How Many of you are Lifers??

[MelloGixxer]

I've seen them quit after realizing it's no the bike that catches
the females, you need actual skills to ride, and after crashing
they siad never again because it hurt to bad..

 

[adamsix]

started when i was 9 .. left it for two years and now been on it ever since. Always have to lay down the law with new lady friends .. riding comes first then quality time crap later .......

Friends ..hahhaa ya big time ... fashion , and the warden (wife) took thier balls ......

whatever man! quit talkin smack about me:cry ...well she said i can a new bike by end of 2004 though

 

[PASTAPWR]

Rode first minibike at about age 6. Was hooked all I could ever talk about was getting my a Husky Barny (Husqvarna). My brother rode and let my drive them around on their bikes and I had friends with YZ80s and stuff a bit later in my child hood.

Did not get my first bike until age 18, but I did get it. Rode for a few years then financial issues caused me to sell her and it took a while to get back to where I could afford my passion. Been riding since. I don't think I will ever give it up. My wife got her license two years ago and I am looking at putting my kids on a 50 as soon as they can ride a bicycle without training wheels.

I hope to instill riding in my family structure and pass it along down the line.

 

[OaklandF4i]

Lifer

Started on a GT80 in 2nd(?) grade following my dad around in the dirt. 35 yrs old now and have never looked back. I'm passionate about many different sports/hobbies - but motorcycles will always be a part of the equation when considering who I am.

I'm looking forward to the day when I can share the same kind of experiences with kids of my own. In the mean time, I enjoy how the sport brings so many folks from differents demographics together.

Of course there will always be the posers.. those just into for the '"fashion" or "fad". Nothing wrong with that. For some of them - it will become part of their life. Others will just move on.

 

[F4iChic]

Lifer

started when I was 38 - yeah I know - always a late bloomer and don't see any reason to give it up. Always thought I would quit after a get-off, fell down at THill, and am still riding :thumbup

confidence took a bit of a pounding, but still at it :teeth

 

[ChopStx]

I'm still new to it all, but now I can't imagine life w/o a bike.

 

[weasel]

I've loved bikes for as long as I can remember, problem is my parents didn't so I grew up borrowing bikes until I was around 21 and my brother got a bike,

I'd steal it when ever I got the chance and finally bought it from him and never thought about hanging up my helmet.

I know a bunch of people who aren't into as much as me but no one who's dropped it all together.

luckily Biker Boyz & Torque were terrible movies and a bunch of squids didn't go out to buy the latest 1000GRRX1's only to sell them or die in 6 months :rolleyes

 

[Sloan]

lifer

My dad threw me on a bike when I was a little kid.
Never looked back.

My wife even understands that I won't quit. She won't ride with me anymore,but she doesn't try to stop me.

 

[Angel]

-I wanted to ride my whole life...Parents said "NO" and adopted the "your uncle died on a Motorcycle" argument. Then I moved to the US and let's just say that owning a Motorcycle had to be under other priorities...Now I finally got one, and I am actually riding (in a very newbie way) I feel that I have achieved something that was pending for way too long.
Will I ever give it up? Someone said it already, it will take a wheel chair for me to give up riding....

 

[radvas]

lifer.

Rode minibikes, trail bikes, mopeds, motorcycles or whatever every chance I could since I was a kid. I got my first subscription to cycle world when I was 8 I think. My mom thought it was just a phase I would outgrow. hehe...riiiight!

Anyway, I've seen friends get bikes then stop riding for a variety of reasons, including:

* fashion statement
* peer pressure
* hurt themselves on the bike
* friend/relative died on a bike

 

[kxmike]

35 years and still lovin it. I quit once (5 yrs.) due to injuries but couldn't handle being away from it....I'll ride forever.
The older I get the less friends I have to ride with...that's why I joined BARF........and he lived happily ever after:teeth

 

[TomSlick]

Off and on lifer.......started riding on the street when I was 19, been riding off and on since then, depending on the vagaries imposed by the wife or kids........don't ever plan on being without 2 wheels from this point forward.

 

[Xenophonii]

I love riding. Can't see a reason to stop. It would take a real life changing event to make me want to quit. Not sure what that would be, death perhaps.

I'd sell the car before I sold my bike, that's for sure!

 

[ScottRNelson]

I've always loved anything with two wheels. I didn't get my first motorcycle until I was 18, but managed to average about one bike a year for 10 or 15 years.

When I moved to California I sold all of my bikes and took up windsurfing. That was good for 8 or 9 years, then I missed it and bought the Ducati Monster. I think I've been averaging about one bike a year ever since (many dirt bikes in there).

I sold one to a neighbor down the street, and he only stuck with it for about one year, then got out.

I'm sure I qualify as a Lifer regarding motorcycles. That was apparent when I was looking at replacement bikes for the one I wrecked while I still had my hand in a cast, and bought one several weeks before I was strong enough to even ride it.:cool

 

[Bronto]

Also a late bloomer, new rider now. Imagine starting out and having BARF rides to go on. Incredible experience so far, could last a long time.

 

[SloRoll]

38 years and counting.:teeth Someone has to show them young whippersnappers how it's done.:laughing

 

[Red6Rdr]

i think lifer, thats when i get my bike

 

[HayBail*ey]

Lifer here.

My pops got me started young. I'm 36 now and a 23 year AMA member, two more, and its a free life membership. I still go to the races and whatnot with my dad, and he never fails to see someone he raced with back in the '60's and '70's.

 

[donoman]

I'm out when I have a kid.

When they are done with college, I will resume riding.

I simply cannot fathom growing up without a father. So, I will try my hardest to ensure my kids always have one. This includes risk management.

I may still do trackdays.

 

[Dustykat]

Lifer

Yamaha DT100 in 1975. Ice racing by 11, street riding at 16. only went 2 years without a bike in my life since. And only then had to sell it to keep float after graduating from motorcycle Mechanics Institute.

I work in the motorcycle industry and I will never give up my bike again.
:teeth