Ha! The first motorcycle I ever rode was my boss's Rebel. He got it when I told him I was getting a motorcycle. Bit of a mid life crisis buy, I think.
And to answer Ghost's question, I've got just over 20K miles between my two bikes over six years of riding. 7,000 of that came last year on the new 6R. So much more fun to ride for longer distances than my Ninja 500.
Oh, and Chuck, ZERO cars?!? That's hard for me to wrap my head around.