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| 1. speed (the faster the better) |
   
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3 | 9.09% |
| 2. freedom (no more traffic jams) |
  
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16 | 48.48% |
| 3. control (the ability to control your machine better today than yesterday) |
  
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5 | 15.15% |
| 4. the bikes themselves (is your bike a fashion accesory) |
  
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2 | 6.06% |
| 5. none of the above (in which case, share your thoughts) |
  
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7 | 21.21% |
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29-05-05, 02:28 PM
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Biking - What's the attraction? -
I'm curious....
personally, the original reason for me was speed, but i'm getting older now and i find myself taking longer to get to my locations. Not because my roadcraft is getting worse, far from it, i feel more fluent now than i have ever, maybe my sense of what is enjoyable has changed.....maybe its an age thing....anyway try and be as honest as possible and lets see if your answer is a reflection of your age.
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29-05-05, 02:28 PM
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there's no 'all of the above' option. If there was, i would have ticked it.
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29-05-05, 02:43 PM
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ditto ^^^^^^
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29-05-05, 02:54 PM
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Me three. (not that i've started riding yet) but my main reasons for deciding to get a bike are #1 -> 4. U kinda hit the nail right on the head
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29-05-05, 02:56 PM
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Yep, all of the above, although i chose speed becuase its the closest factor to what i like.
I love the fact you get to speeds faster than everything else, 0-60 in 4 secs, youve saved yourself 8 seconds than if you were driving say a corsa or other car that i might be able to afford at my age 
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29-05-05, 02:59 PM
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Quote:
 ) warm dry seconds to 4 cold wet ones... but not often.
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29-05-05, 03:07 PM
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It's the tight leather jeans that does it for me!
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29-05-05, 03:35 PM
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29-05-05, 04:19 PM
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Its more the people that you meet than anything else to do with the bike iteslf. I have over the few years i have been riding met some fantastic people that i know i will be long term friends with. Stepping away from the bike for a while, i realised that i dont actaully miss it. But if i had to step away from the people, then, that i would miss!
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