Triumphrat

MassiveAttack

I've never made a motorcycle decision based on emotion.

Buthere I am, with Speed Triple. Urban Warrior? Check. Yet all of my riding life was based on the bike being a tool. In the middle of the night I fire this girl up and tempt fate.

I never did this with a BMW.

Am I a late-blooming hooligan, or am I a sumbitch?

AK955

Sounds like you found a motorcycle that doesn't just move your body but also moves your soul.

Mark H.

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My Ride Reports

MassiveAttack

Thank you. On the other hand, I don't need a 955i to remind me of what life means. But that motor is what drills the point.

Every day.

Every moment.

Even my accidental wheelies in 2nd gear give me pause...respect this Bike.

uncle nort

How do you know where the "mid" is in midlife? In your thirties you're not there yet. Relax and let the S3 love flow.

Voldemort88

My guess is that you got tired of not nodding to, waving at or otherwise acknowledging other bikers while on that BMW. You just wanted to be more sociable and rather cool with it...

...either that or you're a middle aged guy who's just bought a big ignorant bike to compensate for some inadequacy (typed the man with the Rocket III).

Cool wheels. Don't analyse it, ride it.

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Scream if you wanna go faster!

Catenaccio

...like you stole it! (Or until the slab-sided white delivery van with the big men come to get you...)

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The weather will continue to change on and off for a long, long time.

Sal Paradise

mmmm.. here's something they never told you in gradeschool - middle age can be fun. Real fun, if you know how and still can. And by age 40, I mos' definately knew how.... and often do!

Enjoy. You have it made.

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In an ideal summer, correctly lived, every motorcycle should age more than its owner. - Peter Egan

roadscum

You're just moving toward becoming an old guy, and that is the wright direction in which to be moving, not to worry. Even the ancient philosophers understood.

"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator." - Confuciusn

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"One of the things that make motorcycling so great because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure." - Steve McQueen