Why Do You Have A Bike?

[Biker Biggles]

Tim---Can you keep your exploits in the back yard with a Hustler to sites more suited to that sort of nastiness.Many Thanks.
Disgusted of Tonbridge Wells.

[Red ones]

Got peed off trying to commute into the centre of Cambridge every day (or worse still, trying to commute back out again) by car. Got the bike.
Then moved to a job just 3 miles away from home, but kept the bike for the occasional hoon (that lasted 5 years)
Changed job to one with a company car and loads of driving, hated it, hated every minute of it, still hate it, still spit in the direction of the company, and their client. Fortunately I was slow in selling the bike. I got the job in September and the plan was that I should wait to sell the SV in the Spring. Got laid off just after the New Year.
Now the bike the ONLY way to commute into London. I tried driving in the the previous employers car for 3 months (whilst they were slow in reclaiming their property and fuel card) the journey was too unpredictable - anything from 35 minutes to 2 hours by car - the bike is always 32 - 42 minutes.

I always get to work relaxed and never get home cross with work, like I used to in Cambridge - it takes too much concentration when you are filtering on the motorway to be pre-occupied by work

Originally Posted by Saint Matt

Because it was cheaper than running a car, and I found I really enjoyed it

yep, and it automatically makes you cool


and it ****ed my mum off, which is always gonna be a bonus

cos Id rather Fliss sat on bak of my bik than on somenoe elses.

As long as i can remember ive always loved bikes! Dad used to ride and had a moped when i was little, uncle has always had bikes..
couldnt be without my bikes now.

Started at 16 when I needed a moped to get to work 15 miles away & had one ever since. Had a spell with scooters for a good few years & still love them today but I need something for commuting down M6 & M56. Have a car as well which I use occasionally (during hurricanes or the return of the ice age) but being back in the car really gets me down when going to work.
Keep thinking Im getting too old for winter commuting now (hit the big 40 this year)
but loathe to give it up.

So I dont know really why I have one........ I just do

Thrashed one or two flighty Hustlers in my teenage years but was disapointed to see changes RAM'd home a few years later.

Originally Posted by Toypop

Originally I owned a bike and rode all year round in all weathers because I couldn't afford a car although in fairness I'd had a motorcycle as a kid and loved it.

Now I have one purely for fun and summer commuting.

I don't ride in all weathers anymore because I don't have to so its not worth the extra risk to my life and insurance premiums when I have a car on the drive.

Indeed now that I own a car its hard to justify the risk of riding a bike at all let alone in less than ideal conditions but for me the fun outweighs it.

well said that sums it up for me aslo.

To justify my enjoyment of tight fitting leather clothing

[Viney]

Main use for my bike is to get to work, anything else is a bonus. I have always had a car, and always will, i like driving.