Nice to see a female rider chime in. :wink: My wife is a nurse as well but she won't ride because we have 2 small kids. But that doesn't stop her doctor friends from giving me a giant load of flack though. One of the sanctamonious bastards even called me a bad father for continuing to ride! Oh, and as for the Firestorm name, "no worries", (I always wanted to say that), I love that name.

 

Right. Firestorm it is then :P . Thanks fellas!

That's a bit rough with the "bad father" bit. I find half of the doc's give me a bit of ribbing & the other half want to hop on the back! I was working in the theatre recovery unit when one surgeon came in to give me some stats on the "dangers of riding"... When he was done, my patient (also this surgeon's patient), who I had thought was still unconscious, said "guess I'd better not ride home then". Surgeon had the decency to look sheepish & hastily retreat to theatre. Turns out the patient was a Stormer too!

 

Yeah, I thought it was a bit rough too. I find the DR. thing to be true here too. Half of them ask me what to buy for thier first bike or what gear to wear in the extreme summer heat here.
I'm sure you and my wife could talk for hours swapping stories like that. She's a trauma nurse, so I'm just happy she even allows me to ride. She actually bought,(and got me addicted to) my first track days, life long dream of mine.

 

Sounds like you've scored well there, 22. I've done Emergency & Theatre, so certainly had my share of bike-riders through! And I play nurse for a local riding group here as well, so I often get to pick up young lads from the side of the road (and not in a good way... :wink: ). I saw one bloke a few months later & he reported "I'm heaps better now, I can do the corners much faster" . Not really anywhere I could go with that. I expect I'll be picking him up again soon . Idiot. Brand new bike, no experience (well, two weeks...) & no insurance... Oh, and board shorts! Both wrists with compound fractures, gouges out of his legs all over the place. Had to get two of the other fellas on 'ant patrol' just to keep them away from his wounds.

Thanks to our state's unmatchable wisdom, you can now go & do a two-hour course & get your open bike licence to ride whatever sized bike you like. And surprisingly, the number of motorcycle-related deaths has risen dramatically .