I've been able to ride motorcycles since I was 8 years old, and have had the fortune to own
several throughout my life. I'll be 60 this year, I've worked physically hard all my life, and glad I've been able to,
still am working, a fairly easy job now. But I was diagnosed 20 years ago with L4 "spondylosis" (lumber area ISSUE),
translates to left leg sciatic ISSUE , numb left leg pretty much all the time. I've just lived with it,
declining on the surgery. Then, 17 years ago I broke the tibial
plateau of my Right knee when the kicker failed on my Shovelhead right before me and my
new Mrs. were to leave for Sturgis. Instead, ended up in the hospital getting
2 screws installed in my knee. Now I find myself with all 3 of my main bikes up and going
dependably. 2 of them are kickstart only... I've been putting the rounds on the Commando
lately and several opportunities certainly yesterday after work running errands, involved
several times to kick. But, it's so rare for it to not tick over on the first kick. Once, I barely
put anything into it and it just rolled through and fired up ! So thankfully I've got it as close to being as perfectly
tuned as it is. I rode it to a car show last night, it generated quite a bit of interest, I live in
a rural area, many people commented they had not seen a Norton in person. Kinda
made it worth all the time I put into it the last couple of months after it's 6 year slumber.
I made sure to get back home well before dark as it's getting cooler and deer are everywhere.
I had a great time and ride though, that addictive Norton growl in the cool night air....
Am I feeling it this morning ? Oh yeah, but
I've resigned myself to riding as long as the good Lord helps me kick 'em
over, fortunate to be able to ! So, reckon my take is- Getting old is what You've got to live with !!! -
Have a good safe weekend, happy Labor Day, America is still a great place with a lot of great people !
God Bless, this a great community thanks to all of You on the forum, from all over the world.
So cool to have in common what we all do.