Does anyone here have a motorbike??? what is the thrill factor?? entice me baby!!!?

Question

really thinking of not getting a car now and getting a beast.

OK that is enough! I'm of to get a bike baby!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

My husband has a suzuki bandit 1200cc, love being on the back of a bike, find it really relaxing, he is an all weather biker, doesnt mind the rain, sleet or snow, one of the best feelings in the world.

Answer 2

Bikes. Good points. Traffic jams don't exist on the motorway. You will be moving when all the suckers in cars are gridlocked, the only requirement being a big enough gap between the lanes to get your wing mirrors through.

A crap bike is still better than a crap car.

Bikes passing you in places you've never been will often acknowledge you with a wave or a flash of the lights. Never seen a car driver doing that to anyone he or she doesn't already know. Bikers will talk to you wherever you are purely because you ride a bike.

And then there's the freedom and adrenalin of simple day to day travel.
A six hundred cc bike will get you anywhere you want to go as fast as you can get away with, and for less petrol than a car will. And that's a very good point with petrol now averaging a quid a litre.

The bad points.

It does hurt when you fall off... if you didn't buy decent gear it will hurt lots every time. But I've come off twice and had nothing more than bruising... spent a grand on kit.
The NHS doom monger has a point, but it's only a point. He's neglected to mention that people who get cut out of cars scream the place down too. My mate Kev's a fireman, he'll tell you a few stories about screams that the NHS bloke hasn't heard. He sees people before the heavy duty painkillers have been applied in the ambulance.

You must assume every single car/ bus/ lorry on the road hasn't seen you... because at least some of them haven't, no matter how well lit you are, and assume all other people on the road are psychopathic. They aren't, but like the guy who tailgated me for five miles on the A96, they could give you the impression that they are. However, that particular nut learned that I don't care how much he wants to go faster, if I don't know the road well enough to show him fast is something he can't do in his poxy little Fiesta he'll have to get past me to do it. But I'm not slowing down to let him past either.

It's not as much fun in the wet/ snow/ wind. Though riding in wind can be fun... trying to keep in a straight line when riding through a crosswind!

Answer 3

The thrill factor for me is the ability to use all my skill, education, decision making abilities - to keep myself on the 'safe' side of the ragged edge.

With the right bike, gear, training, skill, and brains - I can fly.

Nothing beats the feeling of carving the perfect turn, or the freedom of just taking off with a tank full of gas, GPS in the tank bag, saddlebags full of warm clothes, and a calendar that doesn't have anything on it for at least two weeks.

The joy of exploring back roads and places few others will ever see.

It's a place where I can truly be alone with my own thoughts.

Taking a car will be easier - but riding will be more rewarding.

Answer 4

picture a hot summers day and the 25 mile tail backs the cars over heating and so are the drivers and as you wind your way the qus with the wind in your hair and pass all those drivers sweating away
but there is a dangerous side
best way to beat his is to imagine everyone wants to knock you off
by the way for our nhs friends (who do a excellent job in the patching department when it goes breasts up )
according to the road research department the motorcycle is the safest form of transport unfortunatly its the enviroment its in that dangerous
motorcycling is an enjoyable thing even in the pouring rain ,the ice an snow , and last but not least the throttle goes both ways

Answer 5

i took my test years ago and i still havent lost the smile from the first time i opened up a suzuki 600, red lined it through every geat. 0-100 in less that 8 seconds and that was in third gear. The thrill of riding solo over trough of bowland at stupid miles an hour is just awesome. I take my wife on the back and end up with bruised ribs cos her boooobies keep hitting me in the back when i slam dunk the brakes to corner, down a cog or two - check your exit open throttle and POW the accelaration is magic. Up to 100mph bend approaching, check your hedge height anything coming, cog down cog doen 3rd gear lean in--scrape that knee slide that footpeg and POW again give it some rice and follow through (and thats just in your pants) when you finish any ride the bike should tick as its cooling down and boy the smile will go from ear to buttock.
The thril is just unique-if you want to come pillion with me just shout

Answer 6

My husband has a Kawasaki ZZR 1400, and I have a Honda Fireblade CBR900 RR. ( I have had this specially lowered as I am not very tall!!) You just cannot beat the exhilarating feeling of speed and freedom on these bikes!!
We also have a Suzuki RF900 which we keep at our house in Cyprus....this is great for touring the island.....especially as there is very little traffic on the roads over there!!

Answer 7

hehehe...oh man!! Adrenalin like none other, speed, noise and a rush that only a bike can give you! However, when it rains, its miserable. You cant take more than one person plus you on it, and when you crash, theres no second chances, its you meets the road (which hurts). But hey... (chicks dig scars lol) the adrenalin is amazing!! Id say get a car and a bike then you have the choice, but bikes are wicked!!! If you can handle them properly and be safe, then...yeah they are cool!!

Answer 8

I drove a car for 25 years and 18 months ago I bought a motorbike. I WISH someone had told me how much fun it is!! I would have bought one years ago. Forget the fact that they are cheap to run, you can park anywhere, you don't pay congestion charging, you don't pay for parking, tax and petrol prices are a joke, you never get stuck in traffic, you overtake jams and crashes easily, that all pales into insignificance at the sheer fun of driving two wheels. Go for it!

Answer 9

OK, who brought the sponge for this guy?

A beast is not what to start with.
They won't give you a sports car with massive horsepower in Driver's ed for a reason.
They don't give you a liter bike in a riding class for a reason.

I ride daily. A motorcycle is my chosen form of transportation.

Answer 10

it's an awesome feeling going thru a canyun and tilting the bike over hearing it grind on the tip of the peg as you whip thru a curve, weather your just cruising down a long straight country road or flying thru a canyun you just can not beat the the feeling of riding a bike