I came close to putting my old xt up for sale a few years back, it hadn't been out for 18 months and I had the idea that if I didn't ride it before I hit 40 I may as well accept being an ex-biker, got it mot'd and went for a blast and changed my mind there and then, can't beat it!
I do accept being a fair weather biker now though
, I live too close to work to fire a bike up and spend weekends either boating or too pissed to ride a bike (usually both, who says blokes can't multitask), don't own a car though