Can't give up?(riding bikes)
 

My brother.

He gave up and sold his Duc. Couple of weeks later bought a blade, then he gave up again and bought a gsxr750. Which went about 2 months ago.

First week of sun shinning and he phones me for my opinion of the 636 Kwak.

Is it really in the blood and you will never get the bug out once it has infected you?. I gave up for 20 years and the bug ressurected eventually.

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Sounds an expensive way of doing things to me :)

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I think your right. I used to feel almost ill when bikes came ripping past me in the car or anywhere. It used to drive Mrs Ratty mad until she bought me my old SV for Christmas a few years back after 15 years in the darkness. I get withdrawal symptoms if I’ve not been out on the bike for a while and nearly dissolved my 6 ½ by riding through the winter when there are three cars in the family!!!! Just the short thrash into work tonight makes it almost worthwhile being here on a Friday night and a 06:30 urban assault on near dead roads to look forward to this morning. Ride on.:riding:

Alan

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Bites like a hungry pit bull. Biking is a bit like malaria...in the blood, comes and goes but you can never get rid of it. Might even kill ya.
I sold my bike and the sunny weather is painful and the scream of a mo'sickle is hard on the soul.

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It's definitely in the blood; the 14 year biking wilderness disappeared as soon as I had a test ride a few months ago. In a similar way to Alan I used to so envy bikers ripping past me in a car, and it just feels so good to be back on two wheels again :riding:

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Biking, Naaaa, take it or leave it me.




Cheers Mark.

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Im the same. :p :---)

Ive lasted 4 weeks and its driving me nuts not having a bike. Hence the reason its almost certain that my test rides tomorrow are going to see me walk away have paid a deposit/sorted finance on one of the bikes. :riding: :D

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What are you trying Lynn?

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Never been without a bike since I was 17 & can't ever see myself not owning one. It's my drug :cool:

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well i have not ridden a bike since about october last year. and wont ride until about october next year. and on lovely sunny days I get so fed up, listening to the bikes in the street getting ready to go and play.

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I get twitchy and irritated if we can't go out on the bike at weekends for any reason......................and I'm just a pillion:D

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I got infected with the biking bug after going pillion on my mates VFR a couple of years back.

after that decided i ave to go and get my licence done, so i did. best thing i did:p

I get all twitchy if i dont go on it for a few weeks, and love being out on the bike while the weather is nice.

This year i have promised myself to get out more and go on more rideouts etc.

really looking foward to this summer and all the riding i intend to do:D :D :D

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ive done the same many times, i usually last about 3 months over the winter then i got another :)

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I'm not too bad...although if i dont ride for more than a week i sart to feel a bit "whats the point of owning the damn thing if all I do is look at it?!"

But I couldnt get by without havign something to ride - even when i was entitled to ride only my speedfight, I missed riding that. I'll ride anything, me - its in the blood (cheers dad) and theres nothing I can do.

I get grumpy if I miss any racing too...

Matt

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Start needing a fix after about 4 weeks.... just got my FZR back of the road and despite the sh*gged suspension still puts a grin in my face on the way in to work....

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Not for everyone, but for some of us it's hopeless... I remember when I was first allowed to move my leg after surgery and I found out how little movement I had in my knee, and the question for the OT wasn't "Will it get better", it was "How do I fix this enough to ride a bike". She wasn't happy, and my consultant wasn't happy, basically both recommended not to ride again... And my parents and my girlfriend weren't delighted either... But what can you do? I was back on the bike the first day I was allowed to walk without crutches, 5 minutes after I got home. The milestone wasn't "Walking without crutches", it was "Back on the bike".

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Enforced retirement really is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Breaks my heart every time I hear a v-twin rumble.

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Heh heh, I've said it before and I'll say it again, you don't need to be able to walk to be able to ride. One working leg is good enough.:cool:

Though the funniest conversation I had was with the local 'Advanced Rider' group who were going to be taking me out for my IAM assessments...

... "We can't take you out if you're on crutches."
"Why not?"
"Well, you're on crutches. You can't walk and you can't push your bike about."
"But I won't be walking or pushing my bike about, I'll be riding it."
"Yes, but you're on crutches. What will you do when you stop?"
"Put the other foot down."
"What if you have to put your left foot down to keep the bike from falling if you veer to that side?"
"The last time I had to jam my foot down to keep a bike upright was off road and 15 years of riding ago. If I'm tht far gone on the road then I'm crashing anyway - right?"
"Exactly, and you're on crutches."
"But isn't the point of advanced training to gain/enhance your forward observation to avoid situations like that; if they can't be compensated for then it's a sure fire crash anyway. Having two good legs instead of one isn't going to make that much of a difference is it?"
"Possibly not. But you're on crutches."

Kinda get where the conversation circled round at this point.:rolleyes:

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It was more that I wasn't allowed to walk on it because my leg was held on with 3 bolts and some duck tape :) If I'd overstressed it and, well, stripped the threads I'd've need a hip replacement y'see.

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Ive been into bikes since I was little, Dad took me pillion at 7yrs. Dad gave up bikes years ago, but still watches the racing and will go to Brands whenever he has the opportunity...but he is a lot jealous of me and my wheels...he told me he secretly wishes he had kept it up!

I was without a m/bike for four years whilst at uni, and that was long enough!

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WHAT!

You mean to say there was something that gaffa tape couldn't keep together!:p

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:smt040