Hands up, who's thought about selling their bike lately?

[Paul the 6th]

Haven't had chance to ride my bike properly for about 6-7 weeks now and thoughts of selling the thing have started popping up more often. This time last year I managed to get out for a proper decent ride atleast once every 7-10 days, but this year due to work or severe weather, I've not been out once. I've started the bike up for 20 mins about once a week to make sure the oil is circulated properly and to give the battery a tickle but that's all.

I've almost started to resent the bloody thing, thinking how much a waste of space it is and how someone else could probably get better use out of it. But then I think about how the weather will be better soon, or that in the summer I'll wonder what to do with myself...

I've stopped posting on here like I used to, never mind visiting once or twice a day to see what everyone's upto. Having said that, I've started a kitcar project today (which I've wanted to start for about 18months).

This could well be one of the reasons for completely losing interest in riding but, who else has thought about selling their bike lately? Either through lack of use or bad weather? Also, the house we moved into is on a culdesac which doesn't get any attention from the gritters = ice lingers on our street for upto a week after the rest of the local roads have thawed... Great for 180 handbrake turns to reverse into our driveway, but I'd hit the deck before I even left the drive if I tried to ride out of our street...

[DarrenSV650S]

I haven't been thinking about selling my bike. The weather hasn't been great this year but I still managed over 5000 fun miles.
Instead of putting up with the crappy weather we get, I'm looking into moving to Australia or anywhere with more sun

[Paul the 6th]

hmmm, interesting "it's not the bike, it's the weather" like it

[Shellywoozle]

I think the bad weather either gets to you or doesn't when it comes to riding, some people don't mind this weather (mad all of em). I won't ride in this weather due to confidence and I don't want to skid down the road. I thought about selling and I still was until recently. Got some major withdrawal symptoms and am hoping to get her out this weekend even just for an hour.

If you sell, put the money away and buy another bike in the Summer when you feel more bike minded, get your kit car done and play with that for a while, I know how fun those are too.

You are not alone with your thoughts I should think. Hope you make the right decision xx

[DarrenSV650S]

Do you really not enjoy riding any more? Giving up the bike is unthinkable to me.

not used it for about a month

but sell?

thats crazy talk

[Paul the 6th]

it used to be unthinkable to me too. it was all I talked about, dreamt about and thought about constantly. Absolutely loved riding through summer but I think the minor off I had in march has left a bit more of an impact on me than I realised. I didn't like damp weather riding before, but now I almost have a bit of a phobia of getting caught on wet roads. I only had a lowside at about 20mph turning left into a major a-road which I'd done a thousand times before, but sliding across the floor and £60 of damage to the bike has made me think that it's a great big waste of time (and at the time, everyone - including myself - thought it was the luckiest/best off of all time! no one else involved, no injuries and bugger all damage)...

YC's gonna be along to give me a right bollocking in a minute since he's still got my maxton springs sat in his garage waiting to be fitted lol...

winter/weather blues.

Cold isn't the problem it's the rain and road crap. Salt is rusting my bike to pieces which i haven't swapped to stainless. I only do 30 miles a week as it's my only mode of transport but she's stored in my protech shelter and washed weekly.

My advice is when the weather turns cold if your scared of ice go find a half decent road and go for an hours lunch somewhere and you'll remember why biking is fun.

See my sig.

[Paul the 6th]

could have something to do with having moved away from west yorks to north yorks - still work in cleckheaton 35 miles away, so if I get an afternoon spare, where I would have dashed home and had the bike out for an hour, it now takes me 40 mins to get home by which time the weather has started shatting all over my plans.

One thing I have thought about was maybe selling the pointy (with all the extra's) and then buying a curvy and using the leftover money to put towards the kitcar project...

I can still just about fit the bike in with the chassis building table which I finished today




bike crammed in at the front of the garage = thank god for roller shutter doors!

chassis foundations starting to take shape