Is it OK to cry?

[backMARKr]

Read this in an article about HD's marketing to women strategy through what they call "garage parties".....

this was in the last few lines where the group is practicing lifting a dropped bike:

One by one, each woman gives the lifting a go, and most manage to raise the Sportster until it leans again on its side stand. When the last woman succeeds, the group breaks out into applause.

"Are there any questions?" Greene asks.

"Is it OK to cry?" one woman pipes up.

All I could think was.....I sure felt like crying EVERYTIME the bike ended up on the ground this year

[tlc]

I sure hope the answer is "YES, you can cry".  Isn't that why we wear dark shields.

[spyderchick]

Before Rog would let Rhiannon or I loose on the streets, we had to be able to pick up our bikes. Good lesson, no crying involved. ;)

[TheHiriser]

I sure hope the answer is "YES, you can cry".  Isn't that why we wear dark shields.

I agree.

Just don't take your helmet off, throw it, your gloves, anything else you have and act like you just had your favorite toy taken away by someone (even though in most cases you probably just did and you did it by wrecking it).   

[Kuala76]

There have been many riders who have done just that    I wonder what they think when they look back and realize they not only muffed up the bike, but muffed up the helmet by throwing it! Not to mention the guy that threw his bike down on the track after picking it up!!

[wolf44]

The two times I crashed this year I took off my helmet and got ready to chuck it....stopped...looked at the helmet and noticed no scuffs...set the helmet down, took off gloves and threw them at the ground, then proceeded to pout like a small child.......no crying though

[funsizeracing]

There is no cying in roadracing!

Although I think in Topeka I did jump up and down in a cirlce before picking my bike up.

[plasticweld]

There is no cying in roadracing!

I just crashed at Summit this past weekend and got hurt, while I know my body will heal in time, somebody "Me" will have to put the bike back together. While not prone to out burts of emotion I come close when the bike is hurt.  I just have to suck it and remember

There is no cying in roadracing!

[Super Dave]

There is no cying in roadracing!

I dunno.  There weren't many dry eyes at Mid-Ohio when Dale Quarterley beat everyone in the Superbike race years ago. 

[funsizeracing]

I dunno.  There weren't many dry eyes at Mid-Ohio when Dale Quarterley beat everyone in the Superbike race years ago. 

I should rephrase.  There's no crying from crashing. 

[wolf44]

Is there crying when the dog no longer likes peanut butter

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

Although I think in Topeka I did jump up and down in a cirlce before picking my bike up.

Aaron Yates style!!!! LOL