I envision this being posted on a Harley forum with the community asking "What is wrong with those sportbike guys?!"

 

Wow.

That's a shame.

I found the following online too:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/d1/projects/hwy210hwy2flood/constupdate.html

And thanks for the updates, Mike.

Practicality trumps the perception stigma in my opinion.....

Agreed.

The 2013 Nissan Quest has my attention now.  It's not very pretty, but it has a nice seating arrangement, a CVT (constant velocity transmission), and the reviews say it drives and rides very well.

It will be a couple of years, so we would be purchasing one slightly used.

Well thank you for the tips, good sir.

Now was that 3 bikes all in the same load?  ...or you hauled one at a time?   

My daughter is almost two and my son will be born around the time of her birthday.

So... I find myself actually WANTING a mini-van.  The size, the conveniences,  the practicality all seem so appealing to me now.  When I was in my twenties (as many 20-something males do), I DETESTED mini-vans and would never consider driving one, nevermind owning one.  Curious that I could have swung so dramatically, yes?

The demographics of this forum seem to really stretch as far as median age.  So I thought I'd ask this population:  At what point did you start appreciating the practical things in life?  Kids? perhaps at a certain age?  when you started an actual career rather than 'just a job'?

And to the youths... get off my lawn and don't touch my motorcycles.  No, I WON'T buy a coupon book to support your wrestling team and SLOW DOWN when you drive through the neighborhood! 

WTF Vander, are ya tryin to make us old guys feel bad?

Haha... no.

I just had a guy approach me at a gun range recently.  He was telling me how much time/effort/ money he had into his firearm collection.  And I couldn't get over how un-healthy he looked.  It seemed obvious that an armed assailant was not the biggest threat to his life.

It just opened my eyes to how lopsided some people's (including me) safety concerns are.  And how messed up it is to judge others on their safety/ health choices.  It just seems hypocritical... no?

I'm getting old too, I guess.  That "live and let live" thing is really creeping up on me.   

 

Sometime I ride from what my bladder says.