I ride a Suzuki Hayabusa and have a Ducati on order for the track. My wife LOVES riding and in fact was the one who bought me my Hayabusa.
Well lately I've attended 2 funerals and have watched several people die in the 12yrs I've been riding. So here is the thing...
I'm a father of 4 (2 steps, 2 bios), about to hit 30 and have had dreams lately of dying on my bike and leaving my wife and kids to fend for themselves. I do have a (additional) life insurance policy that my wife doesn't know about so financially they'll be fine. I however don't want to -
1. Be without her even in the afterlife.
2. Not watch my kids hit milestones - Prom, College, Marriage ect..
3. Not be able to play with grandbabies.
I want to sell it but she says I'm just over reacting cause I just attended a funeral of a riding buddy 2wks ago that got killed going off a bridge here in Portland...he also had a bunch of kids and a young wife (
http://www.danielnewell.com/ )..and that I should maybe just take a break for a while.
I love the sport...but love family life better. I have never felt in danger but lately, several have gone down because of things out of their control like -being rear ended at a light, car running a red light, dead animal in the road around the corner ect...just feel like I've gotten lucky way too many times and my number has to be getting close. I've gone through 6 bikes so far...3 of them I've wrecked and walked away with fairly minor injuries. (rash, dislocated shoulder ect..)
What do you all think? Maybe I'm not the badass adrenaline junkie I once was? Am I getting old?(hitting the big 30 this Dec...lol)