juha_teuvonnen
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I thought about quitting riding while I was laying on the pavement, waiting for an ambulance, unable to get up. I was in a lot of pain, so I was not thinking straight
If you quit riding, you're still going to die.
I hate to commute on a bike.. it takes the joy out of riding..
Quit riding.
You'll be back if it's right for you. If it's not right you'll forget about it.
That's the best way to know.
But about the "fear" part... I'm usually scared when I'm riding. Recently, during the rainy weather, a coworker was in disbelief that I'd ride in the rain:
"You ride in the rain?"
"Sure."
"Isn't it scary?"
"It's always scary."
The fear is what keeps me alive and what makes it fun. It's what reminds me to be careful and what puts that smile on my face.
I'm new to biking, but I love driving in the rain in my car.
Good points. This is why I'm the new one, and you're not Thanks for 'splaing.
I don't think about quitting because I've already decided to quit in 2.5 years on account of a life event.
It's a simple balacing test of how much you love it, versus the costs. The costs are pretty static- motorcycling is dangerous. Your wants though are dynamic and up to you. To me, riding is fun, but I don't love it more than being around for my potential family.
- K
PS: Someone call me out on this in 2.5 years if I'm still riding!
what's attracting me to the motorcycle now is sheer curiosity, the newness of it-- and a great deal of the fear is from the same thing. I won't know for perhaps a few years if it's something I'll be genuinely hooked on or not, because first that novelty needs to wear off and be replaced by actual experience of what riding is like... whether it really IS all that much fun, whether or not I can manage the fear, whether or not that itch to get up and go is just curiosity or the real thing. Something's pulling me but I dunno what it is yet or how far it goes, and I'm not going to pretend I do.
Exactly. :thumbupSo you're saying it's like dating.
RC51 is tame in comparison to any inline-4 literbike. It's not slow, but it's not an evil bike. Those fscking R1's are evil bikes.