With a wife & three kids and associated debt loads, I hadn't owned anything like a motorcycle in many years, which is cool - I made the decision to start a family, and have no regrets about doing so.
Each Spring I would host a silent & internal motorcycle fever fest. It would pass by Summer. No biggie. I have always had a lot to be thankful for, despite the occasional bump in life's road. In May of '06, I had an ebay based '05 Speedmaster up on my computer screen. My wife walked by and asked, "Are you thinking about buying a motorcycle?" I replied, "Not really." She then said "I think you should." I don't remember what I said, but it was likely drowned out by the sounds of 'type type type, bid bid bid.
She & I have been through a lot together, including one daughter with severe Schizophrenia, another a now (thank God) recovering Heroin addict, and a third with Borderline Personality Disorder from her bio 'mom' cutting out / running away on them years ago. Add to that my Diabetes, 2 heart attacks, and my surviving Cancer. (What can I tell ya - sh**ty genes) Like all of us, and we're not the Lone Rangers when it comes to these things, we've seen some challenges. With her close proximity to these and other issues, she shares my belief that if you want to have fun and live life, you better get to it, and not wait. There is also a drop top Mustang GT in the yard. If people want to call it a mid-life crisis, that's fine. I consider it closer to a mid-life I can finally afford it anything but a crisis.
Pardon my trite, but I can't say it better than Morgan Freeman in "The Shawshank Redemption"
"Git busy livin' or git busy dyin'
