Have you ever ridden/do you ride a motorcycle?

[Kittyblue]

Back in my 20s someone tried to teach me to drive a motorcycle. I was too nervous to do more than run slowly around the residential neighborhood. Mostly I was afraid I'd wreck the bike and make the owner mad

 

[mmouse37]

Not me but my dad rode his Harley until he was 89.

MJ

 

[fly girl]

No, only been a passenger on a bike twice. Parents put the fear of God in me about motorcycles after their friend was killed in a crash.

This would be me if I ever attempted to ride.

 

[kanerf]

You ride a motorcycle, you do not drive one.

 

[low-key]

You ride a motorcycle, you do not drive one.

I really havent but I would like to,this guy looks like he knows what he speaks of

 

[Kittyblue]

You ride a motorcycle, you do not drive one.

So my lack of experience is showing I just didn't want it to be confused with being a passenger

*edited thread title

 

[missnic]

I've been a passenger many times. We own a 2019 HD somethingorother (the big one with a trunk and faring and bells and whistles) It's DHs daily driver. When we had somewhere to go lol

 

[Shelley Chiarats]

My husband rode for a few years. Was even his primary mode of transportation until a cold morning and a lady did not clear her windows and turned into the sun and then drifted into DH's lane and clipped his leg as he was going the other way. Broke his leg (femur and tibia) and shattered fibula. Took a while and a major infection but he eventually healed. And we bought him a new cycle. He rode it a few times but only when the weather was perfect - not too hot or cold or wet. Think he felt like he had to get back on the "horse" but does not seem to love it. Need to figure out how to sell it now.

 

[chickapin parterre]

on this simple note ☣☣☣☣☣☣☣🏍🏍🏍🏍

 

[hertamaniac]

Yep....a couple. This was the last ride I had.

 

[Kittyblue]

After working in xray a few years idk if I'd want to ride again, but watching SOA makes it kind of glamorous LOL

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

Grew up riding dirt bikes. Never bought a motorcycle after I got my license for some reason. Actually got my motorcycle endorsement a couple years ago when my wife bought a scooter (both took the MSF class).

Maybe someday but it's a pretty low desire.

 

[hertamaniac]

After working in xray a few years idk if I'd want to ride again, but watching SOA makes it kind of glamorous LOL

I lost 2 friends riding here in Florida (one was a motorcycle safety instructor). I've seen another friend do a mirror check on a turn and hit a palm tree (and yes, I'm sure the x-rays weren't nice). My days of triple digit speeds are long gone.

But seeing the Polaris Slingshot and having to posses a motorcycle license (state dependent) to drive/ride it, makes me glad I got it. I want to rent one sometime.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

My first vehicle was a motorcycle. I rode all my life and raced motocross, drag raced and dabbled in road racing. Seeing too many friends lose their life at the hands of auto drivers, i gave it all up. I have a wife and kids that depend on me and a reminder at the stop sign by my shop where a good friend died when he was hit by a car. But I had many many good times when I did ride! Here are a few of my bikes. At one time I had 4 at once including a track bike that I made street legal though it wasn't.

 

[Kittyblue]

But seeing the Polaris Slingshot and having to posses a motorcycle license (state dependent) to drive/ride it, makes me glad I got it. I want to rent one sometime.

That looks kinda fun!

 

[hertamaniac]

That looks kinda fun!

They look like a good 1/2 day rental at the beach. I see them around once in awhile, but are not prominent. I think the fact you need a motorcycle license probably steers buyers away.

 

[Micca]

It must be a fantastic, liberating feeling. I'll take your word for it.

 

[disneychrista]

Never ridden a motorcycle as a driver or rider. Not really something I have an interest in.

 

[bcla]

I don't remember ever even sitting on a motorcycle ever. Maybe I've touched one and that's about it.

What's really weird is that California used to only have a single class of motorcycle license. Some people used to test in a motor scooter, but then ride in a sport bike or a large displacement motorcycle. It was a lot easier to take a motor scooter through the test course.

 

[portcityw]

I don't believe there's another adrenaline rush like a triple digit wheelie, or feeling the rearset drag. Age and responsibilities tend to make that go away. Just happy to have survived. Like others, have friends that didn't.