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  • Birthday 05/12/1960

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    Mike Brotherton

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    China Grove, United States

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    China Grove

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    United States

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  • Interests
    Riding, collect old signs/service station stuff, swimming pool
  • Bike Year and Model
    2008 Royal Star Venture

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  1. Hey guys, just wanted to say thank you for all the thoughts and prayers and messages after the daeth of my 22 year old daughter last August. I didn't think I'd be able to go riding again after that. In case you do not know, she was killed in Charlotte, NC 8/30/19 after getting into the backseat of a friends car with two others(a girl EMT egaged to be married and had a 7 year old son, and a soldier just home from Kuwait for 3 weeks) in the rear, her other friend in the front seat passenger side (her 21st birthday) and her boyfriend driving. They pulled out go to get on interstate and when they done a Uturn, a Yamaha R1 was running 122 mph ( cops said) T-boned my daughters door, going thru the whole backseat killing all three in the back, the two up front was not injured, and of course the bike rider was killed also! The EMT station was just across the street from where it happened at 9:38 on that Friday night. The EMTs heard him coming winding it as tight as it would go and he never let off until they heard the crash! They estimated 140 mph!! The car was literally destroyed, it is unbelievible that a motorcycle could have done that to a car!! So....she was our only child, just got hired that exact day to a job in orthodontics that she'd went to college for, and just picked up keys to her new apartment I was going to move her into the very next day at 3:00 when she got off work! So yeah its been extremely painful. I didn't think Id be able to ride again, after she was killed by a Yamaha, and she was my riding buddy! But I thought, its like guns....guns dont kill people, the idiots thats using them does!! That idiot running 140 mph in a 45 mph zone in the city limits of Charlotte where all kinds of turning lanes and side streets was at, he was freaking insane! So I have been riding, I miss her tremendously though! I do get nauseated and chills when I hear a crotch rocket winding up though! Thanks again guys! Stay in touch!! Safe riding!!
  2. Hey guys just wanted to share this with you. My only child, my daughter Hanna was killed this past Friday night in Charlotte NC, She was out with some friends celebrating a friends birthday, when they made a U turn (legally) and a Yamaha R1 running 125 mph in downtown Charlotte, hit the back passenger side door where she was sitting, and running all the way through the back seat to the other rear door, killing all three in the back seat. The guy that hit them was 22 also, and had temp tags on the bike because he'd just wrecked his other one! My daughter was 22 years old, had everything great going for her! She went to school for orthodontics, and was just hired Friday for a job she'd wanted so so bad in orthodontics. She was to move into her new apartment the next day. My last words to her was I'd see her tomorrow at 3:00 to move her in. But instead of moving her at 3:00, I was picking out her casket exactly at 3:00. We were best friends and buddys. Everyone said if you seen one you seen the other! She got to ride on my Venture I had just bought for the first time a week ago. I put her helmet in the casket with her, because it will never be worn by anyone else, It had a sticker on the back that said, "My Dads Biker Buddy". She was extremely well known and loved by many. There was over 400 came through the visitation Tuesday night! The ONLY thing that I can get positive from this is, she died instantly and didn't experience any pain. She was so happy getting her new job that day, getting her new apartment, and being out with her friends. I just do NOT know how I am going to be able to carry on without her. She was my life. If I do survive, I don't know if I can throw a leg over a bike again or not! You raise your child to be careful in everything they do, and SHE WAS!! But who would EVER think their child would be killed in a back seat of a car, by a MOTORCYCLE!! Probably the last time you'll ever hear from me on here! Be safe guys!!
  3. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? NOTHING was posted on this, then I respond three times and suddenly it's "been promissed to someone else"?!
  4. PLEASE let me know what you can do on this tank bib! I'll be glad to pay any cost it requires! mid life crisis Mike Brotherton 704-787-3635 United States
  5. Please let me know what you need to ship it to me. I'm more than happy to pay what you ask. Needing one bad. Thanks you! Mike mid life crisis 704-787-3635 mbrotherton@carolina.rr.com
  6. HEY!!! Been trying to find one of these!!! If you still have it I would most definately like to get it! Just let me know how much and where to send it to! Thank you again! Mike mid life crisis 704-787-3635 United States 1660 Lentz Rd. China Grove, NC 28023
  7. The thing I like best is my genuine yamaha chrome passenger floorboards. I ride a lot by myself too, and they sure look better than the dull aluminum with rubber strips on them. Plus they have the "Star" emblem on them when they are up. THEN, the next is the Polished air cleaner covers. After I put them on, I went to the local Auto Zone and got a roll of auto chrome trim (self adhesive back) the widest they had, and put acouple strips along side the chrome cover, all the way around the breather. It gives it a "ribbed" effect, and all chrome. Well, there is just a small rib where the black cleaner comes together, but you can't tell it. I have had several :clap2:comments on it.
  8. I STILL like the LED light bar I got from signaldynamics.com ! I think at the time around $20-25 and it bolted right to the helmet locks like it was made for it! Updating the regular tail light is great too, but the LED bar from SD is in red OR clear ! I've seen people selling a "kit" on e-bay (the same light) for $50 !
  9. NO BRAINER!!!!!!!! :bang head:Venture all the way!!! My brother went out and bought brand spanking new Ultra Classic, beautiful bike...BUT!!! It vibrated like crazy, when he was ideling his antennas were shaking like a dogs tail, and mine were perfectly still (06 Venture). NO room for passenger, even with the tour pak slid all the way forward, my sister-in-law was pressed up against him. And BIGGEST thing was, he went to a "cruise in" up town and in bumper to bumper traffic, his Harley was idled down to about 400 rpm's and about to cut off, because it got to hot. Sooooooooooooo, if you want to pay $22k :mo money:for a bike you can't even ride up town, then go ahead! Oh, did I mention the big blister burnt on the inside of his leg from the heat too!!!!! He kept the bike for 2 months, slod it, lost $3k(don't they say Harleys keep their resale?!), and bought a Gold Wing. Hey Gold Wing, or Venture, anythings better than a Harley!!! Harley...It's just a NAME! And also a Venture comes with 98hp, a Harley 65-70hp! Don't make an expensive mistake. mid life crisis
  10. Yeah, I was affraid of that, and they are proud of them too! J.C. Whitney sells one for Gold Wings @ $149.oo primed. Wonder if that would work? ?????????????? mid life crisis
  11. Do you know of anywhere I can get it cheaper than from Yamaha? Even the primer one is like $215-225.oo?! Thanks! mid life crisis
  12. Yeah, they come in white, silver, red , black and primer, but no black cherry !!! By the way, how do you get the paint code? Thanks! mid life crisis
  13. Hey guys, help me out here if I've missed something, but why is it I've seen in the Yamaha catalog rear LED spoilers already painted for EVERY color they are EXCEPT the Black Cherry?!!!!! And even in the VOTE FOR FAVORITE COLOR forum, you didn't even mention BLACK CHERRY!! Whats up? Does people NOT reconize the 2006 Black Cherry?!! Is there a pre-painted spoiler somewhere out there? Help! mid life crisis
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