What is the reason we ride?

**vifferman** · 27th November 2008, 09:49

I ride because it freaks out old ladies, young children, and animals (especially small, yappy dogs), and probably pisses off the people I pass while communtering.

**cameltoe** · 27th November 2008, 20:10

I ride because of the performance, why buy a $250,000 car when a $20,000 bike will do the same, and more than likely outperform the car in pretty much every aspect too. braaap

**Choco** · 27th November 2008, 20:26

Originally Posted by Mystic13

Riding allows the human spirit to be at peace. And that, whether we know it or not, is why we ride.

Well said dude, bling for you!

**smoky** · 27th November 2008, 20:35

Originally Posted by AlBundy

What's a meory bank?

That something the maoris store memories in?

I think a mammary bank is a cool idea

**Motu** · 27th November 2008, 20:39

I ride because a lot of motorcyclists are too ignorant to fix their own motorcycle.When it won't go anymore I buy it for a really low price,fix it cheaply - and then I've got a bike I have to ride to justify my effort.

**Richi** · 27th November 2008, 21:23

Originally Posted by Motu

I ride because a lot of motorcyclists are too ignorant to fix their own motorcycle.When it won't go anymore I buy it for a really low price,fix it cheaply - and then I've got a bike I have to ride to justify my effort.

OMG U know me!?!?! hehe

I guess i cant explain why i bought a bike. Wanted one since i was little, had my boy racer car and all that now when i got a bit of a chance to splash out i chose bike instead. I guess it was talkin 2 my mate and he said "I want a bike but ill probably never get one dont have the nuts"

Im sick of wanting something and being too scared to get/do it.

But yea sounds like u had a mint trip i wish my work send me on a bike trip to wire some plugs up lol. too bad i cant take the tools

**DarkLord** · 27th November 2008, 21:31

I ride because two wheels are better than four.

I ride because it is great to be able to split through heavy traffic.

I ride because it is more economical than a car.

I ride because of all the great people you meet who also ride. It's so cool to be able to pull over next to some other bikers whom you've never met before in your life and jump straight into conversation with them.

I ride because I love feeling the wind in my face (not over 70 odd k's though - wind becomes a wee bit too strong).

Those are some of my reasons, but my main reason has to be this....

I ride because I love the experience of actually being a part of the environment that you are traveling through. You really feel like you are there. In a car sometimes it seems like you may as well be in a box with movie screens on all sides of it running footage of scenery going by to give you the impression you are moving. With a bike it's just not like that. You feel so much like you are right there and in the moment.

Your mind switches off the clutters and worries in your life as Mystic13 said, it all just kind of fades away and you are just left to your wit, reflexes and reactions to make sure you keep a good line around that corner and watch out for the dead possum in the middle of your side of the road. It is a great release, challenging and exhilarating while also being fun.

Riding iz teh awesumness.

**Conquiztador** · 27th November 2008, 21:32

Originally Posted by Richi

But yea sounds like u had a mint trip i wish my work send me on a bike trip to wire some plugs up lol. too bad i cant take the tools

Many years ago when I had my beloved Panhead I was working installing and servicing big industrial machinery. I would travel in Scandinavia for the job. I had a car and often also used to fly. But at times when there was no parts needed I would travel with the bike. Tie the toolcaser to the bike and of I go.

Remember once when I was to repair a fully automatic transformer winder at the Swedish army. When I turned up at their gates on my chopper in my leathers they would not let me in. Nobody believed that I was the engineer. There was a few phone calls and explaining to do. Also a search through my gear before I got in.

**Bonez** · 28th November 2008, 16:19

Happyness is riding a $300 m/c 20,000kms and it's still running................

**Gizzit** · 28th November 2008, 18:01

For me, it's different, depending on how I want to ride. Sometimes it's pushing things to "my" limits over a favourite well known road, and the sheer pleasure of carving around corners, using good lines, and enjoying the power of my bike.

At other times, it's a cruise ... different head space, but just as "in the moment" as when going fast.

It is a meditation. It is concentration and focus that is a complete buzz. It's exhilarating, exciting, rejuvenating .... cleansing even! It makes me realise how good it is to be alive and "tweaks" all my senses.

It's my drug, my transport, it's about being .....
Fuck I'm waffling !!!! lol

**naphazoline** · 28th November 2008, 20:04

Originally Posted by Headbanger

You have a blog?, Wheres that at then?

This site seems to have an endless supply of nooks and crannies.

a blog? WTF is a blog?
i have enough trouble with the little bit of stuff i know.
i guess it's a case of, me + computers = sod all

i ride, cause life's too short to look back and say, "i'd wished i done that".
its tranquility is hypnotic,and it's a state of euphoria like nothing else i've ever done.yeah...sure i've had some good buzzes in my lifetime,but not on a consistent basis like riding.every time is a good time.

it's my time out from everything.....just me and the road.

**RentaTriumph** · 29th November 2008, 05:52

Originally Posted by Mystic13

We ride because whether we know it or not... it gives us freedom.

I'm not talking about freedom, out on the road, to go where we want.

I'm not talking about freedom from the laws of physics that a cage is tied to.

I'm not talking about the freedom of expression.

I'm not talking about the freedom to push the limits of performance.

I am talking about the freedom from thoughts, worries, what's for dinner, what the boss is on about, whether I should change jobs, whether she's likes me and the many other distracting thoughts that consume us.

Riding a bike, especially through twisties and at speed requires total concentration on what we're doing. With so many variables going on, all other thoughts are pushed from our mind and in that instant time stands still and we are free from being human in a western society effectionately known as "the rat race". It's like the monk who chants one phrase to clear his mind.

Riding is our meditation and our way to connect with everything that is important to a human being.

With riding we can let go of stress and clutter, we get to clean out the mind. Riding puts us at peace. Riding is good for our health and well being.

Many people don't understand what it means to ride.... and many times as riders we just can't explain it. It's an experience and as such can only be understood through experience.

Riding allows the human spirit to be at peace. And that, whether we know it or not, is why we ride.

I couldn't have put it into words better Mystic. Brilliant

**naphazoline** · 29th November 2008, 06:20

another thing that makes the enjoyment of riding very unique,is that there is such a vast array of different machinery,cruisers,sports bikes,dirt bikes,e.t.c..... that different people ride,yet they are getting the same spiritual freedom from.