What is going to stop you riding your motorbike as in giving up?

[HenryDorsetCase]

For me it is going to be when I can no longer get my leg over the bloody seat. I put my back out a week ago (bloody sciatica) and it has been a real struggle this week. NOt bloody helped by a relatively high seat, a raised passenger seat, and hobbity legs. :(

Not cool. Seriously considering sellling the bike I really like to get something like a Guzzi V7 or Bonneville with a lower, flat seat.

When I am old(er) I guess I could get another scooter to keep on two wheels. Or one of those Piaggio MP3's which are cool as. Not the same but maybe if its the only way.

I am feeling old and broken today. Feel sorry for me, internet.

[unstuck]

HTFU Princess.:motu:

[ellipsis]

...I can come up with a few that have nothing to do with any self made decision, but I'd rather not dwell on that sort of stuff...

[Mom]

can see this thread is going to be full of :love:

[Big Dave]

>> Not the same <<

Rubbish. Same. Just lower power output. That actually makes for good fun in an urban environment. Motorised skateboard and the driveway re-entry.

Only thing wrong (or right) with modern scooters is they short circuit internet tough guys.

[GrayWolf]

Only thing that will MAKE me give up, is serious accident that leaves me debilitated, or Major illness that has a severe effect physically. Or simply old age where I can not hold up a bike anymore (unlikely)..

Even so, in the event of, I would still look at something like a Canam Spyder (which has allowed many invalid riders to return to riding). According to my ex I live, eat, breath M/cycles... I could'nt imagine life without one. :crazy:

[Blackbird]

For me it is going to be when I can no longer get my leg over the bloody seat. I put my back out a week ago (bloody sciatica) and it has been a real struggle this week. NOt bloody helped by a relatively high seat, a raised passenger seat, and hobbity legs. :(

Not cool. Seriously considering sellling the bike I really like to get something like a Guzzi V7 or Bonneville with a lower, flat seat.

When I am old(er) I guess I could get another scooter to keep on two wheels. Or one of those Piaggio MP3's which are cool as. Not the same but maybe if its the only way.

I am feeling old and broken today. Feel sorry for me, internet.

I'm 67 now and I sold my Blackbird 5 years ago because my knees are pretty stuffed and the tall seat and high C of G/weight was making me pretty nervous at slow speed and parking on steep cambers. Bought the Street Triple because it met my needs in terms of good performance, light and having a relatively low seat height and it rejuvenated my riding enjoyment. I then joined IAM to sharpen my skills and extend my riding career which probably turned out to be the smartest thing I've ever done.

I really can't envisage giving up on bikes as I'm passionate about riding. I guess a cruiser is a possibility for the future but not yet, I still like handling and performance :laugh: .

[HenryDorsetCase]

I dont think enough of you are feeling sorry for me. Its OK though I feel sorry for myself.

Pic unrelated.

[Blackbird]

I dont think enough of you are feeling sorry for me. Its OK though I feel sorry for myself.

Pic unrelated.

Trying to give me a heart attack? :innocent:

[EJK]

If I have to start paying $2 for road tolls.

[Voltaire]

Sciatica and creeping hip arthritis are currently making said 'leg over' sometimes challenging.
I had a 'feel sorry for me day" when I got an MRI and Xrays in July
Buy a couple of Epic Hop Zombies put on your fav record/cd/download and chill.

[Gremlin]

You can prise my motorcycle out of my cold dead hands.

Ok, so I'm not old and decrepit like HDC (concrete pills for you sunshine :sunny:) or close to it, so that's a long way off, but at some point I will have to scale back slightly, as I know I won't be able to handle the GSA till retirement... Until that time tho, I'm going to keep enjoying her.

[Big Dave]

Sticky wins.

[willytheekid]

I am feeling old and broken today. Feel sorry for me, internet.

:weep:...you poor old bugger

http://static.sites.yp.com/var/m_1/10/10b/9296925/54792-today-has-been-ruff-dog.jpg

...just loading the gun...meet me round back :bye:

"sniff"...someones gotta do it...everyone look away!:crybaby: (Im a pritty bad shot!...so this may take a while:crazy:)



Better? :D


ps..Me?...stop riding??...preferably after Im dead!:yes:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sciatica and creeping hip arthritis are currently making said 'leg over' sometimes challenging.
I had a 'feel sorry for me day" when I got an MRI and Xrays in July
Buy a couple of Epic Hop Zombies put on your fav record/cd/download and chill.

Tuatara APA in the fridge. And yes.

I feel better now. Its the love of all the strong women on the site.

[Banditbandit]

I dont think enough of you are feeling sorry for me. Its OK though I feel sorry for myself.

Oh crap - go out for a pint or three ... (Does the Bush Inn still exist? Or the Carlton?? How about the Oxford??? All biker friendly bars when I was there .. mind you it was last century ...)


Pic unrelated.


Nice tits - but looks pretty vacant.


But seriously, age is creeping up on some of us. I will stop riding when I can't ... a mate (who died last week) bought a Spyder - because he could no longer lift his bike off the center stand ... and I lot I know older ones have Spyders and Trikes - because they can still get out there ... another friend turned 83 two months ago - a month ago he was caught speeding (104 klicks) on his 250 (what he now feels comfortable riding) .. he said it was the first time in his life that the fine was less than his age !!! (Can you imagine the cops face when he pulled up this speeding bike and an 83 year old appeared from under the helmet!!!! )

[buggerit]

I dont think enough of you are feeling sorry for me. Its OK though I feel sorry for myself.

Pic unrelated.

the cure:wings:

[insomnia01]

:violin::violin::violin::violin: take a pill sunshine

[bogan]

Wait, wait, wait, you guys actually ride yours? :gob: I thought this was just a role playing site :innocent:

[ryanstev]

If my hemorrhoids get worse.

[MD]

For me it is going to be when I can no longer get my leg over the bloody seat. I put my back out a week ago (bloody sciatica) and it has been a real struggle this week. NOt bloody helped by a relatively high seat, a raised passenger seat, and hobbity legs. :(

I am feeling old and broken today. Feel sorry for me, internet.

Get more active, get off the couch, take up a hobby. Try motorcycling, that's a good way to get about.

Sorry Bud, that's my Friday afternoon, lack of sympathy sense of humour kicking in.

[unstuck]

Sure glad some of the old farts who raced at greymouth last weekend did not let their tired, wet, hurting bodies stop them racing. :whistle:

[mossy1200]

Pic unrelated.

If she asked me to give up riding I would hide my bikes at a friends place and see how long I could get away with it for.

[breakaway]

Nothing. Even the wooden plank seat of a late model GSXR sending concrete-pulverising shocks into my prostate couldn't slow me down.

[Oakie]

For me it'll probably be the draw on finances it would represent after I retire in 11 to 14 years. In the interim, being squashed by a big red bus would probably have the same effect.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sure glad some of the old farts who raced at greymouth last weekend did not let their tired, wet, hurting bodies stop them racing. :whistle:

shite weather and inability to move meant I didnt go :(

[Moi]

...Or one of those Piaggio MP3's which are cool as...

Now there speaks an intelligent and erudite gentleman...

Take a peek - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1irO5UY68

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goa_HYPJKKU

[Edbear]

Only thing that will MAKE me give up, is serious accident that leaves me debilitated, or Major illness that has a severe effect physically. Or simply old age where I can not hold up a bike anymore (unlikely)..

Even so, in the event of, I would still look at something like a Canam Spyder (which has allowed many invalid riders to return to riding). According to my ex I live, eat, breath M/cycles... I could'nt imagine life without one. :crazy:

First one and it sucks!

[Berg]

Dad bought a Spyder aged 73 because three replacement knees (soon to have a forth as the old bugger wears them out) and two replacement hips meant he could no longer hold up a normal bike. He loves it and is like a big kid again.
Me, another major injury may see me off a bike but when I broke my neck I had Spyder pamphlets sent to me just in case I couldn't get back on two wheels.
Wind in the face or bury me.

[BlackSheepLogic]

I dont think enough of you are feeling sorry for me. Its OK though I feel sorry for myself.

Buy another bike. You can't own to many and it will make you feel better.

[unstuck]

shite weather and inability to move meant I didnt go :(

Shit, I spent saturday night sleeping in the rain and was still so wasted on sunday morning that movement was severely impeded, and I still went. Dont remember much about the trip from Franz to Greymouth early sunday morning though.:Punk::Punk:

[Brett]

Well...currently have my leg in a splint unable to bend more than 10 degrees. physically can't get onto a bike. Shit will heal though, but gotta say that at some point there is risk of doing something permanent and that may be a game changer...

[Big Dave]

Feel sorry for you??? Hell, I'm enjoying it Herr Schadencase. :-P

[awayatc]

Schadenfreude.....?


I suppose ending up with alzheimers / dementia would make just remembering where you parked your bike a bit of a challenge....

motorised zimmerframe as a last ride ?

[yevjenko]

If I have to start paying $2 for road tolls.
Motorcycles are normally exempt from tolls

[yevjenko]

...I can come up with a few that have nothing to do with any self made decision, but I'd rather not dwell on that sort of stuff...
This for me.

Hdc, isn't this the time to try out some triumph scramblers or Bonneville's or summat?

[yevjenko]

Wait, wait, wait, you guys actually ride yours? :gob: I thought this was just a role playing site :innocent:

Yeah we ride. You're thinking of Akzle

[SNF]

Never! Well maybe if I can't or I'm dead. Might have to bury me on the bike lol.

[Tazz]

Ebola.

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[Moi]

Despite the comments of some, this is something we all face - when do we give up riding or driving, for that matter?

I'm taking early retirement at the end of the year and have already been thinking about whether I need to own two bikes. It's not a cost thing, just do I need two? The answer at the moment is 'yes'. However, I can see me replacing them in the future as and when I find them too heavy for me to feel comfortable riding in a safe manner - both weigh in the 250kg bracket. As a few others have said, downsizing or changing style of bike allows you to continue riding and I think this will be the way I go.

So when will I give up riding? I don't know the answer at the moment, but I do believe I will know when it happens - something will happen and that will be the deciding factor. Meanwhile, I'll continue riding as it keeps the Black Dog at bay...

[Big Dog]

Given I have abstained from riding a few times:
1 because I was not allowed to see my children without a car to pick them up in. Worst six years in my life.
2 because of extreme wind x 3 days in 20 years.
A broken foot had me off for a week but then I found the hurting stopped if I put a motorcyle boot on. The remainder of the six to eight weeks I rode a variety of bikes and scooters.
3 yesterday I turned down a ride to help my wife with the housework.

I have ridden with:
A broken foot. (Above)
A torn rotator cuff.
A two recently dislocates knees.
A sprained back x 4+. I actually found the Hayabusa to be therapeutic.
A sprained ankle.
A slipped disc in my neck, found riding therapeutic.

People do look at you funny riding around with crutches or walking on crutches in full bike gear.

I am not saying HTFU, I am saying where there is a will there is a way. 6 years of fighting the urge to sell everything I own to buy a bike gave me a stronger will than I had before.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Big Dave]

Motorcycles are normally exempt from tolls


I can only think of one example and that was short lived. Everywhere else they pay a slightly lower toll.

[ellipsis]

...the answer to this question and myriads of other silly questions is completely unanswerable...nobody knows what the future holds and all the preparedness for later on, is nothing more than hoping that the future runs to your script...just remember that life is what happens between plans...it's like the opening lines to all the Thunderbirds episodes...'anything can happen in the next half hour'...

[Big Dog]

Yeah, can't say I planned on getting bowled of my bicycle and receiving significant head trauma. Or that would lead to epilepsy, dislexia, an inability to focus on a single task at a time. Etc etc etc.


This has all slowed me down on reaching all o my goals. But other than my military aspirations it has never kept me from achieving. Just made the road longer and harder.

I'm sure a spinal injury would again change my goals but it would not stop me from having them.

If I let every but become a no I would still legitimately be a disability benificiary.

Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[hayd3n]

at the moment its because i have no forks

[haydes55]

at the moment its because i have no forks


We have plenty, trade you for some knives?

[yevjenko]

I can only think of one example and that was short lived. Everywhere else they pay a slightly lower toll.
Free in the UK. Even those with barriers. Just roll up wave at the operator. He normally waves back and raises the barrier (I used to live near the Severn bridges)

[Big Dave]

Free in the UK. Even those with barriers. Just roll up wave at the operator. He normally waves back and raises the barrier (I used to live near the Severn bridges)


I see. None in the Antipodes. Or anywhere I've lived anyhoo.

The northern in Auckland was free for bikes for a while IIRC. But that was only for the opening stanza.

[AllanB]

Good question really.

Physical aliments that stop riding. Then I'll muscle car or hotrod it ......

Mentally - when the buzz goes and stays gone.

I figure when the physical starts reducing the ride time I'll spend more time in the shed modifying something than riding it. Still technically motorcycling.

[Larksea]

what was it that killed the dinosaurs? If that happens again it may stop be from riding.

[awa355]

When I have to give up riding, the bloody wife is going to have to learn how to ride. Still too many places I haven't been to yet.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/awa355/one-1.png

[yevjenko]

When I have to give up riding, the bloody wife is going to have to learn how to ride. Still too many places I haven't been to yet.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/awa355/one-1.png
Winner!

10char

[amberzfire]

Would have to be a life altering event. Would exhaust all possibilities until there are none.

[unstuck]

When I have to give up riding, the bloody wife is going to have to learn how to ride. Still too many places I haven't been to yet.



I wouldn't be even seen dead on a harley like that.;)

[AllanB]

I wouldn't be even seen dead on a harley like that.;)

I would - but I'd keep a stiff upper lip.

[yevjenko]

I wouldn't be even seen dead on a harley like that.;)
That's OK. No one week see you - tool be in the locked box!

[unstuck]

That's OK. No one week see you - tool be in the locked box!

keh???????

[Blackbird]

Thinking some more about what to do when my body finally packs up and stops me riding sport or sport/touring bikes, I really don't fancy riding a cruiser and a trike like a Can-Am leaves me cold. It might seem like heresy, but reckon I'd probably go for a Fraser or similar Lotus7 lookalike. My wife has a tweaked MX5 and whilst people call them hairdressers cars, it's bloody good fun to hammer on the twisty roads where we live. Being terribly un-PC, driving the MX5 is like shagging an enthusiastic fat chick - great fun as long as your mates don't find out :Oops:

[unstuck]

Im already in the process of building me a trike for the day I cannot lift my leg over a bike. :Punk::Punk:

[awa355]

When I give up riding, it will probably be through failing eyesight or some other physical impairment. Once retired, the cost of owning a bike may become a factor.

[MD]

When I give up riding, it will probably be through failing eyesight or some other physical impairment. Once retired, the cost of owning a bike may become a factor.

Yeah that sounds like my assessment too. This thread is bloody depressing for those of us, err, moving swift through middle age. I don't even want to type the next stage (yuck, _ _ _ age)

[Blackbird]

Yeah that sounds like my assessment too. This thread is bloody depressing for those of us, err, moving swift through middle age. I don't even want to type the next stage (yuck, _ _ _ age)

Shit, old age (well, older age :innocent:) isn't that bad MD! At 67, my knees are fairly stuffed for walking long distances but apart from that, I'm still loving my riding. Just trying to keep my health, fitness and skills up to scratch to stay on 2 wheels for a few more years. Actually, my wife and I are really enjoying life :Punk:

[Kendoll]

Nothing. That is the answer.:woohoo:

(she says at 27... haha)

[yevjenko]

keh???????
Bloody auto correct is doing my head in this week.

It was supposed to say no one would see you as you'd be locked in the box (of the bike in the picture)

[98tls]

I was in recovery from a car accident 13 years ago and was not sure if I would ever be able ride again and I would just go out and sit on my bike which I found therapeutic. So if I have to give up riding when I get to old age I will be keeping my bike just to have a sit on. The important thing to be aware of is not wait until we crash before giving up due to old age.

When its "that" time mines going to be put in the lounge,its old now so then will fully deserve the warmth of a fire in winter just as i.

[mynemesis]

Give up!? I just spent 10 bloody years without a bike, waiting to see if I would ever have another random grand mal seizure again. As there's been no seizure for past 10 years, I aint gonna be quitting again.......bar another seizure of course......

[Big Dog]

Give up!? I just spent 10 bloody years without a bike, waiting to see if I would ever have another random grand mal seizure again. As there's been no seizure for past 10 years, I aint gonna be quitting again.......bar another seizure of course......

As a person who has had epilepsy longer than I have had a bike license the legal requirement is only that you have not had medical advice not to drive. Medical advice is only given where you have had a waking seizure in last 2 years.

My commercial license is tougher at waking seizure in last 10. If I get advised off that one I need to start over for those classes.

Glad to hear you have found your way back onto 2 wheals. Te six years I went without for offspring reasons nearly killed me.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Paul in NZ]

Give up when you are not enjoying it.

No point going to all that expense and fuss just to keep other people happy or to shore up some kind of image thing...

[Bass]

Starting to look like arthritis in the wrists and hands is what will get me off the bike. For now, pills and cortisone injections are keeping me aboard but without them, the clutch hand just stops working. Bass playing is pretty much history too.
Making the most of it while I can.
Not long back from another month in outback Oz and planning started for a month in US next year including a new bike.

[roogazza]

About 50 yrs riding.
Major neck injury is managed (with drugs) so still out there a bit.
Now a knee that I have managed since age 20 and has been worked on 3 times is getting close to a replacement.
Looking at maybe injections or another clean out.
I can see the end in sight if I can't manage it.
Shame really, but hey, I've a had a great run. ;)

[MD]

About 50 yrs riding.
Shame really, but hey, I've a had a great run. ;)

You have in deed buddy. Haven't I told you, try an upright bike.

Lets catch up soon. I've been bloody busy settling into new home so little riding. Rapa is a shit long way from Kapiti. No wonder you neck gives out, all those Sunday morning long hauls just for a coffee and perv.

[Brett]

Give up!? I just spent 10 bloody years without a bike, waiting to see if I would ever have another random grand mal seizure again. As there's been no seizure for past 10 years, I aint gonna be quitting again.......bar another seizure of course......

Good to see you're still around then Alvin!

[roogazza]

You have in deed buddy. Haven't I told you, try an upright bike.

Lets catch up soon. I've been bloody busy settling into new home so little riding. Rapa is a shit long way from Kapiti. No wonder you neck gives out, all those Sunday morning long hauls just for a coffee and perv.

Ciao MD , So you sold and moved up coast ? Raumati ?
I know moving and getting settled takes time,we've been here 6 months now,so pretty much ok.
Going to nip up to Manfeild Sunday,if fine.(23rd Nov) Try a session and see.Maybe wave a flag for them if no good.
Buzz me and come up anytime,good coffee !!

[GrayWolf]

About 50 yrs riding.
Major neck injury is managed (with drugs) so still out there a bit.
Now a knee that I have managed since age 20 and has been worked on 3 times is getting close to a replacement.
Looking at maybe injections or another clean out.
I can see the end in sight if I can't manage it.
Shame really, but hey, I've a had a great run. ;)

Love em or hate em..... There are many riders who were made paraplegic through accidents, or have other severe injuries, that have found they can ride again on the Canam Spyders.....
If I get to the point of not being able to ride 2 wheels safely?? There is that option of a 3 wheeler now.

[TLDV8]

It will probably be some old age induced dementia or lack of mental agility, the catch is if you have lost the plot someone will need to tell you for your own good but probably won't believe them.
That or kick starters, maybe high seats.

[roogazza]

Love em or hate em..... There are many riders who were made paraplegic through accidents, or have other severe injuries, that have found they can ride again on the Canam Spyders.....
If I get to the point of not being able to ride 2 wheels safely?? There is that option of a 3 wheeler now.

The Husqvarna rideon gets a hiding, I tell ya its like Cemetry Circuit all over again. :crazy::wacko::eek5:

[mynemesis]

Epilepsy and death. in that order obviously.

But in all seriousness, if I ever have an epileptic seizure like I had many many years ago, I will have to call it a day.

Riding on the roads for 3 short years as a kid broke my ankle, my toe, both my wrists, my collar bone, cracked my sternum and couple ribs, along with impaling my foot with the gear selector and gouging a chunk out of my shin on a footpeg.

Maybe I'm just not getting the bike gods message.......? meh!

[G4L4XY]

Being too poor. Dieing. <-- thats a definite one for me. no more riding after that one

[Waihou Thumper]

The hairy magnet perhaps - Pussy...:)
But not for long.....that soon loses it attraction (hence magnet)