Riding can be therapeutic. I find the trick is knowing when a ride will help whatever it is that's ailing me and when it won't...
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Riding can be therapeutic. I find the trick is knowing when a ride will help whatever it is that's ailing me and when it won't...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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My moods are fine, but my riding is bi-polar.
Along the same lines as sunhuntin, I find a short blast of adrenaline helps relax me if I'm pissed off, but the flip side is that it's too tempting to do stupid things like pass between two trucks. In heavy traffic and built up areas I have to force self control. On the open road I just get it out of my system.
Depends on your self control. If your mood means you can't focus on your riding then it's probably not a good idea to be on the bike.
Large Falcon Collider
Im always thinking about the next time Ill be on my bike so naturally I cheer up when I ride anyway.
Having said that, I have ridden and have felt dejected and 'depressed' as a result of my riding. Go up the Takas on my own and things just havent 'gel-ed'...start thinking 'Ill never get fast, Ill be a cruising rider for the rest of my life' etc.
"If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression
Forum whore
A bike is essential to me for controling my mood,it's my destresser.When I lived on Waiheke Island I had nowhere to go - but there was one set of corners I would go and put the XS1 through...swoop,swoop,swoop and sparks flying as I ground everything both sides.Immensely satisfying motorcycling perfection.Nothing fast,nothing dangerous,not much...but it was enough for me.
What I miss in my advancing years of senility is being able to vent my anger by over riding.I used to slam my XR200 into gravel road corners not giving a shit whether I was going to come out the other end or not.You can do that stuff off road too,but there's something about riding that far over the edge on a road that's a bit exciting.I'm not prepard to push the envolope so far these days....life gains value when you finaly see you haven't got as much left as you used to...
L-Plate Rider
Yes. That was how I felt.Originally Posted by Motu
on the wagon
My mood greatly affects how i ride,
Mainly how i treat other road users...
if im pissed off for whatever reason i am not in anyway curtious,
i tend to follow closer and pass more dangerously when in a bad mood.
Along with going faster than i should etc.
On the other hand,
if im in a good mood im very curtious,
i don't show agression at all, basicly the oppisite of how i ride if im shitty.
Im basicly more dangerous to myself and others when (if) i ride angry.
I do my very best not to ride in that frame of mind.
Esp on a big bike, wasnt really an issue when i was on 250s 400s etc...
now holding the throttle pinned open for a few angry seconds can result in speeds previously unfathomed.
Welcome to the site by the way
Hardcore Biker
I too agree with you. Was in a foul mood the night I got my 50 demerits...Totally agree, when I am in a bad mood I ride inconsiderably and much faster (and take greater risks) than normal.
Hardcore Biker
LOL, get some testorone in ya veins... makes all the difference
Bite my shiney metal ass
Oh I've been there, Try riding while keeping the revs under 5k. Not good for the bike or rider.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. -Samuel Johnson
The metal is always nude.
Hmm,...when I'm in a down mood, a blast on the machine always gives me a smile.
You just can't compare anything to 130+hp to give you an adrenaline surge that can overcome what was bothering you.
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Immature and proud of it.
I've found that riding affects my mood.
Everything becomes all zen-like.Then I'm cut up by a cage -
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Fair weather rider
lolLOL, get some testorone in ya veins... makes all the differencewhen i say "slightly more aggressive" its a understatement on my behalf
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
You called???
OK back on topic...
Mood - This is where the best athletes and sportspeople excell.
Mind control and being able to use the full potential of the mind when involved in an "activity".
The best performers like Michael Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Jack Jeffries, etc are able to get into "the zone" at will - regardless of mood or circumstances.
Anyone who is honest with themselves will admit that their riding will vary depending on their state of mind.
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L-Plate Rider
Yes - and not caring one way or another at the time - not caring if you come out of it or not.
Forum whore
Riding in a "bad head space" nearly killed me. Broke my neck and back, detached muscles and tore ligaments in my back and was resuscitated 7 times on the road and in the ambulance. I got a good shot in at the dickhead trying to take my helmet off though. That's all I remember. Oh, and waving to the wifely component of the couple in the car that pulled out on me as I sailed over the bonnet.
1. Don't have a huge screaming fight with your wife in Christchurch.
2. Don't take *ahem* 2.5 hours to ride from Christchurch to Picton.
3. Don't waste mental processing power celebrating the fact you managed to make your ferry even though you left really late and "She" said you were an idiot to try, nyeh, nye....bang. Driver with no headlights on and a "few" wines under his belt runs a stop sign.
Mood definitely affects your ability to ride, whether you care to admit it or not.
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