Why are you a biker?

[dBfazer600]

So what floated your boat for you to fall in love with a two wheeled power horse between ya legs?

I mean I is asked all the time:

Isn't it dangerous? Why do you like riding? What made you get your licence?

My response to this has got shorter over time but its a combination of freedom, love bikes, that smell of high octane and oil. But recently I have to admit as the body gets older the fuel of TV coverage of MotoGP and Emergency Bikers.

Daz

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

My brother died and my family were going to sell his 125 to get rid of it and free up space in the garage. I said no and that I'd have a cBT within the week and that I'd take it on.

Thats about it. Obsession and lust followed soon after the buzz of scooting about the steets of the weege for the first time

[Dave48]

Sense of freedom & being part of the scenery rather than viewing the world through a windscreen. Couldn't afford a car years ago but have loved all two wheelers since 1960! Also was a logical step from my cycling days but I am more aware of what could happen if I or someone else gets it wrong-old bones and all that!- looking forward to watching those incredible guys racing round the IOM next week :lol

[Exupnut]

Work. To begin with. I didnt have any drivin exp @ 22 and the $ was good. The chance to have a "free" bike and to get paid fer it was very appealing to me. After about 10 yrs ridin all sorts of 125/250/400/500/550/600/650 (phew!) finally bought a PROPER bike.....a fzs6 boxeye. A foccin brilliant ride as we all know. Managed to fuck that up in 4 yrs  and  decided my next bike would be a blue fast thou and not silver or red or black slow one hehe...and that i wouldnt use it fer work. Wicked bit'o kit. Fazer 6 x 10 imho. Still gettin the hang of it tho.

[Razgruff]

Shit happens, just seemed to be one of the very few things I don't foc up  :rollin

[Skippernick]

My wife worked away with the car, but i only walked to to work but wanted a bit of freedom.
So got a CBT and a Honda CB125, thought that would be enough until i got overtaken by a Nissan Micra :o  and i thought i need a bigger bike,


And so i got the fastest colour Fazer (silver) and never looked back, apart form life savers.

[Loz]

Mid life crisis  :eek  Passed my test at 17 rode for a few yrs then did the family thing, husband that didn't approve etc etc, left him about 8 yrs ago and got back on the road 6 yrs ago...difficult to say why though just love it I spose but my grown up kids think its my dodgy age  :thumbup  Do I care??  Guess  :lol

[nsr500v4]

We all probably get into bikes for different reasons, but the one reason we still do it is FREEDOM. Nothing quite like a nice day a long twisty road and some warm tyres to make us all smile!


Thats how i see it

[Bornagain again]

I'm not a biker, I just ride a bike.

Reason I ride - Its just me, the bike and the road. 

[stevierst]

I swore I'd never ride a bike at about 8 years old after my dad came home after seeing a young biker killed right infront of him.
So I became a petrol head at 17. A string of fast cars, and an insatiable appetite for speed couldn't be quenched. I was in the army at the time and eventually got married, had kids, and hit 30. I ended up with wifey and kids living in Blackpool and me working near sailsbury, commuting every weekend, stuck on the m6/m5 junction watching bikes cruise on through splitting the cars.
I thought, if you can't beat em. Did my test, got a fazer 600, and sold the car.

I've been a 365 biker now for 10 years, clocked up over 200k commuting/playing, and owned some awesome bikes! Ill keep doing this now for as long as I can, body's burned out, mind can barely keep up. When people see me arrive at work piss wet through, they say why do you do it? And I say, why the f##k not!
Every minute in the saddle is a moment well spent.



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[budgiemurray]

plain and simple economy initially..
About 10 odd year ago I used to do a 60 mile a day commute to work in the car, cost me around £120 a month in fuel. I decided theres gotta be a cheaper way to commute so decided to buy a 125 and do the CBT route.. ended halving my fuel bills and learned to ride in all weathers.. started off with oilskins and built my kit up slowly..
A year goes by and Im enjoying the commute more than the work days so decide to do the direct access and get a slightly bigger bike (Honda CB450DX).. several bikes later and more training (IAM) Ive never looked back.. 

Budgie

[Slaninar]

I love travelling on 2 wheels. Bicycle is my 1st love, greatest, motorcycles make it faster - so I can travel to the seaside in just one day. Also, I like riding fast on the track - fun and adrenaline. Something to do with 2 wheals, leaning, sliding. I love that.

[chris.biker]

All through my teens I was did keen on cars, the lad next door was older than me when he reached 16 he had a moped, then a trail bike 175cc he passed his test on it and took me for a spin on the back, I enjoyed it but was still car mad, next he bought a Yamaha 350cc LC, I was given a pillion ride out on it I was 15 and dead keen to get a car. Was the power and speed on that bike was a whole new experience at 17 and at work I got my first motorbike.


I have never ridden a 350 LC I get tempted to buy one when ever I see one for sale.

[Chris]

I've always loved bikes/cars/machines as long as I can remember. I love the mechanical logic of them all and the freedom they provide.

My dad's the same, or am I the same as him? haha. He used to have bikes long before I was around and when I was young but he stopped riding for about 10 years. He got a Yamaha FZR 1000 Genesis (pre-exup valve) when I was about 15 and I went out on that with him quite a lot. I was completely hooked on the whole thing, mainly the acceleration, which it had plenty of, and being out in the open and really feeling part of the experience instead of sitting in a cage as the world goes by.

I promised dad that I'd wait until I was over 21 before I got a bike. So I passed my car test when I was 17 and got some road experience and then did my CBT when I was 21. had a CBR125 for a year and a half, passed my direct access and then had to sell my bike due to buying a house, I couldn't afford another bike until last year when I'd gone without one for a summer, I hated seeing all the bikes out when I didn't have one. Managed to get some money together and I'd always loved the foxeye 600 fazers so found one and never looked back since. Been great, perfect first big bike for me and an absolute riot to be back on 2 wheels.

Good times!

Chris

[hightower]

It's been on my 'to-do-by-30' list for a while. At 27 last year I decided I couldn't wait until 30 and did my CBT a week before getting married. A week after getting back from honeymoon I got my first bike, a Lexmoto 125 - yes, cheap Chinese rubbish I hear you all sigh, but it taught me to ride in all weather. I got fed up of pushing hard to do 45 and decided it was time to move up in the biking world. Started lessons mid-March and passed early this month, before buying a Fazer and selling my 4 wheels (a big step for me, I've had 4 wheels my entire life).

What do I love about it? I can't say the 'ride outs' because I never rode out (just commuted) on 125 (although I plan to change that now). I could probably say a lot of it comes down to the acceleration more than the top end speed. But what put the icing on the cake for me yesterday was this:

I left work early, so decided to go for a ride out, and ended up at the wifes workplace. We left together, and I thought this is a good opportunity to see what a bike makes to her commute. We left at 16:40 on the bikes clock, and straight away I was 400 yards further up the road because I could filter past everything. There was a couple of times I couldn't filter as there was no gap, so had to sit patiently, but most traffic was met with me jumping straight to the front.
Also being able to accelerate, overtake, slot back on on 60 roads is a dream, and allows you to make so much more progress.
So we left at 16:40, I got home at 17:14 (34 minutes), and had the bike tucked up, all my gear off and put away, dog walked, and tea in the oven by 17:24, and she got home for 17:35. So on her 55 minute commute, I took 21 minutes off it (nearly halved it). It was my first time filtering in anger on the bike too, so I could no doubt do better. I wasn't going hard, I was caught in 60 traffic a lot of the time, always do 30 in a 30, 40 in a 40 etc etc, and I managed to nearly half the commute.

That and the fact I got home with a massive cheesy grin is what does it for me I think

[Grahamm]

So what floated your boat for you to fall in love with a two wheeled power horse between ya legs?

I'd wanted a bike since I was a teenager and about five years ago I thought "I've got the time, I've got the money, I don't want to be sitting here in ten years thinking 'Why didn't I do it?'"

And, for me, it's like surfing or skiing, the feeling of making a series of manoeuvres under perfect control just gives you a real buzz

[Enceladus]

used to have more fun on my moped doing 30 than 60-70 (honest!) in a cage.
always knew i'd get a bike, but after having to sell my GS500E when moving house several years ago i couldn't see how i could get back on one.
2 house moves later and i have a great 600 boxeye in the fastest colour of all..... Black ! 

[Motorbreath]

"Why aren't you a biker?"

Because
A. I am a couch slouch. Cages suit me better.
B. I am made of sugar so I am afraid of the rain.
C. I live near the artic, but I do own a snowmobile.
D. I am so goofy I can barely drive a four-wheeler. I would fall off just of thinking of it.
E. I am quite a coward.

[Slaninar]

"Why aren't you a biker?"

Because
A. I am a couch slouch. Cages suit me better.
B. I am made of sugar so I am afraid of the rain.
C. I live near the artic, but I do own a snowmobile.
D. I am so goofy I can barely drive a four-wheeler. I would fall off just of thinking of it.
E. I am quite a coward.

:rollin :lol

[JZS 600]

Makes you feel alive,,,