Exactly!!!!!

I have never got the mid life remark, probably because I've had HDs since 1976 and everyone that knows me knows that I've always had a bike. I tend to hang around with guys that have bikes or are hot rod guys or are into other toys. I don't have many friends that not into that kind of stuff.

I have gotten dumb *** remarks when I go somewhere with the Vette or my offshore race boat. Mostly stupid questions at gas stations like "how much did it cost? (non of your focking business!), How fast is it?, or the one that really pisses me off is "You must be compensating for some shortcoming (usually from the sailboat ***s)". I usually tell them, "Yeah, I compensating for my lack of ability to not beat the crap out of stupid morons that make idiotic remark to people they don't know"!

If I had friends that want to make stupid remarks they wouldn't be friends for long.

 

Sounds like a midlife crisis to me....

 

+1 I'm on #5...even though I got my first bike in 1974.

 

One of my friends (51) started a band and another (49) took up surfing....Those seem like the so called mid-life deal.

My life has been high adventure the entire time, been riding for 40 years and HD for about 22. I'm scaling back on the new stuff.

Now my wife on the other hand wants a boob job and a Corvette. I asked her if Sancho could help pay, she said she would ask! ;-)

 

I'm guilty. My crisis at mid-life was a father dying, wife divorcing, and job changing all at the same time! Bought the bike and I truely believe it has saved my sanity. That was 10 years ago and now it's my lifestyle.

 

Life is essentially about the living. Enjoy it to the fullest!

 

No such thing as a midlife crisis in my book. One of my best friends since childhood is about to lose his life at the age of 41. You never know what tomorrow will bring. I admire people who have the passion to persue their interests no matter what their age.

 

Wow,damn! did you ever take one of those written stress tests? Your score would been off the charts...getting a bike probably saved you from hanging yourself in the basement.

 

I'm kinda with Pumba on this one...in the last 3 years I've changed jobs, moved to another state, been through a bad divorce, married the love of my life(now have 2 step-sons), had a baby with my new wife, who suffered through severe post-partum depression for 6 months, bought another house and moved again, and lost my mother last summer + dealing with my dad who 78 & is lost without my mother.

Needless to say stress level was extreme so I decided it was time for me, so I got back into riding & bought a Harley. I've always had toys though...had bikes, dirt bikes, atvs, campers, jeeps or something at one point or another...but my true passion has always been bikes. Glad my wife was supportive of me buying a bike again and getting back into riding & I have traded for a new one since.

It's all about living your life the way you choose, enjoying things you are passionate about, and surrounding yourself with people and friends that support you no matter what. Don't ever let anyone give you the MLC bs!
All this & I'm not even 40 yet....39 next month. Midlife crisis my ***....midlife reorganization is more like it...or basically starting all over again.

 

I agree, enjoy life before your're too old or crippled up to enjoy life. Worrying about retirement and all that bullshit is for the birds. " I'm going down in a blaze of glory".