this is question is aimed at REAL bikers. only cruiser and chopper riders! i'm talking about the feeling when you take your bike to the open road and just ride out into the sunset.
2007-01-29 19:43:16 · 19 answers · asked by BigBear 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Climbing up a hill, swooping around a curve, bugging down the highway with the wind swirling all around you has got to be the closest thing to flying like an eagle.
Then too, the rumble of that big engine down below you is a bit like the heartbeat of a big beastly animal so sometimes you feel like you are sitting on a big, burly buffalo.
It is a feeling of total freedom, it washes the mind and soul clean of distractions.
I wear leather when it isn't too hot, keep the bike in service till the temperature gets close to freezing. But then I put it away for the winter, they aren't safe on the ice!!!! I have averaged 10,000 miles every year since I bought it so I think maybe I qualify as a biker. But I'm the friendly kind. No outlaw stuff for me, I'm an old Boy Scout and proud of it.
2007-01-31 11:00:38 · answer #1 · answered by mindbender - seeker of truth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a need to know go to school and get the correct permits for you area and then go rent a bike (doesnt matter what it is) and find a nice long straight road or a road with curves and go for a ride. When you get home answer your own question. Once angain if you have to ask you just dont understand the connection of a "biker" or "rider" or what ever and his/her bike.....
Roadog
2007-01-31 03:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by roadog2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure i'm a BIKER, but i ride a sports motorbike most days. I love it, i always feel a little anxious before i set off cos you never know whats going to happen. Always after about a second of riding i'm totally into it and buzzing, just wanting to go quick and find the next corner. I'm lucky though cos i have a finely tuned sense for self preservation so i'm always careful.
2007-01-31 03:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by jezza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a real biker either although I ride a 1400 Intruder. I love leaning into a nice curve and accelerating slightly to better hold the road.
Coming over a rise and seeing the beautiful Texas Hill Country.
For me, a ride almost always clears my head and relaxes me very nicely.
2007-01-30 00:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Glennroid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Real" bikers? You mean the fastest growing rate of fatalities for the past five years? Old, uncoordinated lawyers seeking midlife crisis relief and crashing their $20,000, 800-lb tugboats?
I'm sorry I don't fall into that category. I like FAST bikes; the kind that you can lean until your handlebars touch asphalt. The kind that responds to your very thoughts. The bikes that you become part of, not just ride on top of. The kind of bike where the gas tank is in the same place as Harley riders' big bellies!
I hate not being a REAL rider. It's really too bad that I don't have the ability to thoroughly enjoy the sunrise as I ride in to work or the smell in the air during a spring rainshower. What a shame that I don't have 130dB pipes to "save my life" and never have to avoid cagers on cellphones. How sad that my rear tire is only 180mm wide instead of 300mm; I am SO jealous!
And it's a dirty shame that the other bikers I wave at feel the need to take pity on me and wave back in a comical gesture of cameraderie. All because I'm not a REAL biker.
But then again, there's no rule that says squids don't ride cruisers, either.
2007-01-30 01:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Everything just melts away....
Oh No! I wasn't supposed to answer this question since I'm not a REAL biker and wear tons of leather, patches, pins, etc. Ride my motorcycle 3,000 miles a year. Put it up when it drops below 50 degrees outside. Don't wave and another rider because he's on a crotch rocket, scooter, or whatever! I don't stop if your on the side of the road on your BMW, MV, KTM, Jap bike, etc.......
Sorry no REAL biker.............a motorcyclist~
2007-01-30 00:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by Ellwood 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a mind clearing experience, to relieve the soul at the end of the work day.
Unlike a car, you're more aware of the sights and sounds going on around you.
You seem closer to the road, almost as if you're part of it.
The worse part of the ride, is when it's over.
2007-01-30 01:55:33 · answer #7 · answered by strech 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I ride my Harley I feel total relaxation. The kind of relaxation that comes from the feeling of total freedom and no worries. The sound of the engine and the pipes along with the wind in your hair just reinforces this and can keep you riding forever. It's not about speed. It's about the quality of the ride that does it for me.
2007-01-31 10:58:49 · answer #8 · answered by BikerBob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think a real biker is going to be answering questions on yahoo?! No, hes going to be out riding or drinking, or like my dads friend probably both at the same time.
2007-01-30 10:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by heyhey95 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Chilled out having left any stresses behind
Relaxed in mind but alert to road dangers
It's a pity that I have to return
Looking forward to semi retirement and getting out on the new Harley arriving in May
Just keep it safe for you and for me
2007-02-01 09:55:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋