Does your desire to ride ever decrease?
Road Master
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From: Milwaukee area
As for me, sometimes I just don't have the desire to get up earlier for the 10 extra minutes it takes for me to put the boots, jacket, gloves and helmet on. Other than that, I haven't lost the desire to ride.
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Mama is the same way.. There are times she would rather leave her RoadKing home and jump onna back of My Custom with me..And I don't mind..It's nice ta be able to talk goin down the road..And even if nobody else is Honest here LOL.. Old Man, Nice Custom, Good Lookin lady onna back.. whats not ta Like??
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From: Western NC
Absolutely!
In the middle of a storm the desire to be in a cage increases dramatically. However, EVERYTIME I am in my truck I wish I was riding. Maybe that is why my bike gets 15K+ a year and my beater truck is lucky if it gets 1000 miles a year.
Seriously though, my wife experienced the same thing. She would, at this point much rather ride with me than on her own bike. In fact, after a year of her not riding, we got rid of her bike. When the kids are a couple of years older she would like a new one, but right now she would rather spend time on her other hobbies (rock climbing and canoeing) than on the bike.
In the middle of a storm the desire to be in a cage increases dramatically. However, EVERYTIME I am in my truck I wish I was riding. Maybe that is why my bike gets 15K+ a year and my beater truck is lucky if it gets 1000 miles a year.
Seriously though, my wife experienced the same thing. She would, at this point much rather ride with me than on her own bike. In fact, after a year of her not riding, we got rid of her bike. When the kids are a couple of years older she would like a new one, but right now she would rather spend time on her other hobbies (rock climbing and canoeing) than on the bike.
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From: Columbia City IN
Mama is the same way.. There are times she would rather leave her RoadKing home and jump onna back of My Custom with me..And I don't mind..It's nice ta be able to talk goin down the road..And even if nobody else is Honest here LOL.. Old Man, Nice Custom, Good Lookin lady onna back.. whats not ta Like??
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naw JB it doesnt make ya a puzzy...its called wisdom my bother...lol...we are supposed to get that when we are older.
When I was younger I'd ride in any weather. However, after decades of riding I get the bike out only when the weather looks decent. I still love to ride but I'm all through torturing myself just so I can say I'm having fun.
I hate to break it to you, but our cages have heat and air conditioning. I know that makes me a puzzy since the cars I had back in the 60's and early 70's didn't have air, and a VW bug I once had didn't even seem to have a real heater. At some point my brain completely disintegrated and I decided I like creature comforts.
To make things worse, even our house has automatic temperature control.
If the weather looks decent I'm on the bike. Otherwise, screw it.
I'm just no fun at all any more.
$.02
I hate to break it to you, but our cages have heat and air conditioning. I know that makes me a puzzy since the cars I had back in the 60's and early 70's didn't have air, and a VW bug I once had didn't even seem to have a real heater. At some point my brain completely disintegrated and I decided I like creature comforts.
To make things worse, even our house has automatic temperature control.
If the weather looks decent I'm on the bike. Otherwise, screw it.
I'm just no fun at all any more.
$.02
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
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When I was younger I'd ride in any weather. However, after decades of riding I get the bike out only when the weather looks decent. I still love to ride but I'm all through torturing myself just so I can say I'm having fun.
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If the weather looks decent I'm on the bike. Otherwise, screw it.
I'm just no fun at all any more.
$.02
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If the weather looks decent I'm on the bike. Otherwise, screw it.
I'm just no fun at all any more.
$.02
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From: WIMBORNE,DORSET, GREATBRITAIN
in the winter when its wet cold miserable, but as soon as its cold dry & sunny im ridin
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