RUST magazine: RUST #44

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year-old boy who had only one arm
but was golfing at pro level. This boy
was golfing like a pro. And it just it
struck me, he has only one arm but he’s
got the lick not just on the other kids,
but the adults. He’s amazing. And as I
scrolled through to some more stories,
I came across this lady violinist with a
prosthetic arm and she was playing a
violin to concert level.
So I got to thinking, what’s my excuse?
I mean, what’s wrong with me? They’re
finding their way to chase their passion
and not letting anything get in the way.
I went to sleep with that. I woke up
the next morning and decided, yeah –
remembering a year before when I saw
that bike – I don’t have any excuses.
FINDING PREJUDICE
So I went walking into a showroom. I
had never, other than that day at that
show, sat on a 1200 GS Adventure. I
hadn’t ridden one, not even started
one. At this time I’d had, I think, 39
motorcycles in my life. Yeah. And so I
go into this dealership – and this was
2016 – and I found the bike. It was a
1200 GS Adventure and I pushed it
forward on the showroom floor. I’m
like, okay, this is what I want. And so
the owner and the sales manager were
there and I said
– I’d like to buy this bike. Can we
make this happen? I’ve got my truck,
my ramp, my tie downs and my cheque
book. Let’s just make this happen.
And they laughed. Like that. The
owner walked me over to a small
Triumph or something, around the
other side of the showroom floor. I
didn’t need to stop and tell him my
resume, that I’ve been writing for
30 years and this will be my 40th
motorcycle – why should I? So I went
over to them again after a few minutes
and I showed them my cheque book
and I said
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