Dr. Jeckell or Mr. Hyde?

[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:Me]

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.

[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

[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.