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I THINK I'm starting to enjoy riding to work. You? - BLINGMW - 08-14-2008
I'm getting close to a year with the bike and I think I'm just starting to get comfortable on the street. I'm still riding like everyone's out to kill me, I'm just finding I can still have a little fun in that environment. Here's one unique thing I realized today that really made my day...
It made me wonder, what unique, enjoyable things do you like about using a motorcycle to get around?
1) There is a JUMP on the way to work. Train tracks with ramps on either side. Jumping it in a car wouldn't be advisable (I've tried), cars just have to slow down and get annoyed by it. But I can GET AIR, if only for a fraction of a second on my daily commute! Without speeding (much) even.
- DavidM - 08-14-2008
I enjoy riding as much as I can. IMO riding is a lot more fun than driving, in terms of everyday use (I still prefer 4 wheels for performance driving but I think thats probably just a confidence issue for now).
Oh yea, I also like getting nearly 60 mpg
- .RJ - 08-14-2008
I dont like riding to work every day anymore. I did it for a year at my current job, and it became more hassle than anything else for many reasons - my commute is 7 miles of bumpy ~25-30mph with a bunch of stoplights. I then park in a garage and it takes 10 minutes to walk to the building and then to my desk - a pain carrying my jacket/gloves/helmet/messenger bag. Taking the bike doesnt save any time or money and I've had more close calls with degenerate asshole car drivers on my commute route than I can count. I do ride whatever Honda CB I've got running in on Fridays but thats it.
Really the problem here is that I need to find a new place to work.
This year has been a crapshoot for riding for me for other reasons too. Hopefully I'll have a new bike of some sort next year.
- Sijray21 - 08-14-2008
when i used to ride more frequently i loved riding to work. i would only ride on nice days and the roads were pretty sweet (at the time, almost the entire length of lawyers rd. in oakton/vienna). it's great for the fuel economy, it's fun, and it's easier to manuver in traffic.
when i work locally and have a motorcycle i fully intend to commute to work on the bike.
i like the variety and the option to take whatever vehicle i want to though.
- PGK - 08-15-2008
I don't consider riding to work anything special. Probably two thirds of my total personal mileage has been commuting. Actually, it's hard for me to imagine owning/riding a motorcycle without using it as basic transportation.
- Apoc - 08-17-2008
.RJ Wrote:I dont like riding to work every day anymore.
+1 for pretty much all the same reasons.
I'd like to ride to work for obvious reasons but efforts are not rewarded when it's 4 miles each way and most of your time is spent at one particular traffic light.
- Kaan - 08-25-2008
I commute 25 miles one way. I get around 50mpg... so its not bad just burning one gallon a day.
also on the route i have to take, a couple of times a week there is major traffic. I can just pop off, split, or ride the shoulder for a while... so overall i think its a faster commute for me
- WRXtranceformed - 08-25-2008
Is it legal to ride the shoulder in VA? It is in NC, you're allowed to ride the lines too.
- .RJ - 08-25-2008
WRXtranceformed Wrote:It is in NC, you're allowed to ride the lines too.
Its legal in NC, or people just do it?
- WRXtranceformed - 08-25-2008
My friend said it's legal, I dunno though.
- Kaan - 08-25-2008
Its not legal... but with a busted Madmax FZR bike... you can always claim its having issues!
- Evan - 08-25-2008
almost hit a moron on a scooter on friday. lane splitting, traffic dodging, running red lights, cutting cars off etc. this type of shit is normal for cyclists but this guy was actually moving fast