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thx1138 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 00:08 - 30 Apr 2020 Post subject: One day, I woke up, and didn't want to ride a motorcycle |
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After a five year break, I got back into motorbikes in Sept 2005. Longest I ever went without riding was a couple of weeks until 2019. This year I've hardly ridden, went green laning once I think, maybe twice. Rode it down the bypass a few times to keep it ticking over, then.. didn't even do that, SORN'd it.
I used to eat, live and breathe motorbikes. And, now I don't. Left the CMA, cos I don't ride bikes anymore, am still in the TRF, but membership will expire.
Don't think it's a midlife crisis. But... I did start to shy away from "long trips" south on the VanVan. The wife's 200cc is still on the road, and it's my transport if I need to go somewhere, but cos I hardly ride bikes, I don't like the idea of a long trip on one, cos i've lost confidence. |
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Riding a bike is like swimming or ....... riding a bike?, you never forget how , you just get a bit rusty at it.
Don’t give up, you know you’ll regret it the day you do.
Find a new direction, literally!
Even if that means becoming the dreaded fair weather rider . ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Burn the heretic!
I haven't ridden my bike for months, and although I miss it and would get back to it in a flash if I could, it isn't all there is in the world. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE! |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Well, if confidence is the issue and green laning is your thing, do you have a mountain bike? Go throw that about some. Then when you get bored pedalling along slowly, you know what to do... ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Posted: 10:54 - 30 Apr 2020 Post subject: Re: One day, I woke up, and didn't want to ride a motorcycle |
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thx1138 wrote: | After a five year break, I got back into motorbikes in Sept 2005. Longest I ever went without riding was a couple of weeks until 2019. This year I've hardly ridden, went green laning once I think, maybe twice. Rode it down the bypass a few times to keep it ticking over, then.. didn't even do that, SORN'd it.
I used to eat, live and breathe motorbikes. And, now I don't. Left the CMA, cos I don't ride bikes anymore, am still in the TRF, but membership will expire.
Don't think it's a midlife crisis. But... I did start to shy away from "long trips" south on the VanVan. The wife's 200cc is still on the road, and it's my transport if I need to go somewhere, but cos I hardly ride bikes, I don't like the idea of a long trip on one, cos i've lost confidence. | Some bikers, when they get old like you just have, turn to Harleys. I think giving up instead is the right thing, well done you. ____________________ Blackmail is a nasty word........but not as nasty as phlegm!
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You'll always be cool to me, droidypoos
Bike or no bike, you're properly alternative to ordinary boring peeps.
Ya never know, the confidence might come back.
I lost mine for two years a while back.
Just took a while to find the right bike (GPZ500) to get my bikery mojo back again.
Fuckin loved that GPZ ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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That happened in a short time thx1138
'Seems' like only a few months since I was uprating your posts in the 'Where have you been' thread.
Anything that springs to mind that may have caused the dip in confidence? ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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I can't even imagine not being interested in bikes anymore. When I got hit recently and it wasn't my fault, I had no panic and my only thought was to get back on and ride. Years ago, when a bike went out from under me because of a mechanical fault, and I suffered a serious injury, the same. And before that, when I chucked it down on a bend on gravel (my fault), the same. There is surely nothing better than the internal combustion engine on 2 wheels. From your profile it seems you ride a pedal bicycle a lot. Perhaps you prefer the pleasure from the endorphins of exercise? In any case, the pleasure of riding is different. Some people ride very fast bikes, going on the track, barrelling down A-roads between the traffic, etc. Yet others like tinkering, and classic bikes from their youth. Others prefer off-road riding (your preference). The one observation I would make is, we don't have that many "green lanes" in this country. I have only ridden off road a couple of times, and I loved it. The memory of those times is ingrained in me. However, I didn't do it in this country.
If I were to hazard a guess, riding for the sake of only greenlaning isn't worth it in England. You have to ride out a long way to find roads you spotted on an obscure map shared by insiders on a forum somewhere, and when you get there the temperature is max 16 degrees, there's a light drizzle, the clouds are overcast and the fun bit is short. This is a highly developed country and there are lots of rules and norms here. Conditions aren't ideal for trails. You probably feel like you're not getting enough adventure, and this is because you've exhausted the potential of your current riding habits, which may be simply taking a CRF(?) out to some shire like you did last year, and the year before. In your shoes I would try one of two things: 1) try a light trails bike (2-stroke) and pack light, or 2) leave the bike at home and book an adventure holiday in Europe or Africa. Toro is on my bucket list. If you have a few quid lying around, there are also some interesting touring packages in the Himalayas. None of these appeal? Then you surely must have already ridden the Grossgluckner, toured northern Italy, the picos de Europa, etc. I would hazard that you still love bikes but are bored of the shires. |
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I got a 2 stroke, a 300cc x trainer.
Might be the problem, I sold my CRF, the XT is a hit, but a total pita to ride on tarmac.
Had a few bad offs, sky/trees/sky/trees/sky ouch.
Also cycle lots. Maybe I'm just not wanting to trail ride.
Had "trigger finger" needed injections in hand, also have tennis elbow and carpal tunnel in same arm. Some days everything hurts just getting out of bed, back, knees, hips. Etc
Maybe, need to just be a fair weather road rider |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 353 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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