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Why do you ride?

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by schooter, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. schooter

    schooter Active Member

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    schooter, Feb 10, 2011
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    Great Video
    Ride to Live - Live to Ride
     
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    man!!! blew me a way! yeah baby thats what i'm talking abt. loved the vid.
     
    shangovi, Feb 10, 2011
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  4. TIMEtoRIDE

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    It's a tear jerker for sure - Live the Dream !

    I ride for the thrill and the peace it gives me.
     
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  5. wamaxim

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    Why do I ride?

    1.) It's fun
    2.) Stress reliever. Ya can't focus on the crap going on in your life and stay alive at the same time when you are riding.
    3.) Not everyone can or will do it so riding is kind of special
    4.) I enjoy planning trips, performing routine maintenance, and overcoming issues that detract from the experience. i.e. rain, heat, cold, fatigue, boredom etc.
    5,) The risk involved makes an otherwise mundane yet rewarding life more exciting
    6.) Been doing it for 40+ years. Can't see a reason to stop......... yet!

    Loren
     
    wamaxim, Feb 10, 2011
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  6. gunnabuild1

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    If you need to ask,I cant explain it.
    Nice ad.Struck a chord.
     
    gunnabuild1, Feb 12, 2011
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    Went for a spin today, hav'nt for a coupla weeks, beautiful day .. yeah wamaxim th other crap slides away like you said, been over those roads often b4, wouldn't have bothered in th car...woulda been so mundane.. still savouring th arvo'.

    And stopped to have a gander at a coupla '59 caddies, red..white roof a 2 door and a 4 door, lookin brand new and shiny...a wedding, had a chat to th drivers. Now i'd like to take one of them for a spin and say thanks afterwards.
     
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    Great vid schooter. Last summer my dad found out he had throat cancer and the weekend before he started treatment we dusted off his old BMW and me and my brother took him out riding for the day. It was one of those day's I will remember the rest of my life the look on his face was priceless.
     
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    Just goes to show you don't know what jewels you'll fid in the threads here till you look. I've buried more friends and family in the past few years from these killer diseases than I care to recall. Being on the road helps put things in perspective. This is one video I'll watch over and over. Thanks schooter.
     
    MidnightSmoke, Feb 13, 2011
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    Why do I ride?

    Cause I hate walking
     
    RoadRash, Feb 13, 2011
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  11. Maxim-X

    Maxim-X Well-Known Member

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    Hmmmm, why do I ride?
    For me, it's a sense of accomplishment.
    Whether I'm just out for an afternoon run, going long distance and putting up with sore knees an aching back and tender butt, or (when I used to) when I was a the track racing. At the end of the ride or the end of the day, I'd climb off and say to myself I did it.
    I don't want to go all "Zen", but there is just something about you and the bike, out on the road on your own with the purpose just being the ride, that's why I ride.
     
    Maxim-X, Feb 14, 2011
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