Do you get bored of motorcycling?

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Robby]

Another vote for wrong choice of bike.

I get bored when I have a very capable bike with good wind protection. Even more so when it's a blandly efficient Japanese 4-cylinder bike. Might as well take the car.

So I stick to unusual naked bikes which take a bit of effort, and are wholly unsuited to some kinds of riding. Means I have some trips (any kind of long motorway run) where I take the car, and others where I take the bike.

[G]

Trackdays.
Also; enduros.
(And trials, pit bike supermoto, minimoto, speedway, etc ).

[Tierbirdy]

Depends where you are,

I'm bored as fuck of commuting on bike in London, its an absolute chore. Dodging between Sanjeeb the murderous minicab drivers fiddling with the 17 different phones stuck to their windscreen, Vlad and his Polski Lorry who's currently deep into his 4th bottle of Wodka of the morning, Chantelle and Tyrone driving their sole kid the 0.2 miles to school in their BMW X5, the roaming gangs of feral acid chuckers and stabber bike nickers, Ronnie Pickering wannabes, and doddery old Doris whos been driving since 1934 and isnt going to give up now damn what the doctor says! And then on top of all that theres about 1.7 million sets of traffic lights, speed bumps, traffic calming measures and speed cameras per square foot of road here.

Its an absolute misery and sucks the joy out of riding.

However its a 10 minute commute on bike, vs 45+ minutes by car.

Hate it, absolutely hate it and hate this shittiest part of a shit country for riding.

However as soon as I leave London, nice big wide open country roads going back down south, on a hot summer day, glorious. Or going on a Euro-jolly with a bunch of mates, its brilliant.

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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[chickenstrip]

[Robby]

I agree with you on reliability. The bit I find boring is when a bike is so capable that I never have to work it hard, and I'll rarely get anywhere near the limits of its potential. If I do get towards those limits, I'm probably going to hurt myself shortly afterwards.
Even more so when the bike has a fairing that allows me to stay on the bike at silly speeds, because then it only feels fast at silly speeds. A naked bike always makes it feel like you're going really fast. Add an open-face helmet and 50 feels like 100.

[chickenstrip]

[stevo as b4]

An IL4 fan boi?
Trying to justify their favourite format of bike to themselves and others?

I ain't ever going to admit or tie myself down to to any particular type of bike, but I will admit that in 80's&early 90's sports bike mad Britain that IL4's were about where everything was at. I can find any type of bike boring or engine format tbh, and yet I really appreciate the many more varied types of bike we have now that the 80's Jap rider just didn't have at their disposal.

The only thing I can really say I'm a bit biased towards now is tall trail/enduro and motard style bikes, I think this is firstly that I feel done with sports bikes and don't see their place on today's roads. Secondly I think the off road bike riding position and ergonomics are as natural as riding a horse and thus typifies the natural go to bike that I grew up on and am most familiar with in my history. In the same way that many American riders would be familiar with and have a natural affinity to high bars and forward controls of a custom or cruiser.

I guess the difference between me and Chicken strip is that he has after many many bikes found a nice place to call home and an ideal machine for his needs. If you only road ride or have never been into off road bikes in your past you're unlikely by generalisation to ever feel anything for or any need to have or like a trail/trials/enduro or supermoto bike.

We're all different folk, but I hope I never settle on one type of bike or engine configuration and say that's it I'm done.

[linuxyeti]

Like I, and a few have said, it is almost certainly the bike, and, over time that feeling will likely change, you might think you want another of a bike you've had in the past, but when you get it, it may not quite float your boat as you expect, or, as it used to.
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[chickenstrip]

[Enduro Numpty]

In answer to the original question...



NO, never.

I'm surrounded by stunning roads, hate driving my car, have no interest in hanging around airports and calling it a holiday. Kids are grown up and gone, mortgage paid and a multitude of other reasons that make sense only to me

[thx1138]

[Baffler186]

Yes I've felt like that for the past year, but I do ride to work and back every day, rain or shine. That's only 10 miles though. I make excuses to take the bike if I can, but they are always short journeys ~10 miles.

There's nothing wrong with the bike, and it's easy to get out of the garage. I think I've just become bored of riding the same old routes and getting stuck behind the same old people on roads where it's dangerous to overtake.

I put it down to the fact that I'm much happier in life in general, so maybe don't need my bike to make me happy anymore?
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[recman]

As has been mentioned, I'm not a fan of the faffing.
The gear is a necessary operation I've always accepted but getting the bike in and out has always been a PITA.
I'm not bored with the act of riding but I do tend to ride the same routes which isn't entirely a bad thing but it's always nicer when I'm joined by my old mate.
He tends to be able to sniff out some of the more interesting and creative roads.

[Nobby the Bastard]

To get my gear on whilst drinking a mug of tea in the morning = no additional time to put on gear.

I take it off and put it back on in works time.

It takes me more time to open the gate,garage and then park the bike than it takes to take the gear off in the evening.
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[BLB_Rich]

If you look at the odometer on my FZ6 S2, it'll tell you that...no... I never get bored. Not even in the cold winter months

[stevo as b4]

Only reason I can really see of anyone getting bored of riding bikes is if it's just simply commuting, and that you live in a traffic free world with access to a nice quiet refined car that gets you to work as quick as the bike in much more comfort.

Or say if you own a Chav magnet bike like an Orange supermoto that's loud, attention grabbing and easy to steal. Now if said bike is locked in the house or a bike shed in your back garden with 3chains, locks, Alarms and loads of locks on your doors/gates etc. Say it takes 10minutes or more to get the bike out and secure everything after, then it could get tiring if you were a daily rider.

Now add to that if the bike was a race tuned two stroke or a competition four stroke that was a fussy starter and needed lots of careful warming up before riding or normally, well that could be enough for someone to say fuck this, where are the Audi keys?

[Fizzer Thou]

Do I get bored of motorcycling?

Not in the 43 years that I have been riding.Much prefer to be on the bike than in the car

A friend recently hit the nail on the head.He said that when everything else is said and done,he most looks forward to riding out somewhere,just to get away from the normal hubbub of life.
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[ART-ADS]

my bike is my only means of transport, i've thought a lot about getting an older car or like a sedan cruiser but when i tally up all the costs of licence, the car itself, insurance etc id rather buy a bunch of parts or another project bike or hell another bike or two! its SHIT riding in the rain at this time of year, cold doesnt really bother me i just wear more layers and i never wear gear so thats not an issue putting it on and off. its mainly just the rain and having to sit in wet pants and socks all day really sucks.

in a world where money wasnt an obstacle yeh i wouldnt ride in the rain and snow, but id have 10 bikes, projects and so on and i would live somewhere it doesnt rain so riding is nicer all through the year. so its kinda redundant
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[hellkat]

I wasn't really bored of it, I just changed jobs and never got a chance to get the bike out.

Now I am done with that job, I am champing at the bit to get back on the bike/s even as a daily commute across London - despite the weather

Much happier on the bike, even in London traffic.
(I say that now ... ask me again in 6 months time, LOL)
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[notbike]

Not really.

There have been times where I've not rode for days and been like "Just can't be arsed with riding" but that's purely been down to my mindset outside of motorcycling, I.e. struggling with something at that time or generally in a foul mood/state of mind/wound up over something else.

I got massively demotivated and considered giving it up when my bike was almost stolen and I had no money to repair it. Also maintenance at the time was slacking and my helmet got damaged. Big demotivation and was considering throwing the towel in until I settled other areas I needed to focus on.

When I'm in a good mood though and life is "normal", I've never doubted whether I'm bored of bikes. Absolutely love them.

Riding in the cold is a challenge and sometimes I can't be fucked, and I do HATE riding in the wet now because I'm not very well equipped for it (hopefully get some better gear soon), but when it's mild I'm fully game.

I also get big withdrawal over time and feel generally much less happy if I don't ride for a while.

[Snod Blatter]

I might get a bit fed up with it when the rain doesn't stop for days but definitely not bored. Despite moaning about it and the constant maintenance bikes seem to require my 30 mile a day commute is consistently my favourite part of the working week.
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[Courier265]

Do you get bored of motorcycling?

Nope, even after 25+ years despatching...