Not riding much

[marcmax]

Anyone else have a period where you "fell out of love" with your bike, be it an R65 or something else?

I have only ridden maybe once a week so far this year and I usually ride daily. Still enjoy it when I do go out but just don't feel the desire to go out like I used to.

This week is Bike Week in Daytona, FL, which is only a few hour ride away, yet I have no desire to attend. Granted it is typically a V-twin gathering but I have always enjoyed myself and have always found airhead riders to spend time with. This year I am just not feeling it.

Just curious if others go through spells where the desire to ride just kind of falls away. (I hope it comes back!)

[Justin B.]

I didn't ride much last year and have only ridden a couple times so far this year.  The R1150RT is a bit heavy for these aged bones to be putting around town on and doubt I'll be doing any more touring.  My last long distance ride was an Iron Butt attempt with Suraklyn which ended for me with a shredded rear tire at about the 600 mile mark.  That kind of de-motivated me and I don't know if I can get the "itch" back, or not...

I need to finish putting the R100RT back together and maybe convince the 1150 to go live somewhere else...  :-/

[skippyc]

I only get out about once a fortnight but i won't be sell any of my bikes.

[Barry]

I find putting the bike to bed for a long winter sleep is a big mistake and leads to loss of mojo. Haven't done that since the late 80's though. I try to keep riding as long as possible and only have a few weeks off. This time I've ridden right through and not used the car for work once.  I only work 2 days per week now so I got lucky and missed some of the worst days. I don't do much riding just for pleasure in the winter but it's all fun isn't it as long as you mange to stay upright. Commuting is a routine that keeps me going. I rode one day in some light snow which was interesting or would have been if some of the car drivers had accepted that no faster than the 30 mph  speed limit was more than good enough in the conditions.

I'm 63 this year and hope to keep going for a few more years yet.

[wilcom]

I started riding in the early 60's. Commuted to work on a Honda 50  and later on a Honda 305 Super Hawk. The trail of bikes continued..... Suzuki 125 twin. Honda 450. Norton 650, Norton 750 Atlas. The Nortons were not reliable enough for commuting.

I then discovered BMW's. Fast forward to the 70's and I looked in the local classifieds and saw a 1963 BMW R50 with Earls forks for sale pretty cheap. I said to myself, "That's one of them old mans bikes".

I went over and bought it because it wasn't leaking anything. ( I still had a Norton at the time and anything that didn't leak stuff was pretty impressive).I rode that bike for 5-6 years.......

AND THEN ONE DAY.............. I looked at the ground and looked at the bike and back at the ground and said to my self that it was too dangerous to ride anymore and sold the bike and stopped riding............

I hadn't fallen off the bike or any close calls that I can remember, but at that point in time, fear had gripped me and I got off. Don't know why to this day...... some premonition of death or something told me to get off.

Naturally, I got back on a couple of years later, but at that point in time , I HUNG IT UP!

[Lordcargo]

Since I now live in Arizona (since 2003) I don't think I've gone more than a week without riding.  Back in Ohio maybe 3 months during winter. Even now the R65 is calling to me in the garage but I have other chores presently and it will wait until this evening. Tmw I'll ride the Goldwing F6B on a 200 mile lunch run. Can't have her getting too jealous !

[clonmore1]

I have ridden throughout the winter but not on the 65 as it is only just back on the road.

Modern bikes make it very easy to ride throughout the year with FI and ABS.

I rode the 65 today for about 65 miles and loved every minute, test rode a Triumph Tiger 800xc (with the 21" front wheel) in Sheffield with a pal who wants to buy one, but loved the 65 more!

Keep riding as much as you can, keeps you young at heart[ch10084][ch65039].

Ride safe everyone...

[Bob_Roller]

I ride  every day it doesn't rain here, but, I don't put a lot of miles / kilometers on the bikes .
Can't remember the last ride over 100 miles, 130 km .
Work has gotten in the way the last 20 years, I average 70-90 hours a week .
Doesn't leave much time for rides .
But for the last 24 years that I've lived in Aridzona, I have not put the bikes away for winter, it's great not to park them for 5 months of the year .

[clonmore1]

Wow, Bob 70 - 90 hours a week! What do you do for a living?

[Bob_Roller]

Aircraft mechanic / engineer for an airline .

Coming up on 38 years of a work schedule like this .

[wilcom]

Aircraft mechanic / engineer for an airline .

Coming up on 38 years of a work schedule like this .

ching, ching, CHING!!!!!

[clonmore1]

Impressive!

I am trying to 'semi-retire' soon to spend more time with my wife and riding my 65 more.

Well done, you must love your job very much.

[Bob_Roller]

Well, I got out of high / secondary school and went to a local university to get my aircraft mechanics license .
Got it the first week of June, 1976 and have been in aviation since the third week of June, 1976 .
It's all I've ever done .
I wouldn't know what's it's like to have a ' real ' job !!!!!

[clonmore1]

If you enjoy it, what's not to like?

[marcmax]

There must be something about working on aircraft that gets in your blood. My brother got out of high school and went in the Air Force to work on jets. 30 years later he retired and what did he do. Relax? No he went to work for Sikorsky, working on developing the next generation of helicopters. He doesn't put in near the hours that Bob does but a 60-70 hour week is not unusual.