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wrightme43
Ok today I get a phone call at work. Older guy wants to bring in his car for a alignment. Of course the answer is sure be glad to have it, see you when you get here.
So about a hour later, a really old looking man, walks in, pants pulled up over his belly button, with a half crazy look in his eye. He has a good sense of humor and is sharp though. His name is Mr. Grabber. All good so far, write up his ticket and he goes across the street to eat. Wayne pulls in his MPV van and hooks up the alignment machine. Well the van has been sideswiped by someone so the wheels are bent and one strut is bent. I notice his front plate. It says WWII, Korean war, and Vietnam war Vet. I get to talking to Wayne and I am like bet this is one old guy you dont want mess with. You know the tough old guys that just are tough as nails. So I go back out and ask him if he wants to come out and see his van. He follows me out and I ask him about what he did in the military. He says everything I was in for a long time and laughs. I am thinking this guy is cool. I show him the wheels, and the strut that is bent, tell him the best way to save money is go to the scrap yard and ask for two new wheels and we will put on a new strut and line his van up no problems. He sees my bike and riding boots. So he says great day for riding huh? I am like its awesome. He says
I should bring in then spyder and let you see it. I say you got a spyder???? Intrest is piqued now. He says hell yeah, been riding since 1947, I am 84 now. He says his first bike was harley but after that he got Indians, then rode hondas all thru the 70s 80s and 90s and early 00s, then got a vulcan but he says now he just got this cause it was getting to hard to ride anymore. He said he got the manual cause automatics were like scooters. LOL LOL
Then he went home got the bike and brought it back to show me. He had that same stupid grin I get when I ride same as the rest of us.
Basicly just wanted to let you all know that life rocks, enjoy the hell out of it, and just cause you get old doesnt mean bikes are off limits. I am going to talk to him some more when he comes back and see if he wants to go riding. I wanna hear some of his stories. I know he will have some kickass ones.
Talk about a riding career. Oh yeah and he had on a helmet, gloves, jacket, pants, and boots. Not a pose rider but a rider. That is freaking awesome. :rockon::thumbup:
So about a hour later, a really old looking man, walks in, pants pulled up over his belly button, with a half crazy look in his eye. He has a good sense of humor and is sharp though. His name is Mr. Grabber. All good so far, write up his ticket and he goes across the street to eat. Wayne pulls in his MPV van and hooks up the alignment machine. Well the van has been sideswiped by someone so the wheels are bent and one strut is bent. I notice his front plate. It says WWII, Korean war, and Vietnam war Vet. I get to talking to Wayne and I am like bet this is one old guy you dont want mess with. You know the tough old guys that just are tough as nails. So I go back out and ask him if he wants to come out and see his van. He follows me out and I ask him about what he did in the military. He says everything I was in for a long time and laughs. I am thinking this guy is cool. I show him the wheels, and the strut that is bent, tell him the best way to save money is go to the scrap yard and ask for two new wheels and we will put on a new strut and line his van up no problems. He sees my bike and riding boots. So he says great day for riding huh? I am like its awesome. He says
I should bring in then spyder and let you see it. I say you got a spyder???? Intrest is piqued now. He says hell yeah, been riding since 1947, I am 84 now. He says his first bike was harley but after that he got Indians, then rode hondas all thru the 70s 80s and 90s and early 00s, then got a vulcan but he says now he just got this cause it was getting to hard to ride anymore. He said he got the manual cause automatics were like scooters. LOL LOL
Then he went home got the bike and brought it back to show me. He had that same stupid grin I get when I ride same as the rest of us.
Basicly just wanted to let you all know that life rocks, enjoy the hell out of it, and just cause you get old doesnt mean bikes are off limits. I am going to talk to him some more when he comes back and see if he wants to go riding. I wanna hear some of his stories. I know he will have some kickass ones.
Talk about a riding career. Oh yeah and he had on a helmet, gloves, jacket, pants, and boots. Not a pose rider but a rider. That is freaking awesome. :rockon::thumbup:
