu? ...my intention was for this to lift spirits more than it depresses.. I would hate for my intro to be a downer.
-the 'new and improved' hillbillyhector
haven't had a whole lot to talk about, other than technical questions... spending my time with keyword searches for specifics, and PMs for classified postings... not much of a 'community contribution'...
until I recently fractured four vertebrae in my neck (including C1)... I realized that debating technical topics, and buying more equipment.. wasn't exactly productive, or enjoyable... so I sit, as I type this, not paralyzed, but not exactly functional, waiting for the day I can rid myself the the 'MIAMI J' brace, and start physical therapy... yesterday I sold the last of my motorcycles. (thanks craigslist!..damn low-ballers) I now own one car... & will eventually drive it again, once my neck can support the weight of my head, & turn.
I was given my first motorcycle at age 7, by my uncle Ed. He never rode with me, nor did my father. I just learned on my own, practicing every day after school, exploring old logging roads by our house, and hand-digging jumps in the back yard. Soon finding choolmates with bikes to ride with every weekend..50s, 80s, and 125s later, I got a drivers liscence, and discovered the opposite sex, and didn't ride much untill I turned 20. a couple street bikes, and subsiquent hooligan activity, I knew it was time to settle down, to work diligently in my automotive electronics career, and keep the domestic harmony with my soon-to-be wife... the desire to ride dirtbikes was always there, but seemed financially frivilous, and unattainable... and then my fiance left. suddenly I was a bachelor with a few bucks out ahead, and ready for a bike again...
In the last year, I have reconnected with my childhood friends (who happen to be the best ridding buddys) and have had the time of my life spending every weekend traveling to new riding areas, exploring backroads on the motard, and wrenching on bikes. I wouldn't give up these experiences for the world...and I don't regret that it has resulted in my injury.
physically, being stuck at the hospital, and now home.. in a neck brace is horrible. however, it has given me a new outlook, and a positive attitude twards my recovery... I now savor the thought of endless possibilities awaiting in the beautiful life I have yet to live.
I am so much happier with myself, and positive about the future, right now... than a lot of guys who have better jobs, more money, beautiful wives, and brand new bikes they plan on riding next weekend... funny how that works, hu? ...my intention was for this to lift spirits more than it depresses.. I would hate for my intro to be a downer.
-the 'new and improved' hillbillyhector