View Full Version : What makes you love motorbikes?
carelesschucca
21-08-14, 11:03 PM
I've just come back from my first evening bimble for ages I only did 90 miles and I'm completely in love with biking and my bike again.
I can't quite say it properly why I love being out on the bike, I think its partly the freedom, partly the great roads that are right on my doorstep, or the feeling of getting out there and being where I feel the most comfortable and relaxed. I just love being out on my bike and not having a worry in the world.
Before anyone that knows me well enough asks, yes I was playing on The Dukes Pass tonight. :D
So anyway what really makes you love the stupidity that is riding a motorbike?
Falconbobb
22-08-14, 03:25 AM
...the motor... :)
Geodude
22-08-14, 06:15 AM
Because ive more chance in meeting leather bound lady bikers :D ;)
vroom vroom noises :)
..... and its orange
Littlepeahead
22-08-14, 06:45 AM
I've made a whole new set of friends since I bought a bike. 2 weeks ago I had afternoon tea in a posh frock at Kensington Palace Orangery with a group of fabulous ladies I met through here. Not a bike in sight that day. And I'm off to Wensleydale in a couple of weeks on a Wallace & Grommit style cheese holiday. Mr LPH does not share my love of cheese but another Orger does.
I will almost certainly agree with all the other reasons posted up here, but when on impulse I took my bike test to use up some carried over annual leave and blow my Christmas bonus on something fun in January 2008 I never expected owning a bike would have such a positive effect on my social life. :D
Cheaper than train :rolleyes:
All of the above, especially the freedom and also I think biking is a great addition to someone's character.
For me biking is a brilliant way to clear my head which I struggle doing any other way
All of the above, especially the freedom and also I think biking is a great addition to someone's character.
For me biking is a brilliant way to clear my head which I struggle doing any other way
Popy Fresco
22-08-14, 09:31 AM
Can't really say. It started as a cheap and quick way of commuting, then as a hobby, then small trips, then long trips, and now has become a way of life. The only thing i can say, can't be without it.
keith_d
22-08-14, 09:31 AM
Not getting stuck in traffic is one of my favourite features. On a nornal day the bike is no quicker than my car, allowing for changing into leathers. But when Ruislip is gridlocked I can still get home. Oh, and I can overtake all the dawdlers in their Nissan micras. And it's fun to ride too...
The combination of rubber, leather & chains :-k
STRAMASHER
22-08-14, 10:52 AM
... dawdlers in their Nissan micras.
Hi there.
carelesschucca
22-08-14, 11:47 AM
The combination of rubber, leather & chains :-k
And people wonder why I'm sharing a cabin with him next week :smt054
i've had a think about this and i would say the constantly changing landscape and the feeling of being at one with nature.
who am i kidding its the adrenaline pure and simple :-)
Sir Trev
22-08-14, 12:53 PM
i've had a think about this and i would say the constantly changing landscape and the feeling of being at one with nature.
who am i kidding its the adrenaline pure and simple :-)
This. All of it.
Not sitting comfortably in a cage, in a queue with my brain in neutral. Feeling fully a alive as I accelerate past all the slow traffic.
A steady Sunday afternoon bimble going nowhere in particular...
dizzyblonde
22-08-14, 03:49 PM
Coz my bike is awesome. I also don't have room for kids on it.
What a shame :-P
Sometimes I might spend time with other people on their bikes, like Mr Pegasus. His bike is also awesome, and when we are together on the road (without kids, which isn't often ) we have a jolly awesome time, feeling awesome together.
Now isn't that just awesome :-)
dannywride
22-08-14, 05:48 PM
V twins :D
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Geodude
23-08-14, 07:00 AM
Coz my bike is awesome. I also don't have room for kids on it.
What a shame :-P
Sometimes I might spend time with other people on their bikes, like Mr Pegasus. His bike is also awesome, and when we are together on the road (without kids, which isn't often ) we have a jolly awesome time, feeling awesome together.
Now isn't that just awesome :-)
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:D ;)
kaivalagi
23-08-14, 07:18 AM
Had to be done :)
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Geodude
23-08-14, 07:23 AM
Hehe nice one Kai :) Dizz is awesome how do i get me a clone ;)
dizzyblonde
23-08-14, 09:24 AM
Had to be done :)
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AWESOME
Jayneflakes
23-08-14, 02:17 PM
I wrote a blog a while back about how I enjoyed riding my bike and why. One of the reasons I gave was the "beautiful moment". I went out for a ride with the lovely TON before he developed the habit of falling off a lot and as we sped along an almost deserted motorway back home, side by side the moment of shared joy felt like a beautiful moment.
Going on holiday to ride bikes is also a great adventure, the wife is a senior Instructor who trains people to be motorbike instructors, so riding with her can be very rewarding, although I can never keep up with her because her bike skills are sublime. When we went to Thailand, we hired a couple of bikes and had a great adventure that included riding off road through the jungle. Again this was one of those beautiful moments.
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That is why I ride, so that every now and again I can experience one of those beautiful moments. :-k
Matt-EUC
23-08-14, 03:03 PM
All of the above.
I couldn't describe how I feel about bikes really. I just know that I could never see myself without one.
Bobbydigital36
23-08-14, 05:47 PM
Quite a few reasons.
I love the freedom the motorcycles gives me, it's as close as I'm going to get to being a bird that has endless space in the sky.
I hate traffic and feel uncomfortable surrounded by people so with the motorcycle it eases my anxiety when travelling.
I've always enjoyed mechanically engineering and with the motorcycle the engine to me is alive, you get to experience the true power of the engines, they're almost free from hauling weight and act in what I see as a more natural state.
I love the style of the gear, all the futuristic looking gloves and boots covered in armor etc.
There's a certain smell bike engines produce, more so with the hotter running ones and espcially in the rain, it brings back childhood memories and finally the sound, from vtwins, 3 cylinders, L4, V4, 6 cylinders, single cylinder, etc and they all have their unique and amazing sounds.
I like what Bobbydigital said :)
Freedom and excitement and everything else everyone has said so far.
An engine on wheels that you ride, how feckin cool is that :D
Citizen
25-08-14, 06:09 AM
I like it all, from uncovering the bike and the smell of fuel, to getting into bike leathers, not sitting in traffic and especially with the SV you can go for a plod about with the excellent engine noise for company or give it a bit of a twist and get your buzz on.
I also like the camaraderie, the nods etc and the ability to go and get lost on your own or meet up with like minded people for a social.
Bikes are quality.
http://goo.gl/maps/TbAmH at a decent pace with very very little traffic on a nice sunny day, it always has me giggling like a silly giggly thing.
My first GM (IV I think), which was not long after I'd passed my test. Early on in the ride as we were on that long stretch of road heading over Rannoch moor towards Glencoe and there was a chain of about 50 bikes in the wrong lane overtaking an even longer chain of cars and caravans.
I was pretty hooked at that point and coming down into Glencoe, then even more when we did the Laggan road.
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