Mid-life crisis purchase

KARNUT · July 9, 2020

I have to agree dirt bike riding is much different than street bike riding. I grew up in the country and had dirt bikes. We had trails and pits to ride on. 125s were usually the max for our crowd. Enough for fun not too much to control. When I got my license I had hot rods and drag raced plenty. I got a high powered street bike through horse trading with cars. There’s a different mindset dealing with street bikes. Fast cars are no match for fast bikes. It takes longer to master a fast bike. Much longer than a fast car. Bikes are less forgiving. I know a few who couldn’t make the transfer. One life time Harley driver. One lifetime dirt racer and car racer. They made a mistake and didn’t respect the bike. I owned a street bike one day. I like the sensation of speed too much. Never rode a street bike again. I recognized my limit.

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gearheadesw · July 9, 2020

Hmmm, you have me thinking here....

Big truck, check.

Harley, check.

Mud bike 4 wheeler, check.

I've been buying and building guns, not much of a hunter, just shooting paper, but it's fun.

Cpl_Punishment · July 9, 2020

Apparently my dad's mid life crisis car was his 2019 Hyundai Kona. He was dead set on getting one even after my brother showed him a bunch of other models that would have made more sense for him.

No idea what mine would be. Lots of things I'd be interested in. Classic GM or Dodge truck like the ones I learned to drive on. Classic muscle car. 90s Japanese sports car. Modern Camaro or Corvette. Ski boat. Quad or SXS. Snowmobile. Even a kit or project car I could build myself and tinker with. Etc.

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Donstar · July 9, 2020

11 hours ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

Apparently my dad's mid life crisis car was his 2019 Hyundai Kona. He was dead set on getting one even after my brother showed him a bunch of other models that would have made more sense for him.

No idea what mine would be. Lots of things I'd be interested in. Classic GM or Dodge truck like the ones I learned to drive on. Classic muscle car. 90s Japanese sports car. Modern Camaro or Corvette. Ski boat. Quad or SXS. Snowmobile. Even a kit or project car I could build myself and tinker with. Etc.

I suspect your mom may have helped shape your dad's crisis. This would be the conclusion of my kids if I chose this type of vehicle! I like Santa Fe's and my wife would be ecstatic if I turned my bike and/or truck into one or similar vehicle. However, you've squandered the crisis card if you don't ruffle some feathers, imo. Your dad may be simply paving the way to a surprise!

Cpl_Punishment · July 9, 2020

7 minutes ago, Donstar said:

I suspect your mom may have helped shape your dad's crisis. This would be the conclusion of my kids if I chose this type of vehicle! I like Santa Fe's and my wife would be ecstatic if I turned my bike and/or truck into one or similar vehicle. However, you've squandered the crisis card if you don't ruffle some feathers, imo. Your dad may be simply paving the way to a surprise!

I don't think she was all that involved in the purchase (especially since my dad was originally planning to get a standard and my mom won't drive one of those in the city, even though she knows how). However, since he was only able to find an automatic, it became my mom's car once she found out how nice it rides and how good it is on gas, especially compared to their other vehicle. But my dad also works from home so it makes more sense for the gas guzzler to sit in the garage.

Also, at 65, he's probably a bit old for a mid life crisis anyway.

KARNUT · July 9, 2020

I don't think she was all that involved in the purchase (especially since my dad was originally planning to get a standard and my mom won't drive one of those in the city, even though she knows how). However, since he was only able to find an automatic, it became my mom's car once she found out how nice it rides and how good it is on gas, especially compared to their other vehicle. But my dad also works from home so it makes more sense for the gas guzzler to sit in the garage.

Also, at 65, he's probably a bit old for a mid life crisis anyway. [emoji1787]

I don’t know about that. I see lots of old farts with you ladies on their arm at the casinos. My wife is happy it’s cars. There’s a hellcat left on my bucket list. My 65th birthday is in December. I’ve been known to shake it up a bit.

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Donstar · July 10, 2020

I agree that by our mid 60's we're looking more at bucket lists than mid-life stuff. We may want the same toys but post retirement we start to consider who may be next to enjoy our treasures!

dieselfan1 · July 18, 2020

This is my new Vette.

Well it was supposed to happen last year but never did so I went the other direction. Up. I'm 57 BTW.

dieselfan1 · July 19, 2020

I don't own a bike anymore, to old I guess, but back in the day I didn't have any trouble transitioning between dirt and street. Last bike I owned was a KZ1000, fast bike back in the day. My cousin however was one of those that did have that difficulty. Back in the early 70's he lived in SoCal and everything he drove had to be beyond fast, from his race cammed 69 Torino to the Kawa 750 triple he almost killed himself on. The Kawasaki 750 triple was a 2 cycle bike with an unbelievable power to weight ratio, look at it cross-eyed and it was liable to pop a wheelie while still resting on the kickstand.

I had the pleasure of riding a buddys 750 2 stroke Kawi's back in early 80's. Unbelievable how quick that bike was. And what a wheelie machine. You could pull the front wheel up at 70 mph and keep it up til you hit 100 with ease. It vibrated so bad it always had something coming loose.

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