When I was the usual suspect in gtam, I always wonder where what happen to the old-timer that disappear. Did they quit motorycle? Did they outgrow it? Did they move out of Toronto? Did they die of a heart attack or crash? (I really hope not!) Did they get married have kids and forced to sell the bike?
I promise one day I "die down" from being a hard-core gtamer, I will come back and tell the tale to those who wonder where the old-timer went.
So... Here I am. I'm still alive. I am still riding, and I am still a motorcyclist.
I moved out of Toronto more than a decade ago (although I was still actively posting for few years after I move away), then hook on to another local forums from where I moved to, thats never the same as gtam. Then my life get busier, and there are more important stuff to do than posting or reading forums.
As for riding, I never quit. Time pass by I have less question about riding, I am less curious about motorcycle gossip. The new posts on forums start to get repetitive, I get to the point where I use forum just to search for information I need.
I also started a family and have kids. I did spent less time riding, indeed I almost quit group ride. I have several friends where I ride with, they all start to move away. I rarely ride twisty road anymore. The quality of twisty road around here doesn't worth the time. My street riding only involved commuting mostly. That said, I don't feel I depreciated my "riding quality". I always dedicate 3-5 days a year for track day, which I didn't have the sufficient funding to do when I was young.
Kids grow bigger, I spend more time teaching them riding instead, I enjoy it. There are even time where I skip my track day session and ride the little trails on the side of the track with kiddos on their pocket bike, and I don't feel like I miss any fun from trackday afterward.
I secretly hope one day I am lucky enough to enjoy riding motorcycle with my kids, rather it is touring, track days, trail riding or adventuring.
I still own the bikes I have on my avatar. They all go through normal cycles of rebuild. And I still enjoy all of them.
As for gtam, I definitely venture way less. (I haven't login to gtam in years!) I don't see myself come back posting like I used to. Looking back, this place has changed me, help me become a more open-minded, out-going person, and taught me the proper mentality toward riding, which sometimes even lead to mortal toward life.
I hope you enjoy knowing what happen to one of the gtam old-timer that disappear!
I promise one day I "die down" from being a hard-core gtamer, I will come back and tell the tale to those who wonder where the old-timer went.
So... Here I am. I'm still alive. I am still riding, and I am still a motorcyclist.
I moved out of Toronto more than a decade ago (although I was still actively posting for few years after I move away), then hook on to another local forums from where I moved to, thats never the same as gtam. Then my life get busier, and there are more important stuff to do than posting or reading forums.
As for riding, I never quit. Time pass by I have less question about riding, I am less curious about motorcycle gossip. The new posts on forums start to get repetitive, I get to the point where I use forum just to search for information I need.
I also started a family and have kids. I did spent less time riding, indeed I almost quit group ride. I have several friends where I ride with, they all start to move away. I rarely ride twisty road anymore. The quality of twisty road around here doesn't worth the time. My street riding only involved commuting mostly. That said, I don't feel I depreciated my "riding quality". I always dedicate 3-5 days a year for track day, which I didn't have the sufficient funding to do when I was young.
Kids grow bigger, I spend more time teaching them riding instead, I enjoy it. There are even time where I skip my track day session and ride the little trails on the side of the track with kiddos on their pocket bike, and I don't feel like I miss any fun from trackday afterward.
I secretly hope one day I am lucky enough to enjoy riding motorcycle with my kids, rather it is touring, track days, trail riding or adventuring.
I still own the bikes I have on my avatar. They all go through normal cycles of rebuild. And I still enjoy all of them.
As for gtam, I definitely venture way less. (I haven't login to gtam in years!) I don't see myself come back posting like I used to. Looking back, this place has changed me, help me become a more open-minded, out-going person, and taught me the proper mentality toward riding, which sometimes even lead to mortal toward life.
I hope you enjoy knowing what happen to one of the gtam old-timer that disappear!
