Less bothered about riding

I've been taking the train to uni all week, except monday when it was still ok to ride.

Todat I woke up, and I felt glad I didn;t have to ride in still. Which suprised me, because I should be missing riding. But I'm not.

Lately I've felt more vulnerable when riding; idiot drivers, congestion, suicide pedestrians. I've been happy to give it all up and sit on a nice warm train, even if it takes a little longer and is at the moment costing me more.

I always thought to myself, if I ever got conciously fearfull of riding, that I would stop riding. Now I'm here, I'm not certain I really want to, but maybe I'll become a fair-weather biker. I wouldn;t be so bothered about selling the SV...theres a grand or so in that bike to be made I suspect.

Has anyone been in this situation before? I dearly want a VFR800, I originally intended to keep the SV and use a VFR and the SV on alternate days, or something. But now I don;t know what to do, if I think I'm gonna start using the bike only a couple of times a week anyway.

Might all change in the summer, but even then...sitting in hot traffic is often worse than being cold...

Matt

[mr.anderson]

I totally understand where you're coming from Matt. I have done the same since I got back on the 28th December. For me it's the cold, I just can't hack it. I also don't have the cash to buy a nice heated waistcoat at the mo.

Also a bit wary of ending up chucking the bike, seeing as I managed to do that on less slippery roads in early December. When this ice clears up, I'll give it a go, but suspect I will wait until fairer weather makes an appearance.

[G]

I love riding... But not when it's -6c and 2" of ice on the road, so there's nothing unusual there. And even if you have the cold weather gear, that's not gonna stop you from sliding down your **** in this weather so that fear is only natural.

its like any form of hobby, you go through spells of loving it and spells of hating it. with some of the snow and ice we've had recently i've not even enjoyed going out in car! come spring once the sun comes out and you start to enjoy it more, you'll forget you ever had these thoughts!

I've barely begun to ride and I have lost my nerve. What with one thing and another, my confidence has gone and actually feel quite anxious about riding, and even being a pillion.
I'm hoping as the warmer weather sets in, and I see more riders out and about, it will inspire me to keep trying. Perhaps the same will happen for you?

[fizzwheel]

Everybody goes through periods of this is quite normal. Especially with the weather being so sh*te, its not exactly fun miles on a bike at the moment.

My GSXR has been in the garage since the Welsh TT at the end of September and I'm not planning on getting it out again till I feel like riding it.

Dont put any pressure on yourself, theres no reason to think "I Should be riding" just wait till you think "I want to ride again"

Matt,I went down that road many many years ago. I see no disgrace in being a fair weather biker,self preservation and enjoyment is what biking is about in my book.Yes,I still ride all year round but only for my benefit,not in adverse conditions or to prove how ruffty tuffty I am. A clear crisp morning,dry roads, in the middle of winter can be an enjoyable ride.We all get caught out by a bit of bad weather at times and have to ride through it but getting caught out is different from deliberately putting yourself at
risk.
Mac

I feel exactly the same, and I never thought I'd feel like this about biking. The bike's been sat there for ages and it's not moving until the weather gets better. I've not commuted by bike for a very long time now because I just feel so nervous about being knocked off it. I'll happily plod around on the bike at weekends on nice roads, but I never thought I'd end up being a weekend rider. That's the only time I feel confident on the bike now. Right now I could get rid of the bike and not be at all bothered, but I know that once it gets nice again I'd miss it.

Ahh the embarasment of riding a curvy finaly got to you hey?? thats probably the real reason you want to give up,

Well done the first step is admitting you have a problem

im the same, looked at selling the bike this week, was offered £700. i laughed. had it been 200/250 quid more i reckon i'd have probably taken it.

i've only ever been a fair weather rider, but even this year i got little or no satisfaction from riding it. my best mate, who i used to ride with all the time, left for Australia 18 months ago and pretty much since then has been downhill