Why don't people ride??
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RE: Why don't people ride??
I probably don't ride nearly as much as many of you guys do.
For one reason, I just don't have the spare time, I canât ride to work (too much junk to carry) and I'm on call 24/7/365.
I envy you guys, and ladies who can do it butI just don't have thephysical capacity to ride a bike all day anymore. After 4 heart attacks and a damaged right elbow trips longer than 75/100 miles at a time are about all I can handle. For anything longer than that I need too many rest stops to be worth the trouble.
So if I ever do manage to get the time to go on a really long trip, I have resigned myself to the fact that the bike is going to make most of the tripin theback of my pickup truck.
But even at that I still managed to put almost 5000 miles on my Custom in the year since I got it.
My last bike was an older Yamaha that I had for over 4 years and only managed toput a little over 2500. Thecontinual hand numbing buzz of the handlebars made it a lot less pleasant to ride.
So am I still a "biker", even though I don't/can't put a lot of miles on the bike? Maybe, maybe not, but itâs not important.
I'm not in it for the "status", I ride because I like to ride, and like somebody said, its great mental therapy.
For one reason, I just don't have the spare time, I canât ride to work (too much junk to carry) and I'm on call 24/7/365.
I envy you guys, and ladies who can do it butI just don't have thephysical capacity to ride a bike all day anymore. After 4 heart attacks and a damaged right elbow trips longer than 75/100 miles at a time are about all I can handle. For anything longer than that I need too many rest stops to be worth the trouble.
So if I ever do manage to get the time to go on a really long trip, I have resigned myself to the fact that the bike is going to make most of the tripin theback of my pickup truck.
But even at that I still managed to put almost 5000 miles on my Custom in the year since I got it.
My last bike was an older Yamaha that I had for over 4 years and only managed toput a little over 2500. Thecontinual hand numbing buzz of the handlebars made it a lot less pleasant to ride.
So am I still a "biker", even though I don't/can't put a lot of miles on the bike? Maybe, maybe not, but itâs not important.
I'm not in it for the "status", I ride because I like to ride, and like somebody said, its great mental therapy.
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RE: Why don't people ride??
I am new to motorcycles and just purchased a new 2008 Deluxe. I purchased it two months ago and have never drove a bike before that. I have 900 miles on it so far. I take my 20 minute ride to work as much as possible. But the reason I am replying is that someone said that they knew someone who is a lawyer and could not ride in dress clothes. I am a restaurant manager and wear dress slacks, pressed shirt,tie, and dress shoes to when I ride to work. In Georgia it's in the 60's in the day and 40's at night. I may not be wearing the coolest stuff BUT I AM RIDIN. I have no problems with my clothes looking bad and I even got a buzz cut. Being a new riderI have my moments of mess ups and feeling uneasy. People make excuses not to ride. I love the new Harley-Davidson sticker on my Hummer H2 but I'd rather show my Harley pride on the seat of Deluxe.
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RE: Why don't people ride??
Welcome to the nut house sniperclown.
At first you'll think were all escapees from the funny farm, but in time you'll see we're just nuts.
And hang on to your wallet the guys, and gals around here will have your credit card crying "Uncle" in no time.
At first you'll think were all escapees from the funny farm, but in time you'll see we're just nuts.
And hang on to your wallet the guys, and gals around here will have your credit card crying "Uncle" in no time.
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