So why did you do it?

[Disco Dan]

My family have always been bikers, I was told a funny story by my father about how he was a courier once and rode from surrey (england) to germany for a job and I wont bore you all with the details, but there was a missed ferry and an incident with a sandwich on the mway... my family all rode goldwings and my first taste of biking was about 6-7 - riding on the back of my dads goldwing interstate around the block!

After I bought my first bike - yamaha FZX250 Zeal, and had a nasty spill I sold it. After that all I could see around me were bikes going along the road... calling to me. Despite protesting from my mother, I bought another bike.

...cant imagine being without one now. I even sold my pride and joy Mini (one of many I have owned) and bought a larger bike to be more practical as my only form of transport.

[Whynot]

Traffic
Petrol
Parking

Fun

[onearmedbandit]

My two older brothers rode, and I would nick off from school to ride theirs. I was hooked from then (about 8yrs old), so my oldest brother bought me my first bike. Haven't looked back since. In fact it's now them (with families, businesses, mortgages, etc) who want to borrow my bike. Bummer about the lack of left clipon...

[Squiggles]

old man had a bike, had ridden from young, but he didnt push me towards getting a bike... i just decided, i'd like to do that, so learned myself up and bought a bike with all that hard earned dosh from the supermarket

no real reason, i just decided thats what i wanted to do

[beyond]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32775

[_intense_]

Many don't ride bikes, because they want to stay alive.

The rest of us ride, so that we can feel alive.

//well put.

[sunhuntin]

cos im no fan of cars.

the bike is also cheaper to run, park and maintain. theres very little temptation to fall asleep, and less buttons to mess around with.

really, i dont really know why! dads brought us up on bikes, but made no real encouragement either way.
i push biked everywhere, so it seemed natural.
and also the day i saw and identified a harley for the first time, and felt like my insides were all swapping places with the vibration.