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Post by scooter on Dec 31, 2014 23:00:56 GMT -5
Whether it was stolen from you or you wrecked it, or however you lost a scooter, or other vehicle, how long do you mourn before you move on?  |
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Post by tvnacman on Jan 1, 2015 0:19:19 GMT -5
If you wrecked it , when your pride will allow you . If it was theift when you feel you can secure another one .
Sorry for your loss either way .
John
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jan 1, 2015 1:04:38 GMT -5
As soon as money allows to do so
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Post by rockynv on Jan 1, 2015 9:32:35 GMT -5
You don't mourn the loss of a material possession and should not obsess about it.
If you crashed repair or replace once any physical injuries have healed sufficiently to do so. If stolen then as soon as the insurance check clears or funds are available replace it and move one.
Life is too short and precious to spend it mourning the loss of a possession.
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Post by SylvreKat on Jan 1, 2015 9:41:48 GMT -5
Sorry, rocky, but some folks aren't wired that way.
scooter, as you probably already know, I'm still mourning having to lose my Taurus wagon. Even with an almost-new Focus sitting in my garage, even with knowing this is the best choice, even in the happiness I felt driving to and from work in that new car, I am still crying over my Taurus.
Like my bank guy said though, you don't forget the old vehicle. There's lots of good memories to cherish. But there will soon be good memories of the new vehicle. He had to trade in his '01 for the family's new car, and while he didn't cry he said it was hard for him. You have a possession for so many years, esp one that's such a big part of your life, and you do tend to form an attachment.
So mourn your loss, but don't dwell on it. Get moving on finding another.
>'Kat
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Post by SylvreKat on Jan 1, 2015 9:43:40 GMT -5
And btb, my mech said a chum of his might be interested in buying wagon. Which would be great as he'll fix him up. But will it be hard the first time I see my old Taurus in town with someone else driving him? Oh you betcha!
>'Kat
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Post by flyangler on Jan 1, 2015 12:57:40 GMT -5
No time for mourning a bike I'm just on to the next one. I may regret selling one but if money allows , you can always get another. After working in a bodyshop for most of thirty years I've learned to not get emotionally involved with cars or bikes, just enjoy them while you have them .
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Post by scooter on Jan 1, 2015 15:00:34 GMT -5
I would have agreed with you, not long ago, but this was my first scooter, a testament to my months of work and study, and a potential source of profit when I was ready to sell it. It was a part of me, and in a moment it was turned into a mass of wreckage, and pain, and bills. I'll get over it, but that's not the kind of thing I just walk away from unscathed. The sweet joy and freedom of riding has been turned into constant flashbacks and the uneasy feeling that every intersection is a death trap, and that every other driver on the road may kill me in a stupid moment of neglect or inattention.  It's not just a bike, it IS the ride, and this ride has taken a detour into enemy territory. I'll bounce back. It just won't be overnight. I have to get another bike, that fits me, to give me back the satisfaction of owning it and the time to ride it until, like my last scooter, it becomes an extension of my body. See that happy dawg in my avatar, just enjoying life in the wind? I want him back. He's on his way back home now, and I know he'll be here again soon.  |
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 1, 2015 15:52:34 GMT -5
howdy, if we survived last year we can make a new years resolution to survive the new one with or without the burdens of the old year. anyway---happy new year to all y'all
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 1, 2015 16:32:37 GMT -5
Scooter,
I do KNOW how you feel. I've ridden now for over a half-century, and have had bikes that were just transportation, and then there were those that were "part of the family" and well-loved.
Over the years, I did learn that it's not really healthy to be so attached to a vehicle, house, or any possession that you mourn its loss. But The FIRST ride, the first one you built, the first one you sweated blood to pay for... Yeah, those are a tough loss. You WILL get over it, especially when you get all healed up and have the money for another one. Trust me on that one!
So get over it as fast as you can... (looking at potential replacements is pretty good "therapy") and know you'll be a more skillful rider, less apt to get hurt again once you get back on the road. And you'll probably be riding a bike you love even more than the one you lost.
So... Surf the net for neat replacements. Keep on the ItIsTheRide site for great ideas on how to make the new one your own, and to get encouragement from your riding buddies! And, have a bone on the Old Chopper Guy for being a trooper and surviving the wreck!
Been there, done that a few times and got a whole closet-full of the T-shirts... LOLOLOL!
Ride safe when you can ride again!
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Post by JerryScript on Jan 1, 2015 17:00:17 GMT -5
I completely understand! My first bike was a Honda CB550 with a full fairing. I bought it for broken down for a couple hundred bucks, and spent countless hours getting it running. It never really ran well, pretty much always had to push start it, but it always did finally get going, and I learned to live with it's fussiness.
I then made the move from Kansas City to Reno on it. Best ride of my life! Spent 5 days taking my time, camping in state parks along the way, and enjoying every bit of the scenery as I crossed the western part of the US. I also had the worst wreck of my bike riding life on that trip, but thanks to a very wet and muddy median, my bike and I made it through OK. Perhaps the best part was meeting so many other riders along the way!
About 2 months after moving to Reno, I woke up one morning to find my ride missing. There were scratch marks on the pavement and the sidewalk, indicating some drunk probably hit it. I found my fairing a block and a half away in an intersection, and other parts strewn along the road, a complete loss!
I still miss that bike over 25 years later! When you put so much effort into getting something to work, and then have an experience like I did on that trip, you definitely feel a loss when it's gone!
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Post by scoot08 on Jan 1, 2015 20:58:45 GMT -5
scooter, tvnacman, ricardoguitars, rockynv, SylvreKat, flyangler, shalomdawg, oldchopperguy, JerryScript I'm one of thous that get attached to almost every vehicle i have owned. I have a Corvette that I've owned for over 30 years, both my kids came home from the hospital in that car at birth, and now there all grow up and gone.just can't help myself,I get attached ,some more than others but still there like part of me .so mourning time?I still mourn vehicle I had years ago.so I don't think there is a rite or wrong mourning time, if you loved that scooter or car or what ever you'll always remember it ,and probably in a better lite than it was.it's like the little scooter i have now ,I'm attached to it and that's saying a lot from a old 60 +year Harley rider, that back in the day wouldn't have given a scooter a second look ,but look at me now, I love my little scooter and not ashamed to say so. so sorry for your loss.and you guys that don't get attached to your vehicles....well i guess you just don't get it.later
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Post by rdhood on Jan 2, 2015 0:57:05 GMT -5
I don't mourn or name my tools... and that includes cars, bikes, scooters. I do appreciate long term use and the confidence that comes with familiarity with every inch of a machine.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jan 2, 2015 9:27:19 GMT -5
A personal item that I have sweat on and bled on is tough to part with. A good knife is probably the simplest example of that. Fortunately, I have never lost a scooter to theft or a catastrophic mechanical situation. I could not be as Zen about it as Rocky.
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Post by rockynv on Jan 5, 2015 13:30:23 GMT -5
Don't know if I would call it Zen but after 60 years I realize that Dad was right. Does getting upset and obsessing about it make it any better or bring anything to a better resolution? If the answer is "No not really" then make an effort to change focus and move on to something more productive. Not jaded either but a bit of simple pragmatism and effort to take it easy on ones self.
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