Dr. Jeckell or Mr. Hyde?

[Zed]

I don't know how many of you reading this are full-time motorcyclists and never drive cages, but I'd guess that most of us here own both vehicles and ride/drive them simultaneously during the week?

Are you a Jeckell and Hyde type character who is like a lion on the bike, but like a lamb behind the steering wheel of a cage? Sure, there are some of you who ride and drive like a granny, so you are the exception, but generally I say that if there isn't a dramatic change in outlook/attitude when changing from a bike to a cage then you may truly be mad(senile)?

Personally, I'd rather travel by bike over a cage anyday, however, sometimes it is just more practical to DRIVE (I don't know how you manage sometimes SpankMe?). When I make the transition into the cage I totally relax to the air-conditioning, turn on the sounds, and get frustrated with having to slow down every 30 seconds...I handle it though and program myself to keep my distances and cruise to my destination no matter how long it takes - this is of course when I'm Dr. Jeckell. :shifty:


Zed

[k14]

My bike is my only form of transport and I only drive occasionally. But I have found that since I have started riding all of my "hoonish" driving is allowed to be fullfilled on my bike and thus now I don't tend to thrash driving a car like I used to, like when I was in high school.

It seems that I get all the thrills of speed etc from my bike and now when I drive a car, doesn't matter what kind it is, I am alot more sedate.

Does anyone else find this??

[Hitcher]

I too have become more sedate and watchful with my car driving since becoming a rider... (and a boring old fart)

[pete376403]

When the daily driver vehicle is an Escort diesel van, there's no question that riding *anything* on two wheels is going to be the sporty mode

[Antallica]

Don't have car license & would rather never get it (but for practical sake I'll need it).

[Jackrat]

When I ride I,m very aggressive defensive and seldom relax,I'm always on the look out for the next idiot or changing conditions ect.For this reason I've never understood people that claim they ride for stress relief or to relax.I'm normaly more hyped up after I get off a bike than when I got on.
Cars on the other hand,I'm not driving for fun, it's just away to get somewhere and I tend to go into cruise control,There's far less danger to me personaly so I hit the tunes and relax.
As far as not driving a car goes,well in my world the inability to drive a car,tractor,truck,ect,ect makes one about as much use as tits on a bull and pretty much not worth having around.

[wkid_one]

Ride and drive the same

[Kickaha]

I tend to drive a bit more defensively than I ride,due to the ute simply being less manuverable than the bike,I only tend to stay about the 110km mark but try not to slow down for the corners to much and I also tend to use the brakes a bit harder in the ute than on the bike.

I do get more impatient driving than riding especially at holiday time with the usual lines of traffic,led by caravan/boat towing morons who won't pull over

I would rather travel by bike anytime,but the bike cant tow a trailer or take racebikes on the back.

[James Deuce]

When I ride I,m very aggressive defensive and seldom relax,I'm always on the look out for the next idiot or changing conditions ect.For this reason I've never understood people that claim they ride for stress relief or to relax.

Because with all that concentration going on you can't think about anything else. Clears the mind and reduces the amount of stress generating toxins in the brain. There's good stress and bad stress, and I find the bike riding stress "good". I don't ride about in a blissful haze if that's what you're thinking.

It makes me so tired I sleep well after a day in the saddle.

[Two Smoker]

I like Wkid, drove as i ride..... hence why i have had to get 2 new clutchs, a new gearbox and 6 tyres in the past year and a half (note i dont pull burnouts)

I get better feeling of riding faster than i do in the car...... And i feel relaxed after getting a huge adrenilin dose from riding the bike.......

I probably do more stunting in the car...... i only do stoppies on the bike regularly, the odd wheelie, and sit on the tank lye on the bike etc (Yes MR you are an influence and i couldnt help but try, and now im good at it hehehe....)

Where the car is balls out, wheels of the ground handies, j-turns etc......

man im just asking for an early grave...... dumbfucker.... (note all stunting down in quiet carparks/ industial areas..)

[Holy Roller]

I find driving too frustrating and theres too many complaints from the cheap seats saying things like "You're not on the bike now you know", " The van doesnt lean into corners", "Put the window up its cold in here". Just no fun at all. So I let the boy or the Mrs drive and watch the scenery go by. :innocent:

[Andrew]

Like most I tend to ride more aggressively than I drive. I also notice sometimes when i'm in the cage i'll try and make manouveres as if I'm on the bike. Eg. For a split second I thought I could lane split with the <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=car&v=55">car</a>, just the mentality I get when I see a pile of <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=cars&v=55">cars</a> I guess. :stupid:

There are others on this site though who drive a lot harder than they ride!!

[Posh Tourer :P]

I ride harder than I drive, because 1: I own the bike, I dont own the car and 2: Pushing a 91 toyota corolla wagon hard isnt going to be much fun not matter how much you do, compared to hooning on a bike. I try and be nice in the car, but I still follow too closely and try and take gaps that the corolla really doesnt have the power for...I dont plan on owning a cage for a while, and if I do, it will be a classic or an old wagon or something, and I'll still commute and travel mostly by bike. Especially if I'm living in Auckland....

[Lou Girardin]

The same in both, going anywhere just takes longer in the cage.

[erik]

I think I drive pretty much the same as I ride. Usually I'm pretty cautious, but I do like to have a bit of fun and push my limits a bit sometimes.
The only car I've ever owned was an '88 nissan sentra (1.3L), I haven't ever driven anything sporty. But I still had fun in it.
I guess what I think of as "fun" is probably pretty tame for many people here though ;).

[SPman]

When the daily driver vehicle is an Escort diesel van, there's no question that riding *anything* on two wheels is going to be the sporty mode Ditto for a Hiace diesel. I used to drive the same, but cages are such cumbersome things -large, bulky, unresponsive by comparison. So I just cruise, leave gaps, and try not to drive to much outside the towns coz the traffic drives me nuts on the highway when you are stuck in it!

[Motu]

I drive cars pretty hard - I got too,it's my job.I've spent most of my working life speeding and driving dangerously,but never (touch my woody),oh,just once,been done for it - a calculated risk that's just part of the job.I enjoy pushing a car (any car,same as bikes - any bike) but am happy to drive like a dork,it's my nature.

[Skyryder]

I have one simple rule for both car and bike: if I do not know I do not go. I err on the side of caution. Not only is going to take me longer to heal due to age but you get just as dead in the right as in the wrong.

Skyryder

[FROSTY]

I mostly drive company cars so I tend to drive pretty carefully. Mostly cos i couldn't afford to fix one if I bent it

[riffer]

I used to swear that I'd never be a boring old c*&t behind the wheel like my old man (who was always different on a bike for some odd reason ;) ) but since I had kids, the old responsibility gene seemed to kick in and I find myself driving more and more like the old man every day.

I've had fast cars (V8's, turbos) for years, and finally gave them up for a while when Gini and I downsized and came to Upper Hutt for the quiet life last year.

Tell you what, you really slow down going from a 260hp twin turbo Subaru Legacy GTB to a 110hp Nissan Pulsar stationwagon.

The bike more than makes up for it though. No car I ever had felt as good fullthrottle as the fizzer does wide open throttle in second gear. :D

[Jackrat]

Because with all that concentration going on you can't think about anything else. Clears the mind and reduces the amount of stress generating toxins in the brain. There's good stress and bad stress, and I find the bike riding stress "good". I don't ride about in a blissful haze if that's what you're thinking.

It makes me so tired I sleep well after a day in the saddle.

Hmmmm,Yeah ok I hadn't thought of it like that.
Now that I do think of it,once the buzz has settled I do feel Sooooooo good.
My Mrs says after a day on the road I really snore heaps.
Is that normal :doh: :D

[bungbung]

I get my kicks on the bike. When I bought my VTR I sold my RS legacy and bought an automatic luxobarge. Now I hardly drive it, when I do its like a nana. Its quite nice to be driven around by the gf so I can snooze.

[vifferman]

Our cars are fun to drive, so while I tend to drive more sedately than I ride, when I get the chance (like winding country roads), I go for it. Mostly though, when I'm driving I find I don't concentrate quite as intently as when I'm riding, but being a rider (and daily commuter) helps my driving a lot as far as seeing potential threats, sussing what other drivers are up to, etc.
I can't be too naughty in the 306, as it's officially my wife's car (even though I probably drive it more), and my son doesn't like me driving his 205GTi, as although it's 'officially' mine until he pays it off, he's made it clear it's his.
My wife travels by bus, and she gets very uptight when I drive around D'Auckland (actually - when she drives too!) as she's not used to the lunatic drivers, and she doesn't see things until well after I have, so she freaks out a lot when I've already reacted to something or made a decision before she's even aware of what's going on.

[vifferman]

Because with all that concentration going on you can't think about anything else. Clears the mind and reduces the amount of stress generating toxins in the brain. There's good stress and bad stress, and I find the bike riding stress "good".
That's one of the reasons (apart from the hours of travel time I save each week!) why I commute by bike, even though it's hazardous to my health.
I've found that when I drive to work, it's easy to 'zone out' and resort to auto-pilot mode. On the bike, the morning ride is the best part of the day - I'm wide awake (and frequently hyped-up) when I get to work, due to having to concentrate hard the whole time.
Incidentally, I've found that in the car, you can talk, listen to music, and/or think about something entirely different most of the time. On the bike, I've had a couple of times where my attention's wandered for only a couple of seconds, and nearly come to grief. However, only one of the times I have actually come to grief was aprtly due to a slight lapse in concentration. I was nearly at my destination (less than 100m away), and dropped my 'aggressive defense', allowing a woman to change lanes without me being alert to that possibility. :Oops: :shit: