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No doubt theirs been posts like this before but can’t be arsed to search & trawl through page after page on the forum :crazy
As per the title, was just interested to hear what your most memorable, enjoyable & best time on two wheels has been?
I’ve raced motocross bikes for years, done the odd enduro, dabbled with trials, done track days & had a few decent road trips. I’d love to say something like winning my first motocross race at the age of 7 on a Kawasaki KX60 in the British Nationals, completing a 12 hour solo iron man hare & hounds enduro event or getting my knee down on clearways at Brands for the first time was, but for me it’s an easy one.
Battled with Cancer 5 years ago at the age of 24 (soon to be 6 as the big 30 is looming). The thought of getting out of bed some days was *****, let alone throwing my leg over a bike again. Lost all interest & couldn’t muster the energy to do too much, which wasn’t good being my wife had just given birth to our first daughter. Anyway, 6 months or so later on my 25th birthday I rolled the bike (at the time an R6) out put my new leathers on (lost about 5 stone so was a necessary purchase, lol) & headed up to my mum & dads to join in the antics of the annual May Day run to Hastings. Watching my mum proudly wave my dad, friends & I off followed by the 1000’s of people that line the roads from Locksbottom to Hastings (about 50 miles) waving & cheering will stick with me forever.
I’m man enough to say I shed a few tears that day, when no-one was looking obviously. I lost my mum to Cancer on 30th November 2010 & sadly she’ll never be there to wave me off again but I’m sure she’ll be watching down over me as I enjoy the recent Tuono purchase that she pushed me to look for before she left me!
After reading what I’ve just written though, I’d like to think my best ever experience will be the next one :thumbup
As per the title, was just interested to hear what your most memorable, enjoyable & best time on two wheels has been?
I’ve raced motocross bikes for years, done the odd enduro, dabbled with trials, done track days & had a few decent road trips. I’d love to say something like winning my first motocross race at the age of 7 on a Kawasaki KX60 in the British Nationals, completing a 12 hour solo iron man hare & hounds enduro event or getting my knee down on clearways at Brands for the first time was, but for me it’s an easy one.
Battled with Cancer 5 years ago at the age of 24 (soon to be 6 as the big 30 is looming). The thought of getting out of bed some days was *****, let alone throwing my leg over a bike again. Lost all interest & couldn’t muster the energy to do too much, which wasn’t good being my wife had just given birth to our first daughter. Anyway, 6 months or so later on my 25th birthday I rolled the bike (at the time an R6) out put my new leathers on (lost about 5 stone so was a necessary purchase, lol) & headed up to my mum & dads to join in the antics of the annual May Day run to Hastings. Watching my mum proudly wave my dad, friends & I off followed by the 1000’s of people that line the roads from Locksbottom to Hastings (about 50 miles) waving & cheering will stick with me forever.
I’m man enough to say I shed a few tears that day, when no-one was looking obviously. I lost my mum to Cancer on 30th November 2010 & sadly she’ll never be there to wave me off again but I’m sure she’ll be watching down over me as I enjoy the recent Tuono purchase that she pushed me to look for before she left me!
After reading what I’ve just written though, I’d like to think my best ever experience will be the next one :thumbup
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