[ST] I think I'm done... long,

[Rolo Casos <onerolo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I have been riding a lot these last 2 months, after not riding much 
last season and I think
I have come to a realization. I am done. I don't think I can do this 
anymore.  I have lost my nerve maybe just have more to loose now that i 
have a kid, I don't know, but in the last 2 months I have almost been 
killed 5 times. 4 by shitty cage drivers, one of them almost in purpose 
by someone in an SUV that must have been drunk and the last time by the 
state of utah DOT, which left a mile of freeway un-ridable and failed 
to warn anyone.  Nothing like getting pulled into a huge rut on the 
concrete at 55 in the middle of the night. It was a miracle I did not 
kill my self, I was complete out of control and balance for at least 
200 ft.  I have been riding for 16 years, starting with a KZ400 and 
have owned more than 16 bikes, own 2 right now. I have gone through the 
crotch rocket face, I have been insanely reckless in my youth, raced 
down canyons at 4am for $20, I have hit the pavement more than a few 
times totaled two bikes, once my fault, once a cage, I have spent 6 
weeks in the hospital and had my foot reconstructed because of an 
accident and I never lost my nerve. I have even gotten up of the ground 
pulled a piece of turn signal amber out of my leg, and then jumped 
right back on the bike and drove my self to ER to get stitched. Even 
then I had not lost the joy of riding .  Now I dread getting on the 
bike.  I have had 1 long ride this season and have no time to fit any 
more, my 1.5 year old needs me the rest of the time and i work too 
much.  I do not know how it has happened, just a couple years ago I 
would "make the wrong turn" on the way to work and not show up for two 
days, without even planing it. One moment I am on the way to work, next 
thing I knew I was having lunch in a different state. Now, I commute 
only 20 minutes to work and they are a miserable 20 minutes.  The bikes 
is great, the best I have owned.  I ride with full safety gear, But It 
just does not feel right anymore.  Are cage drivers worse than before? 
Roads worse? I  don't think so. I think it is just me.  And then today 
I turn on the GP and think, "Oh this always makes me want to go out on 
a ride", and I wont spoil it for some of you, but lets just say it only 
made it worse.  I'm only 32, I wish this could have at least come 
later.  So now the bikes will go on ebay, so if anyone knows someone 
looking for a nice low mileage ST with custom paint or a moded Daytona 
1200, shoot me an email or keep an eye out on ebay next week. It makes 
me sad to do this, and a little ashamed but i am just no having fun 
anymore.

Thank you guys for all your help this  past 3 years of owning Sprints. 
Now, what to do with the money?

Rolo.

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