bigdano711's 2023 Hawk 250

bigdano711 · 07-27-2023, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdano711

I am hella outta riding shape...generally just old and fat. I can do something about the fat. Rode every day since I've owned it...farmer tan hard, arms are red. I will at least use a helmet, but right now I'm just breaking it in and so far the fastest I got it going was ~40mph, and only for a couple seconds. Cruising mostly in 5th at 30-35mph.

I am already enjoying it more than you know. You see, I don't like the world. Since the pandemic, I have been self-quarantined. I go out into the world about once a month when my wife and I make a trip to Colorado. I will occasionally go into town for grocery shopping and such, but mostly been house bound for a couple years now. The hermit life suits me.

I grew up in the SF Bay Area in California, surrounded by 7 million people. There's this dome of "psychological static" that covers the place and, living under it, it is inescapable. I can not describe how difficult it was to break free of it when I finally decided to leave that Godforsaken place. Of that 7 million, less than a handful even noticed I was gone...or cared.

If this country falls, it will be due to Godlessness. The battle before us is spiritual more than physical. Get right with God or get right with Satan. Atheism is burying your head in the sand and pretending you don't have to choose.

The last paragraph was quoted and taken out of context. I just wanted to point out that I said nothing about religion or faith. I mentioned God, Satan and Atheism. Having run my life, at different times, with all three mind/spirit-sets, I was trying to share some wisdom. And I was inspired by riding my Hawk. That is the key.

Someone on this forum MUST know what I am talking about. The spiritual adrenaline shot you get on your first ride in over 10 years, the absolute gratitude filling your heart as you twist that throttle and up-shift, surrounded by God's beauty everywhere you look...it's almost too much and your heart feels like it might implode...and a certain feeling of unworthiness. Like, what did I do to deserve this? And an overwhelming feeling that I need to thank someone, and it's definitely not myself.

This was bugging me and now I feel better. I will never bring up God, Jesus or spirituality on this forum again. Thank you for reading. Hope you got something out of it.