Motorcycling burns between 170 and 600 calories per hour

[cheshirecat]

So it says here
https://www.bikerandbike.co.uk/motor...ries-per-hour/

"At rest, doing nothing more taxing than pointing the remote at the TV, the body wades through 68 calories an hour. Switch to an hour on a motorcycle and an 11st (70kg) rider will get through at least 170 calories in the same time."

Now I know.

[Oakie]

I tend to agree. I've been a DX rider for three weeks and in that time have lost three kilos. I've changed nothing else in my life. Throwing a wee bike around for 8 or so hours a day does take energy and I come home every night feeling like I've had a decent upper body workout at the gym.

[Scubbo]

hell yeah it does, which is why those crazy guys who do dakar are gods

[Coldrider]

Must be why I feel the need and imbibe a few beers after a ride, to replenish the calories.
Cassina will be along very shortly.

[Banditbandit]

Clearly then, he's a short distance rider and riders only once a month ..

[pritch]

Clearly the, he's a short distance rider and riders only once a month ..

There is one such locally of minimal ridng skill. Engine doing about 10,000RPM as he slipped the clutch leaving the supermarket car park at walking speed. Over time his bike is getting lighter if he is not. Each time I see it there is another plastic panel missing. This has been going on for years though.

[slofox]

So that's why I'm so fucking skinny these days...

[Motig]

Presumably weight loss could be dictated by the engine. I imagine something like an old single thumping away would have you lose more weight than a modern 4 . So the question is - are all those group rides really a cover for weightwatchers? And we can tell how desperate you are to lose weight by the bike you ride.

[george formby]

Presumably weight loss could be dictated by the engine.

When I put a new pipe on my 250 2t I lost approx 1kg in the time it took my eyes to pop out due to a "throttle issue".