First VFR ride

So my son of 21 years came by today and asked if I would let him ride the Interceptor. He rode my old NightHawk for about a year after I gave it to him, but it's been about a year since he sold it. So I agreed to let him take it for a spin. He was gone for about a half hour (I'm not sure which one I was worried about the most...) and when he came back, he was smiling from ear to ear and singing the praises of the old man's VFR. Says he wants to get not just another bike, but a VFR. His girlfriend was not nearly as enthusiastic about that idea as he was. In any case, I was just glad to get both of my babies back without any scratches.

 

That's awesome. Glad everyone is home safe.

 

That's awesome man!!! Glad your son enjoyed it and that you guys might be able to ride together!

 

Nice! I wish my Dad owned an Anniversary Interceptor! He stopped riding motorcycles when he broke his collarbone when I was a little kid lol

 

Well, Christmas IS only 3 months away.

 

That is way Cool, brought him back from the other side,, all is good.

 

I know you won't do this, but I'd tell Sonny to get another girlfriend. That's only going to get worse.

Coming from an old nighthawk, Sonny would have come back grinning had he ridden any number of newish motorcycles.

There are a lot of women, and a lot of motorcycles in the world. I wouldn't take the first one to come along.

 

So true on all counts, Sniper. In defense of the old 91 Nighthawk though, I still believe it to be a GREAT motorcycle for everyday use. Competent in all categories, but excellent in none...LOL
One of my riding buddies was once considering the purchase of a CBR1000RR despite the fact that he already had 3 other bikes. His girlfriend told him he didn't need a new motorcycle. I told him he didn't need an old girlfriend. So he got the new bike AND a new girlfriend.
WIN WIN

 

My wife just wants me to be happy, guess I'm lucky. She did grow up around dirt bikes and drag racing, though.


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thanks for sharing :thumbsup: my wife is european, she looks at bikes differently than american wimmins :loco: she is cool with them, doesnt ride on them with me anymore.

 

I apologize for the Nighthawk slam. That wasn't cool.

 

As long as she rides you still, thats awesome.

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No worries Bud. I didn't take it as a slam, just a bit of good humor. :smile-new:

 

Dam, if I had a kid that rode, I'd probably buy him another bike, unless it would harm him, or he didn't deserve it. Life is too short, too many things could happen to make today's ride my last. There's something special about being able to share with a guys Dad. My Dad & I fought too much and he was too cheap to ever have a bike. I remember those two guys, who posted on here, this summer, that rode together. Sounded pretty awesome.

 

Wish my dad would ride, but I think he's too old and too much of a car guy to ever buy a bike, despite hinting at wanting to tour in the past. I had him sit on my interceptor and start it and he was like "eh I dont wanna"

Nice anniversary edition Deckrat.

 

Thanks Hellapet. I told him as he was was getting into his teens that I would teach him to ride and give him the Nighthawk. I also told him that it would be shameful to reach manhood without ever learning to ride a motorcycle. Something that I believe ALL men should be able to do.

 

I agree Anne.Marie. I have asked my daughter if she wants to take the MSF course, but sadly she says she has no interest in learning to ride.

 

Growing up, my Dad always had Goldwings and I always had dirtbikes. I did ride on some backroads with him a few times and even got him to try going off road once. (LOL, that lasted about 2 minutes). He used to always come blowing past me while my bike was wide open. Pissed me off. Now, I have the VFR and he says he is too old to ride any more and afraid if he ever broke something, he would never heal. He found Goldwing at an auto auction not too long ago that did not sell that day and said he was going to buy it the next week if it was still there. I was hoping he would so we could go riding, at least a last few times or something. Unfortunately, it was gone when he made it back the following week. Ah, but never say never.