View Poll Results: How Long Were You Out of Riding Before Riding Again?
Between 5- 10 years
29
17.06%
Between 10 - 20 years
61
35.88%
Between 20 - 30 years
56
32.94%
Between 30 - 40 years
22
12.94%
Over 40 years
2
1.18%
Voters: 170. You may not vote on this poll
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Gonzy
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Foggy Coastside California
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It seems there are a few of us around who have gotten back into riding after not riding for a number of years. Who are you and what motivated you to get into riding again?
As for my self I was off a bike for 42 years until this past April when I bought my RK. I moved my son along with his sporty back to CA from VA after he got out of the Air Force. Seeing his sporty and watching him ride off just fanned the embers into a roaring fire that made me want to ride again.
As for my self I was off a bike for 42 years until this past April when I bought my RK. I moved my son along with his sporty back to CA from VA after he got out of the Air Force. Seeing his sporty and watching him ride off just fanned the embers into a roaring fire that made me want to ride again.
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From: Syracuse,NY
I sold my Interceptor in 1988. Last spring I'm 49 years old, I'm riding in the mini-van with the wife, 18 year old step-son, and three 7 year olds, going to Wash. DC. for the weekend. Everybody is whining or nagging about something and 'High School Musical" or "Alvin and the Chipmunks" was playing in the DVD player. I knew I had to do something.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Orkney (North of Scotland)
I had a rather worrying off that I was lucky to walk away from, then a long time without a bike.
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I did not vote, but I did not own a bike for 12 years before buying my Harley, but I never sat out. A friend of mine always had way too many bikes and always needed places to store them (and since I rode my place was a natural choice). Every so often he would come and swap out a bike for another one, so then I would have a new to me bike to ride when ever and where ever I wanted. The only stipulations were that I did the routine upkeep to the bikes I had at my place and if I left town on one he knew where I was headed and how long I would be gone (anything over night).
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From: Little Apple, Iowa, U.S.S.A.
Sold my '82 V45 Magna in late 1983 after I joined the Navy. Twenty some years later after I quit racing, here I am. Back in 1982, a pal of mine at work was looking at a pamphlet with the new V45. It was the first attempt of the Jap bike companies trying to get the Harley look. It the was first that I remember anyway and I bought one.
I always wanted a Night Train but one day at work again, a guy had a pamphlet from the local Harley dealership. It was a Cross Bones. It was funny because that Harley dealership where I bought my Cross Bones is in the same building that the Honda dealership was in all those years ago.
I always wanted a Night Train but one day at work again, a guy had a pamphlet from the local Harley dealership. It was a Cross Bones. It was funny because that Harley dealership where I bought my Cross Bones is in the same building that the Honda dealership was in all those years ago.
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From: Kentucky
I rode Hondas before and sold the last one in the late 90's. The Hondas were just transportation, with no social element, culture or history to go along, so it wasn't even remotely similar to owning a Harley. Like most Honda owners, I had no idea what the difference was. In 2007 my wife suggested that we get a Harley or Harleys after meeting some women who ride, so we did.