What do you get out of riding your bike?

Mood = thoughtful.

I was hunting for a piece of information elsewhere and found my answer
to this question back in 2004. I don't think my answer has changed
much in the meantime, less danger perhaps as my skills have improved.

How would you answer the question? Has the answer changed over time?

 

Once it as "adrenaline rush".

Now it's "me time".

 

Exhilaration. No.

 

Used to be because I could, and what a rush ... Nowadays it's more to
get away from 'stuff'.

Actually, thinking about it, there's so much that you get from riding
that there isn't a simple or single answer applicable. Some days I
want a blast, some days just a tootle round, some days a race, some
days scratching, some days wandering ... always different, thank
goodness.

--
Paul - xxx

'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi 'Big and Butch'
'98 Suzuki DR 200 Djebel 'Small but perfectly formed'
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp "When I feel fit enough'

 

Mine used to be that, but now more often than not, it's "to work".

 

Could be worse, at least the answer isn't "piles"

 

The wife gets broken if that's any help.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

snip

For me it is the enjoyment of doing it, the fresh air that you dont
get in a car unless you drive with the windows open, the thrill of
opening the throttle and somehow being on a bike brings you closer to
the environment e.g. closer to great scenery or the feeling of the sun
on you.

I think also it is because it is cool, it is not a thing that
mainstream society as a whole will do in their lives, not exclusive
but different. Also because bikers look out for each other - if you've
broken down then you can expect other bikers to stop and help, a stark
contrast to being broken down in a car.

I think also when you are a biker, you take more of an interest in
your method of transport and stuff like giving the control cables an
oiling or washing the bike gives an instant feel good factor.

All of the above, the fact that frankly it lifts my mood and obviously
no traffic jams for me.

Has it changed over time? - yes, i only started out because I thought
bikes were cool.

 

You've got built in obsolescence.

 

I was pondering an answer and I can't better what Champykins has said.
It's just exactly that.

 

I'll add an AOL to that

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

Indeed. I rode the Duke to work today, I've been driving for a few weeks due
to knee problems. Took it easy for a couple of miles then red lined it for
20 miles of A road. I think it's the first time in that period I put all the
hassles of house hunting and other *stuff* right out of consciousness.

I felt *much* better.

 

The day I didn't go to Jools funeral I was a bit of a mess. Michael
said 'Go out on the bike'.

It was the right thing to do and I also felt *much* better.

Debating using it to go meet a friend later but if I do I can't get as
disgustingly drunk as I'm intending to.

 

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:07:31 +0100, Champ wrote:

I find being extremely

Literally? eeeyoooow!

 

Oh damn it I missed that literally.

Still I suppose it goes to the 'shit for brains' adage.

 

A feeling of identity and my place in the landscape.

 

No, I have a KTM.

 

There's a lot of bollocks about "freedom" written with reference to
riding a bike, usually by someone who dosen't ride, thinks that all
bikes are Harley Davidsons, and has just seen "Wild Hogs".

If you think about it 'though there is some truth in it, when I ride,
it seperates me from the everyday tedium and responsibility, it
dosen't matter if it's freezing and snowing or a balmy summers day,
it's always the same sense of seperation from it all, and no, it
hasn't changed, it's the same now as it was back on a summer evening
(1) in 1975 when I took my first long trip, on a ST70 from Harrow to
Arundel.

(1) and half the night !

 

I just *bet* it was because there was a shag waiting for you at the
other end.

 

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