The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Vegasrandall on January 29, 2011, 03:00:29 PM
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Are you a "hobby" biker or is it your only means?
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I usually ride one of the bikes everyday, but I do have four wheel transportation for inclement weather, or for hauling anything that won't fit in a backpack .
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Hobby biker...I am retired and use the cycle to run errands around town and to cruise the local country roads. I make trips in to Austin to baby sit the grand kids... about 80 miles round trip, ever now and then. Monday I will make a run to San Antonio, about a 150 mile round trip but my trips rarely exceed 120 miles or so. I have been know to turn around and go get my pickup when days go over 100 degrees or lower than 40. So I would say a fair weather, hobby rider. If it isn’t comfortable I am not doing it... I didn’t start riding till I was 60..when I bought myself a R27 for my birthday.
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Addicted hobby biker. Is there a better way to start the day. I ride every dry day to work and grudgingly use the car in the wet, snow or salt mainly because the car is easier to clean. We've had a dry spell so I already rode 8 very cold days in January. Enjoy some longer two up rides when the weather is warmer.
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Hobby...never liked the idea of commuting in all that traffic. I like the open roads through the countryside - no interstates, if I can help it! Now lately, it's the fields out behind our house on the dirt bikes. A new hobby!
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Hobby biker, that includes shopping (using the Hepco/Becker cases). Once or twice a year a bit further, like a long weekend trip to visit family or friends, maybe 200 miles away. Used to have 3 bikes, R65, a 1968 BSA B44 and a new LML scooter, that's an India made clone of the old Vespa. Now just have the R65 and small car, Renault Clio. These days I no longer go two wheels unless thermometer is over around 8 degrees C, that's 45 F and I avoid rain if possible (though have waterproofs ready). Old age creeping up I guess.
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I have a car, and a bike, but ride the bike most days, so does that make me a hobby Valiant driver ?
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Forget the weatherman and their lame forecasts; I check my Accu-Window for all two-or-four wheel decisions.
Never have been into the SM scene. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Monte
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Never have been into the SM scene. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Monte
Hobby but the leathers come in handy for other passions.......
Lou
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What you folks are describing as a hobby biker is probably a hard core biker in most peoples' minds.
I'm right there with you. Unless there's a very good reason to take four wheels, I jump on a bike to get somewhere.
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I wouldn't call it a hobby, it's just transportation that I enjoy. I took my truck off the road to restore it, so my bikes are all I have for now. But I've started riding my mountain bicycle to commute to where I can catch the bus, and only ride the motorbike when the bus is really inconvenient.
This year I hope to bicycle more miles than I motorcycle. :)
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Hard Core. I ride in cold and I ride in the hot. I ride in the rain and I've ridden in snow. I look for any excuse to go riding. I like a challenge: 1200 miles on a BSA in 24 hours - no problem. Jaxsonville Fl to Sandiego CA in 44 hours and 36 minutes - Why not(Sept 2006).
IF some one wants to go ride and needs somebody to tag along, I'm a sucker if asked. Got me in trouble last week when I followed I guy on street tires and the "road" turned into a mud bog. My Dualsport BSA with Knobbies did OK but the BMW 1150R on street tires did terrible.
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My bikes are my only means of transport, i have't owned a car for 11yrs now, but it is sorta easy not to own a car with no kids to lug around.
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I guess that I am a bit of both - probably more hobby biker, though I will certainly ride in inclement weather. I will use a motorcycle for commuting to work when I can, but often I have to carry to much equipment or it doesn't fit/too heavy for saddlebags.
Maybe if I get the sidecar rig together I'll motorbike to work more often too.
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I'm not sure. I mostly use my bike to commute, that's the only time I can find to ride for the most part.
I've ridden most of January, and we've had a very cold one for North Carolina. But i won't ride in the ice or snow. I actually enjoy riding in the rain. So, What does that make me?
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Hobby, and circumstances have made my hobby riding a lot more infrequent than I like.
I returned to two wheels in the fall of 2007 with the notion of making a four-mile commute to (and from) the rail station on days when the weather isn't too brutal here. (More about the weather later.) Problem is, I like my bike so much that I don't have the heart to risk parking it at the station.
Regarding the weather, thanks to our wonderful legislature that won't provide money to maintain the roads, the pavement has become hazardous in ideal weather conditions, let alone the added danger of the potholes, ruts and wheel traps camouflaged by snow or standing water. Add the traffic density, the incredible stupidity of cagers in our area (plus their hatred of cycles and riders), and an enormous deer population even in our neighborhoods, and the overall commuting experience becomes quite risky. Thus, I drive a fifteen-year-old, four-wheeled rice mill to the station.
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I commute on pretty much all days that are above 35 degrees F and less than 20% chance of rain. The older I get the less I enjoy getting wet... :P
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Hobby as I'm retired. Like the touring rides.
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I commute every day it's dry and some when it's not like today when it was dry on the way in then rained most of the day stopping just in time for the home ward trip. You get to be good at the weather forecast and I carry a lightweight bike cover in the under seat storage to keep the bike dry.
Traffic is not a problem if I leave early enough in the morning. The pot holes are though and a combination of traffic and pot holes is not good as you don't see them coming unless you hang well back.
Rightly or wrongly I don't worry about security when I park the bike at my place of work which is a High School. Don't even lock the seat. As far as I know the kids have never touched it. I would be more careful at a Railway Station though.
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I'm a Hobby Biker and loving it.
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If riding your R65 1000km a day on the weekend and then commuting to work means you are 'hardcore', then I used to be hardcore.
Nowadays I have a choice of a nice comfortable Alfa Romeo or Saab to drive to work in, and I'd struggle to rack up 1000km in a year (my '78 R100RS has 31000km on it). Not at all ashamed to be a hobby biker. And to have the choice!