Is this what you want?

**Edbear** · 20th November 2012, 12:14

Originally Posted by neil_cb125t

Watching TT closer to the edge and listening to "milky" talk about it, the Milky who bounced off a wall during a TT race, and now shows the new riders around cause "he can't get that fix/buzz" summed it up pretty close. You'd def relate to that one shaun.... shows the 'hooks' that racing digs into us.

But I think for some, if not all of us, its more than an addiction, even for those who aren't chasing World titles (as much as id love one) I think its closer to a type of religion... now im not religious at all, but when you speak to those who are - they explain it with a passion that is un-matched, being the guy that I am I tend to put in a dig to see if they can explain this or that about their god, budda or what ever it is, and sometimes they put in attempt to answer it but usually they rest on, its what I believe in and im super happy about - even if I can't explain it or know why.

What would your answer be to the following question
"Isn't racing bikes dangerous, time consuming and really expensive??? so why do you do it.......???

It probably comes under that rule, "If you have to ask..."

**Deano** · 20th November 2012, 13:08

You only have to spend a few minutes in a pit garage post race to see why we do it.

The adrenalin is pumping hard, the racer is often speaking gibberish they are just so pumped up. It's awesome.

**neil_cb125t** · 20th November 2012, 13:25

Originally Posted by Deano

You only have to spend a few minutes in a pit garage post race to see why we do it.

The adrenalin is pumping hard, the racer is often speaking gibberish they are just so pumped up. It's awesome.

Racing totally - my wife has stopped coming to the meetings I attend, when I get home and say " oh you missed a great day at the track " She would say " I was there, in your garage, I said hi and everything " I must have been a little but too focussed.....

Its all the other stuff that goes with it, ,maybe its just us Kawaka F3 riders that spend hours and hours working on our bikes.......must be why they are faster

**BoristheBiter** · 20th November 2012, 13:54

Originally Posted by scott411

i agree with ya Choppa, been around with a heap of mx boys for a long time, and was pissed i had to study or get a job and not go and hang out and try to make it in AUssie like a few of my freinds did on thier parents wallet, i know now that i got put on the right track, and i am much further along in life because of it, I never had the talent to make it big, and after watching that, and seeing what some of my friends that did have the talent have been though i am not sure i really missed out on much,

I didn't start racing (enduro/XC) until a couple of years ago and the first thing I knew was I wasn't going to win. (i hadn't deluded myself i would)

The second was when you fall off you usually break you or the bike, sometimes both.
The bike is easy to fix as long as the money comes in and if I break me it won't so for that reason I stopped.

But this is like any major sport, a few at the top, a few not far behind, some given the right chance they will be up there and the rest that just won't cut it.