tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post3445254101089606761..comments2023-07-02T08:35:26.441-04:00Comments on Den of the Beastly Bear: Not so Evel Knievel...Joe Ormerodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-37093049579578735132015-10-30T22:58:51.813-04:002015-10-30T22:58:51.813-04:00Thanks for stopping by and reading! And thank you ...Thanks for stopping by and reading! And thank you for the comment! let's me know they're getting out there!<br />Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-46520460215805845992015-10-30T22:57:18.712-04:002015-10-30T22:57:18.712-04:00Hi Stephanie, welcome back! What you need is someo...Hi Stephanie, welcome back! What you need is someone that won't scare you to death your first time. You may just find that you love them too!Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-82403927398098568302015-10-28T10:26:18.601-04:002015-10-28T10:26:18.601-04:00Ahh, the joys of an engine between your legs and y...Ahh, the joys of an engine between your legs and youth. I personally prefer a good old Honda 90 BUT loved those days when parents said "Here is how it works, don't kill yourself." I wish I could be that parent now. Awesome story as usual Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-67671822146952022122015-10-27T22:27:43.490-04:002015-10-27T22:27:43.490-04:00I've only ridden on a motorcycle once and I wa...I've only ridden on a motorcycle once and I was too young to know to be scared! I can appreciate people loving them, but they scare me!Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-85715006763617493592015-10-27T11:36:47.632-04:002015-10-27T11:36:47.632-04:00Ouch Kathy! Glad you were alright. I always loved ...Ouch Kathy! Glad you were alright. I always loved the lean of the motorcycle, cutting through the curves. That's what got right ahold of my soul...Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-51365808218575601542015-10-27T11:34:41.518-04:002015-10-27T11:34:41.518-04:00Oh yes, the girls laughed their butts off...until ...Oh yes, the girls laughed their butts off...until they tried it! But that's another tale.<br />I was not allowed on the road, only our back yard or adjacent fields. I'd have loved a dune buggy!Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-38974915310908723752015-10-27T09:13:21.218-04:002015-10-27T09:13:21.218-04:00Better you than me! My dad had a motorcycle when ...Better you than me! My dad had a motorcycle when I was a kid and he would give me rides. It always scared me to death. I never had the desire to try to ride one myself. Later on, husband number 1 had 4 wheelers much like my husband now. I can ride around on flat terrain, but I refuse to ride them where it is hilly. One time I went riding with my ex and we hit a ditch that was well hidden by high grass. We were thrown and the bike landed on top of us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564863484894692249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-13295701251773096282015-10-27T08:27:08.877-04:002015-10-27T08:27:08.877-04:00Hahahahaha. I was imagining that WHOLE scenario Jo...Hahahahaha. I was imagining that WHOLE scenario Joe. Omg.. I would've been terrified if I was your mom but if I was a sibling? I'd of been laughing my ass off! There was only one kid in our neighborhood that had a mini bike and he would tear up the street all day and all night. We had a purple dune buggy that was a lot of fun. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-63316526894879633722015-10-26T18:19:36.307-04:002015-10-26T18:19:36.307-04:00Well, JoJo they divorced a couple years later and ...Well, JoJo they divorced a couple years later and was never really brought up again until I bought my first adult street bike and my Mother cautioned me to "Be careful, you remember what happened the last time you got a new motorbike!"Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-28371407331660674422015-10-26T16:45:39.778-04:002015-10-26T16:45:39.778-04:00That's kinda funny, picturing it in my head. l...That's kinda funny, picturing it in my head. lol Were your parents able to laugh about that first time, as you got older?JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-46120282726173214072015-10-26T15:18:16.311-04:002015-10-26T15:18:16.311-04:00Ya know Joeh, I NEVER forgot again!!! Lol
It was f...Ya know Joeh, I NEVER forgot again!!! Lol<br />It was fun! it wasn't long before 2" X 12"'s and a cinderblock were involved and I broke the chain. New master link came out of my paltry allowance and lost privileges for 2 weeks!Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-12393193714383634262015-10-26T14:14:29.736-04:002015-10-26T14:14:29.736-04:00My brother had one much like the picture. It was ...My brother had one much like the picture. It was called a Doodlebug. Must have been years before yours, because he rode it without a helmet and on the street, of course he was much older, maybe 10 or 11, and I'm pretty sure he knew where the brake was.<br /><br />Great story!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-24329201512635932122015-10-26T12:19:07.708-04:002015-10-26T12:19:07.708-04:00They're hard to give up Jo! You know the have ...They're hard to give up Jo! You know the have some nice 3 wheel bikes you could get...indulge that wild side just a little! :-) Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-89925309266230413242015-10-26T12:16:45.708-04:002015-10-26T12:16:45.708-04:00Hi Tracie, good to see you back! Good, I haven'...Hi Tracie, good to see you back! Good, I haven't scared you off yet. :-)<br />Yes, girls+shorts+motorcycles=trouble! My step sister Colleen still sports a nasty scar on her calf from a ride on my Honda CBX, but mainly from not listening to her brother. I told her, "Stand up on the pegs, then swing off." What does she do?<br />Puts one foot on the ground, and when she goes to swing the other legs off presses the leg on the ground against the exhaust for a good 5 count!Joe Ormerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337984962516170189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-24726385489760299052015-10-26T12:15:45.898-04:002015-10-26T12:15:45.898-04:00Mini bikes! Yikes and yuck. I know kids love them ...Mini bikes! Yikes and yuck. I know kids love them and they are very popular down here, but damn! They are loud and these kids ride them through the sub FAST and without helmets, sometimes. I know that I'm an overprotective type and I did once own a bike, a Yamaha 250, but mini bikes and preteens drive me insane. <br />We are also blessed with teens on dirt bikes which are not mufflered and also not road ready, but are driven through our streets regularly with lots of engine revving.<br />I have always loved bikes, but since moving here, I'm losing my attraction.<br />Bike weeks still all me out, though. I have to go see, hear and drive my suv along side while silently kinda of wishing I had my own.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285427147723972295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306564427395253617.post-36311274566756316022015-10-26T11:56:51.366-04:002015-10-26T11:56:51.366-04:00very nice joe!
i haven't thought about bikes ...very nice joe! <br />i haven't thought about bikes in a long time. <br />my dad won a mini bike in a poker game and a b.b gun one time but that's a chat for another time.<br />so i got the mini bike because i was a tom boy (still am in some ways). when i out grew the mini bike he got me the next size not sure if that was also in a poker game, could have been. <br />the next size was too big and needed a cover for the muffler. i burnt my inner thigh and still have the scar, because i was wearing shorts on the first ride.dumb! <br />have a good monday! tracie c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03222714252708234638noreply@blogger.com