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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
I ride for pleasure only. Not transportation. The street is fine if you ride country roads and live accordingly. A matter of priorities. Riding is a priority for me. Living in city congestion is not. Works out fine.
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That is exactly where I am at, Mike. Oh, I commuted on a motorcycle (or a bicycle) almost daily when I was younger, but by the time I was in my 40's, it was down to purely pleasure riding. I get out of town as quickly as possible, avoiding the freeways, and pretty much stick to the two lane country roads. I really don't feel like the risk has increased on those roads, but I do agree that in traffic, on multi-lane roads, we are now at significantly greater risk. So I just avoid them.
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Originally Posted by MMARSH
I Still really enjoy riding a motorcycle. Like i mentioned in a previous thread, I did a long two day street ride on my Ducati last Monday and Tuesday. I hit the trails on Sunday all day on my Dual Sport and this week i need to do a little maintenance on my track bike....Im 52, rode and crashed my first street bike at 16 I and still love riding a motorcycles....
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I do to (still really enjoy riding). I cannot imagine my life without riding. It's just such an integral part of who I am.
I have now found, in retirement, that my joy of riding is actually increasing. The biggest factor is the time of day during which I can now ride - when everyone else is working. No more fighting traffic after work to get out of town to the good riding roads. What a difference that has made.
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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum
After over 700,000 miles in 55 years, my interest is just starting to wane slightly. Still do 15-17,000 miles/year..... ......Just home from a 5 day ride where we only met 5 cars all day on some outstanding roads...
Dirt riding is no safer around here. Every idiot with a spare $20K in their pocket buys a side-x-side and races around like there are NO RULES.........They take my old single track trails and make a freeway out of them....
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In my 42 years on the road, I'm now bouncing off of half a million miles in the saddle. It's just what I "do". When others are out golfing, out on their boats, watching football, gardening, or whatever other interests and vocations occupy their leisure time, I'm out riding. Or driving the 911, but I do find myself riding more than driving.
You've met my two boys, Chris and Alex. You won't find two young men more totally into the whole Porsche hobby than these two. Hopeless gearheads. Yet, in keeping with the topic of this thread, neither has any sort of an interest in riding. None at all. This in spite of the fact that Alex and I will be on the Isle of Man for the TT in just about six short weeks...
It's weird. I have, with mixed emotions, kind of tried to encourage them. Just no interest. And their lack of interest has nothing to do with seeing their parents get pretty beat up in a serious motorcycle wreck six years ago. They had no interest before that.
I don't know what's happening. When I was young, in my circle of friends, everyone I knew was chomping at the bit to get a motorcycle. In my sons' broad circle of friends, there is only one guy who owns a bike. I find that both rather odd, and just a little bit sad.