From the article: Why Ride a Motorcycle?
There are tons of reasons to ride a motorcycle-- and I've listed ten of them here-- but I want to hear your reasons for riding. Do you hit two wheels for practical reasons, to save gas money, or is it all about the fun? Share your reasons to ride! Share Your Reason
Why!!??
- If you have to ask,you wouldn't understand:)..........................................................
- —Guest nm5150
Motorcycles are a big part of who I am.
- I started riding out of need. My car had given up the ghost and I couldn't afford a new car and pay for my home. I brought my first scooter at 21. I learned to ride through all types of condition and honestly I enjoyed it. People were telling me how sorry they were for me "having" to ride. I wasn't sorry. I was hooked. I loved the rode trips, the speed, the challenge, the excitement, the wind in my face. I liked the gas savings and low maintenance on the motorcycle, something I never got to enjoy with the car. I have a choice to use the car or the motorcycle now. Chances are I'll use the motorcycle more. I love my bike!
- —rebelion
after 40 years of wanting
- At 60, I have entered a whole new world of freedom that I have longed for since I was 20. I got my motorcycle license in June and hope to spend the next 10-15 years riding whenever I can...it's now October and I am well on my way to feeling comfortable and competent with motorcycling. In the past I almost cried every time I looked at a motorcycle and thought, " I can't do that" or "I'll never be able to", or , "Why can't that be ME?"!!!!-- And now it IS. I get to ride with the big boys and I feel proud. What a sense of empowerment and just plain fun and friendship!!
- —Guest Beth
Counting down
- I only drive with my windows down and the sunroof back i cant wait for the feeling a bike can give
- —Guest Guest
Riding Vegas Desert
- After a busy or stressful day getting on my bike is like a mini-vacation. Rolling out to Red Rock, or Indian Springs for coffee, gotta go at least 40 miles or it doesn't count! Also clears my head,and promotes conversation. My Valkyrie turns heads !
- —Guest Dorothy
I Ride Because
- Riding feels good and I've met some good people that I would'nt have otherwise.
- —Guest Kool-T Tommy
RoWaJo
- As above, "Ride to live, live to ride" says it all! Both my children, son aged 16 and daughter aged 18, already lives this credo, and down here in South Africa, Gauteng, Centurion, we can ride all year long. No hassles with the traffic, never a parking problem, economical, you name it. It is just the best and only way to experience life, and I use my time on two wheels to relax / de-stress and to feel free of the chains of society...
- —Guest RoWaJo
BIKER LIFE
- When you drive down that open road it is freedom from the world that surrounds me.Or if you feel like socializing you jump on the bike and within minutes you can be chatting to someone.
- —Guest Gary Duffett
My reason to ride?
- To feel young again. I started riding in "72" at 22 in TX. And now I'm almost 60 in Germany and riding helps me FEEL young again. Enough said.
- —Guest Navigator VNV MC
vegasvfr
- I ride for it is the closest thing i can get to the fighter jets i used to fly. I enjoy the open air, and the speed and precision the bike demands and delivers. I am now a feature editor, and state director for a bike organization www.sporttouring.us or www.ridemsta.com. I write articles, do road tests, and enjoy the company of the MSTA Motorcycle Sport Touring Association members. I have done a road test with a cover shot of the Victory Vegas, my BMW 1300GT road test is on the above web site, and I have a BMW1200RT road test coming out in STAReview Magazine, all because of my love for riding a motorcycle. It also links you to all the other motorcycle organizations in the USA. They are all filled with great members. It is a great way to enjoy life. The people you meet have a zest for life vs a complacency. That is why I ride.
- —Guest vegasvfr
Loner
- When your steaming down the road the Bailiff can't hand you that paper. Your in your own world at your speed
- —lethal_le
Exhileration freedom
- I simply like the feel of the bike as it glides across the hard top; the exhilerating feeling of freedom as the wind brushes past me; the sexy feeling of leaning your bike around curves; the satisfaction of paying less for gas vs driving a car; the comraderie that bikers share; the ability to be one with nature; the exhileration the bike gives you as you control the bike's power. . . . . etc. Ride safe!
- —Guest Jess
For The Thrill, MPG's, and To Live!
- I have ridden motorcycles far more than I have driven cars! It's exciting, it is exhilarating! It's sexy to the right people. I love to ride out in the mountains, but I also LOVE to take passengers along for the ride because I think that everyone should enjoy it! Also, I can't bear to get anything less than 40 mpg, so a bike is only logical! I have had [very] short periods where I sold my bikes off, but I just died without them! Bikes are my Life, My Life is Bikes!
- —Guest Bailey
So many reasons
- I started riding in the early '70s. Riding is a very intimate experience with everything around you. I use my bike from running errands to trips across the country. I've met a lot of great people while riding. I can look at an exotic convertible without envy, they still don't have the same experience I get while riding. Even if I get caught in rain, I don't wish I would have caged instead. I feed on the challenges that riding a motorcycle requires. I don't consider myself as a big risk taker. But riding always makes me feel very much alive.
- —rkt88403
I ride because it's fun
- I ride to be with friends, save gas, and have a good time. I use my bike for work when I can depending on the weather. I can ride by myself and always meet someone to talk to and maybe ride with. I meet new freind on my bike.
- —Guest Arnie Binning
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