I sold a death machine

Published 2024-07-17
I was my mothers birthday recently and I wanted to share a couple stories about how my mom acted when I purchased my first motorcycle.

If you would like to send me a letter, post card, gift, or product; you can send it to:
Marc VanderPal
829 Bluff St.
Beloit, WI 53511

All Comments (7)
  • @h.wayneb3495
    Happy Birthday to your mom. Thanks for sharing !
  • @thelagmeister
    Great video. The 360 degree is awesome and your mic is perfect. We all get on the bikes knowing it's dangerous. Always have to have safety gear. I've given away at least a couple helmets to people who didn't have one. Even driving a UTV you need to wear one. Anyways I hope your Mom had a wonderful birthday.
  • After a close call in DC traffic on my Ninja, I was asked to sell it by my significant other- and I agreed that the traffic is too bad and it's a hobby I'll take up again when I retire (I have three bikes now in rural New England). The kid that bought it showed up to test ride in flip flops and shorts, and almost hit a car within seconds of starting a test ride. While he rode it, I told his girlfriend I didn't feel great about his skill level and she didn't appear to care and said he was super skilled. Three weeks later he was dead. According to witnesses, he didn't know how to countersteer and cooked it into a curve- into oncoming traffic. He tried to go extra wide so the cars could pass him to the inside of the curve, but went into a guard rail where the vertical supports tore him into two distinct pieces when he went over the top. I voiced my concerns to him when he bought the bike, so it's all on him. The dude even had to buy my helmet because he didn't think ahead to how to buy the bike and get it home without one.
  • @stan5513
    My mom was non-plussed when I bought a Honda 90 when I was 16. She worried about me. After I retired at 65 I was still enjoying bikes and woulld visit my mom aboard a modded Ducati that was ridden enthusiastically. By then, Mom figured I might survive. I once bought a new Kawasaki with bent forks. The virgin rider was instructed by the salesman to engage first gear and release the clutch. His trajectory ended at a telephone pole and bob's your uncle...
  • Just curious, What kind of bike are you riding? I can see its a trike of some sort. Is it a conversion 3 wheeler?