[HoopleHead]

This is an endlessly deep subject and rides close to the heart of every motorcyclist. I've been a biker all my life... much longer than most of you have been alive, and each of my three sons were exposed to bikes at an early age. Naturally, as mentioned by others, they all thought it very exciting and used that as a bragging point with their friends.

So my point to make, trying to keep this as short as possible, is... not only do we endanger ourselves at our own delight, we pass on the seed to our children.

My older boy was never interested in bikes much, but did learn in the mid-80's. Two small crashes changed his desire to bike and he'll never do it again.

My younger son has always been a bike enthusiast and he's actually been a member of this forum at one time. He got his first bike at age 10 (DS-80) and has had many since.

My middle son got into sportsbikes and was killed along with his wife in a horrible collision with a land rover head-on, leaving two small children.

I still ride. I've given it up many times for one reason or another, but I still ride. My children are grown and not dependent on me, my wives have moved on to bigger and better things. I don't worry about myself ending it and leaving my sons in misery as much as I worry about that one son who still rides.

There's more to the story of the middle son, but it doesn't need to be discussed now.