Strouble
PR Addict
We have all heard "all you gotta do is twist the throttle" and "why do you keep putting yourself through this" from folks that just don't understand moto-life and really can't unless you actually ride. Moto has done so much for me as a person and in life; many of you feel the same way.
I have some moto-blues which makes life-blues. No matter who I talk to about this, they just don't get it if they don't ride. I want share my moto-blues and also got me to wondering the moto-blues you have gone through.
Currently I don't have a bike; not since 2008. I LOVE RIDING AND RACING! This is due to my good and bad decisions, lack of resources, and personal sacrifice. Last November everything seemed to be lining up and then unexpectedly the bottom fell out with work and on-going family issues where I forced my Dad to move out and then trying to give my sister and her daughter some solid footing by moving in with me. I start back to work with Perrin Concrete in two more weeks as of this morning. Friends have helped me get by through the winter in one way or another, but I am so far behind...I am not sure when I will have a bike...but am still working towards it. It's just plain tough and you folks are the only ones that understand the burning desire to ride. I am lucky if I get one hour of riding in a year on a friend's bike...which I don't like doing because I feel like I need to earn it on my own. This bums me out!
On the other side of the coin is working the races...I do and really would sacrifice riding to help OHMX...but I think riding has to happen for me sometime in the future. I absolutely love the races to the point that I will miss church, funerals, weddings, important events, etc. I am so thankful to be involved in the MX community. You folks are some of my closest friends and help keep me encouraged. MX and the folks in it have done so much for me as a person and in life...thank you.
I am purposed to keep moving forward with a smile on my face...but it still hurts. I am not trying to wine about these things...but you folks are the only ones that understand this kind of inner turmoil about moto.
I am becoming grounded and established in life and have some great promises ahead of my life and have to keep to the grind stone. The bike will come in time.
What are some of the moto-blues you have encountered and overcome in your life?
I have some moto-blues which makes life-blues. No matter who I talk to about this, they just don't get it if they don't ride. I want share my moto-blues and also got me to wondering the moto-blues you have gone through.
Currently I don't have a bike; not since 2008. I LOVE RIDING AND RACING! This is due to my good and bad decisions, lack of resources, and personal sacrifice. Last November everything seemed to be lining up and then unexpectedly the bottom fell out with work and on-going family issues where I forced my Dad to move out and then trying to give my sister and her daughter some solid footing by moving in with me. I start back to work with Perrin Concrete in two more weeks as of this morning. Friends have helped me get by through the winter in one way or another, but I am so far behind...I am not sure when I will have a bike...but am still working towards it. It's just plain tough and you folks are the only ones that understand the burning desire to ride. I am lucky if I get one hour of riding in a year on a friend's bike...which I don't like doing because I feel like I need to earn it on my own. This bums me out!
On the other side of the coin is working the races...I do and really would sacrifice riding to help OHMX...but I think riding has to happen for me sometime in the future. I absolutely love the races to the point that I will miss church, funerals, weddings, important events, etc. I am so thankful to be involved in the MX community. You folks are some of my closest friends and help keep me encouraged. MX and the folks in it have done so much for me as a person and in life...thank you.
I am purposed to keep moving forward with a smile on my face...but it still hurts. I am not trying to wine about these things...but you folks are the only ones that understand this kind of inner turmoil about moto.
I am becoming grounded and established in life and have some great promises ahead of my life and have to keep to the grind stone. The bike will come in time.
What are some of the moto-blues you have encountered and overcome in your life?