A fellow member of vfrd ..KNIFE, asked me if I am really deaf...and that I must have over come a bit..and to ride motorcycles to top it off...
How to respond??
I am deaf???
Yes!!!I have a 93% hearing loss...
Am I deaf??? No!!
I am not part of the "deaf culture" ergo hang out in deaf groups and such .
Kinda like a being jewish guy eating a ham sandwich on passover .I do know sign language..but don't use it much..just about every gal I date is hearing..or doesnt speak english anyway...I am NOT going to show pix as I get into enough trouble with the moderators as it is.
I can't hear on the phone...or the radio,TV, drunks screaming at 3am.. Or the wonderfull V4 exhaust.
I do talk normal..most of the time as SEB will confirm. Sometimes I talk too loud..sometimes too soft..
I AM trying to get an IMPLANT..ergo the bionic ear..(do doo do doo do dooo doooo do do) you must be over 30 to get the 6 million $ man joke!!
If I get the implant it may take about a year to get it tuned right..that's fine.. I just wanna know if I can get sirus radio in my head!! I wanna howard sterns twisted stuff!!!
I use EMAIL, IM , and texts to communicate most of the time...and web cam when talking with a few deaf or signing pals.
My grandfathers were deaf.. Going back generations..about 8 or 900 years.. Born hearing slowly going deaf... just like me and my sister..(1st deaf girl)
I grew up around bikes and got my first street bike from a foster brother at 12.
If you lived in York PA back in 83..and saw a little kid push start a lowered flat black cafe cb750 ..that was me!!!
Motorcycles got put aside as I got into bicycles and racing them.
By the time I went to MMI in arizon I was fully deaf.. And was the ONLY person in my class to get a 100 % on noise identification!!!
Vibration location is the key! A george on the dollar bill will tell me if the valves need adjustments...mr camel blows smoke at gasket leaks. Lots of cool stuff picked up over the years..
As for the VFR...I have owned one since I was 16..often more than 1 in my stash..along with parts everywhere.
So, am I deaf?? Yes.. But I think of my self as a biker,a good cook,a silly guy, a dirty minded lover, and and and and.. SO much more before I add deaf... BUT.. In the world of motorcycles..everything reminds me of what's missing ( aside from dirty wispers from my girl)...the exhaust .. The starter buzz. The gear driven whine.. The starter relay click.. And of course... just about every video on the web has no captions..(like the MD cop).
and yes.. it really is VFR deafness... my cochlear is fried.. and that converts vibrations from the eardrum into electrical impulses to my brain.. ergo its a REG/REC// so of course its shot!! :lobby:
So..if your in MD and see a flat black vfr750 that's not timmy the cops bike.. Its mine..and if you say "HI!!" make sure I am looking at you!
I hope hope everyone has a great weekend!!
The great silly one,Greg
Deaf ,not dumb!
NUTS,not crazy!