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I gave up motorcycles to go to scootering and ebikes. With every market now being overpriced and less options in the motorcycle world. The future is in electric vehicles that include motorcycles. I use my vehicles as commute vehicles not recreation. Until the powersports industry moves to that mentality, it will lose sales to other forms of transportation.
I had to just this year. I am 75 and started riding at 15. Bad back, too many surgeries on it too and it's just too painful now for me.
Yes I miss my bike.
It use to be that you only needed to stay off the roads between 11pm and about 3am to avoid the dopers and booze hounds.
However once texting zombies became a thing, the roads are much more dangerous 24/7 with fools reading or typing LOL, as they crash into people.
So I am down to one motorcycle, and I rarely ride anymore because it has gotten much more dangerous.
I've thought about, for a second or two, here and there. I've been riding for 50 years, and have two bikes, a city bike and a country bike. I ride for fun, not for transportation, and I only rode to work one day a week, if that.
thought about it when my ribs were killing me, it was no fun to ride but I was able to fix myself and now I have no thoughts of quitting. I just bought a new triumph Tiger 900 gt and planning ahead for some longer rides.
I have about 10 years highway experience the majority of which came 25 years ago. After a long hiatus I got back into riding 2 years ago in my mid 40's and am enjoying it a whole lot. I've put about 3500 miles on my new bike since my return to 2 wheels. I didn't quit riding for any reason other than my bike being stolen in 1996 and just decided to pass on getting another one until 2019.
Riding is so nice in Florida. I just do what I have always done... ride safely and pay extra attention when approaching intersections and left turners. Floridians love to drive fast so always paying attention. Don't care about the chance to ride helmetless... I always wear a full face model.
Intersections dont cause much trepidation for me. I'm more worried about getting hit from behind at a stop light or stop sign. I've seen three such accidents in the past two years (car to car not car to bike) all low speed impacts and you just know the driver at fault was texting or playing on their phone. At such low speeds the victim driver was not hurt but if they'd been in a motorcycle I'm sure a trip to the ER would have been needed.
Hooray for me!!!! I'm taking the R6 to Spring Mountain Motor Sports park in Pahrump on Saturday to go railing around their east track. My second favorite track of all time next to High Plains Raceway just outside of Denver.
I still have one bike, my CD name. But where I live everyone is fat and out of shape and ride quads or side by sides. Even young people! A bunch of wimps. So it gets rather boring and dangerous riding two wheels at the speed I enjoy alone. Plus, bikes and parts are getting rather costly on my fixed income. But I keep riding, best exercise and motivator I know of.
I still have one bike, my CD name. But where I live everyone is fat and out of shape and ride quads or side by sides. Even young people! A bunch of wimps. So it gets rather boring and dangerous riding two wheels at the speed I enjoy alone. Plus, bikes and parts are getting rather costly on my fixed income. But I keep riding, best exercise and motivator I know of.
Ok, you've got a bike that has a dwindling parts supply. You also like to "pick up the pace." This leaves only a few options for you.
Since I'm familiar with your area, I can say "take it to the track."
Cahuilla MX track is in Anza (Right across Hwy371 from Motoventues.) There's 2 places for you.
South of there, you have FOX Raceway in Pala (My home track.) If you see a fat guy on a 701 on the Vet track, that's likely me!
I started riding in the late '70s and may be on my final bike. It's a "geriatric" Harley with three wheels. I bought it fifteen years after retiring from riding.
I know some people don't call that true biking but I'd rather be out there on three than sitting home on those perfect riding days.
I bought some good accidental death insurance and the premium was cut by half when I hit seventy so I had it in mind to quit on my seventieth birthday. But spring came and the bikes would go by. There would go my deadline. Then another, and another.
You people writing here are the ones who understand how it "gets in your blood". And the feeling I get when I'm out with the breeze riding the twisties and valleys isn't one I've been able to duplicate doing anything else.
We're a college town and the driving habits have become criminal. Sometimes it feels like taking my life into my hands running an errand. But we're on the edge of town and I can slip out the garage and be on a river road in minutes where I just putt along smelling the woods and wildflowers and leave my cares littering the ditches as I go.
My skills have been good and I'm cautious as long as I don't ride when I'm tired or at night. I notice the mistakes I'm making are coming more frequently. So far, so good in avoiding the crowded situations which may be problematic. If any of my loved ones makes a suggestion I'll probably go with the plan.
Until then I'm satisfied with my choice. I've just had to add a few adjustments around it.
Every time I even look at my bike, I feel like a little kid who got everything I ever wanted at Christmas. It would take a LOT for me to give it up.
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