Whats in a Name, The accidental biker and my life behind the bars

My ride name is Crash. It was an assigned name when I entered the world of motorcycles. Funny thing is its also the nick name I was given in high school and again during my time in the Navy. All three are decent stories, however lets start with the last time I had this brand assigned. It was February of 2007, the wife's Birthday was coming up and she had always had this dream of owning a motorcycle. I decided to see what I could do to make that dream come true. I went out and got her a brand new HD XL 883L. Now I had always had a passing interest in motorcycles, but this was her dream. My plan was that since her birthday was in March, I would get her one, then decide later on one of my own. Well that was the plan. So the bike turns out to be a great gift, she loves it and we are both going to take the safety course. With the course scheduled a month away the bike is sitting in the garage taunting me one lonely afternoon. So in normal male logic I think its no big deal, I've ridden before, so what if it was 15 years ago, it cant be that hard to get the hang of it again. Off I go for a ride around the neighborhood. Long story short...I wrecked it! NOT GOOD. However it was repairable and the wife handled it well, in fact she simply stated, I'll just get me a new one! So I ended up with a pewter pearl 883 with a little history.
Since the initial Crash, the road in the world of motorcycles hasn't been any less rocky. More like a Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times!" The wife and I are now divorced. I still have her birthday gift and I've put nearly 20K miles on it in the last two years. As for the ex wife..... she's married to the Harley Salesman! Crazy world.....Crazy world of the Crash.

Entry One

This is my first attempt at the wild world of blog'n. The pic above should give you a pretty good idea of my general attitude. That is if you can get past the obvious. Once you get past the "finger" there are a lot of good qualities portrayed in this pic of the "Man In Black". First thing I think of is "Rugged Individualism". A great quality in my opinion. A quality that has been possessed by many great Americans. A list of names would be as eclectic as the American populous. Names like ; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Belle Starr, Jessie James, Wyatt Earp, George S Patton, Ted Nugent , Bill Cosby, Richard Prior, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump and Martha Stewart just to name a few. While the lives led by these people are drastically different, they all had one common core component of there very being. They believed in the sanctity of personal freedom, they believed that the individual is the smallest majority and will not be denied. These are the kind of people who side with their "gut feeling" and core belief's rather than the prevailing winds of popular thought. None of these people are/were prefect, in fact some were far from it, however they achieved greatness of a measurable quality in spite of their personal failures. It today's world, its easy to confuse the Individualist with the exhibitionist or provocateur. Maryln Manson, Madona, Jessie Jackson, David Duke, Al Sharpton, Shawn Hannity, Rossie O'donnel....you get the idea. Its the substance behind the "finger" that matters.

In the comming weeks I'll be sharing my thoughts on current events and personal experiences. My hope is to be entertaining, articulate or at least good for a laugh.

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