Just wanna... go.

**raftn** · 4th March 2010, 13:18

Have you ever just wanted to bugger off.

Not just a weekend jaunt, but an endless ride that ends only when you decide not when you have to.

I ride my bike a lot, touring, fast rides, all sorts.

But some times I wish I could just leave , pack up and go, just ride where ever and when ever.

No mobile phones, no kids, no x wife, no business to run, no newspapers, no computer, no pressure.

I admire people who are able to do it, cruise around the country, or overseas, on two wheels. Never worrying about the next pay check, or where to sleep, what to eat. Just taking each day at a time, handling whatever might get thrown at you.

Would I get bored?

One day when the kids are older, and I no longer run a business, when the commitments are not so pressing, I am going to go........

Motorbiking has given me a taste of freedom, is it wrong to want more?!

Who else has these dreams of escapism?

**Big Dave** · 4th March 2010, 13:32

Hell no. Where would I charge my Ipod.

**Genie** · 4th March 2010, 13:33

Me, me, me!!!!

And so much more now I have a bike. Now I have the means, but I stilll have the responsibilities of being the mum. I have found that coming home the long way helps, that and having a nice bourban as my reward for coming back home. It is so hard to drive into my driveway and put my bike away, I miss my bike and my bikes misses the road.

You do get a little of that freedom everytime you get on the bike, it just doesn't last as like as you would like.

Keep on enjoying each wee jaunt you take and know that one day you can escape, for now you are practicing.

**Eyegasm** · 4th March 2010, 13:44

Mate. I feel that too...

That is why I am planning a South Island tour for the end of the year.
Never been to the south and I think riding it will make it more memorable.

I just hate that there is several months in between now and then...

**avgas** · 4th March 2010, 14:28

I despise these people. Scum of the earth.
Bloody wankers just love to rub it in my face.
I am going to teach my kids that sensible people live boring lives. Fuck university, fuck work ditto marriage.
Ride bikes. Have lots of partners. travel the world..........the rest will follow later.

**imdying** · 4th March 2010, 14:49

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Hell no. Where would I charge my Ipod.

Solar... your bike... find a seat in a cafe with a power point... you're gonna have to find a better excuse than that!

**Big Dave** · 4th March 2010, 14:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSGtg26-TpU

**Toaster** · 4th March 2010, 14:56

Sounds nice. It's something many would dream of but few actually act on it.

Sadly, reality beach has a heck of a rip-tide.

**Maha** · 4th March 2010, 14:57

All well and good in a fantasy world but, in the real world, the one we live in, not really going to happen is it. I mean, lets be honest about this.

**kevfromcoro** · 4th March 2010, 16:25

Good on ya raftn..

Know how you feal.. i have just bought a TDM here in Oz.. setting it up.. and off.

going to spend a bit of time ridding in oz... then hope to ship it to asia...

There are some great rides to be had... and the interent helps us keep in touch with other travellers as well.

Have a look at what some of the people are doing in ADV rider

Freedom.........................................

Ah...

**BoristheBiter** · 4th March 2010, 16:36

Preaching to the choir here
I have been trying to work out how much i will need to retire on so to work out when i can.
it gets harder and harder to put the bike away when there are still so many roads that have not been ridden.
since last year doing just that for 2 weeks (bike gear and the visa card) it all seems so boring now, and with putting off our 2 weeks ride around the south island it is just too much to have to wait.

**slofox** · 4th March 2010, 16:40

Well...I'd live on my bike if I could...

**kevfromcoro** · 4th March 2010, 16:46

Originally Posted by slofox

Well...I'd live on my bike if I could...

well in hot countrys you can...
yes i know it rains and all your gear gets wet......
but it hot and it drys out in no time.
Its funny.. when a person gets older .......... dont need much
i got a tent.. laptop. fone... cooker.. all the shit
And a bike...what more does a boke need.