Why do you ride?  By  scootnwinn (Read 3,500 times)

I live close to work...looking for different though. But, on those nice riding days ...it takes longer to get home .

I've always hated the needless use of anything petrol driven. Don't get me wrong, I love engines, and would work on them all day, if I hadn't gotten sucked into electrical engineering instead of mechanical. But for any journey on my own, of less than ~15 miles, I'll ride my push bikes, in any weather. For any longer journeys I've just used public transport, usually trains. As for luggage, my motto has always been, "if it wont fit into a rucksack, I probably won't need it". My wife and I have always owned a car between us, in four and a half years of marriage, I think I've driven it twice. Also, if you factor in the cost of motoring here in the UK, where you pay tax on your income, you pay sales tax when you buy the car, you pay Vehicle Excise Duty every year you own the car, you pay sales tax, and insurance premium tax to insure it, and there's so much sales tax and fuel duty on petrol that its up to £7 ($8-$10?) a gallon now, I really don't understand why people have two, sometimes three or more cars for each household so that each individual can drive twenty minutes down the road.

Unfortunately, having left the Navy and moved to country side, my new job is a 90mile round trip, and public transport in Yorkshire is...........lacking, at best, so I need an engine. I also needed it "cheap" and I needed it "now". So I got my little Patricia brand new on finance, and I've got to say, I've fallen in love with her. I'll only use the car when there's snow settled on the ground now, and when the finance is done, or the scoot dies, I'm thinking of moving up to a 250, maybe 300, and getting the Mrs into some biker gear on the back for some dirty weekends away!

Yeah, that's why I was asking about MPG and tank size on your new best friend, I get 90mpg on a one gallon tank and fill up every day.

If it weren't for the cager pricks I wouldn't really need the bigger engine: I'm pushing 60 on the flat, and had it up to 75 down some if the steeper, straighter, longer hills. But the tards still want to do 75+ on 60 roads, and a bit more grunt up the hills would stop me feeling like a 50cc in a 40 zone.

Four years ago I sold my bike a Honda Gold Wing. It was a big,fast, machine. To me it started being intimidating. Two years ago I got the urge to ride again. I saw an ad for scooter depot and bought a Velocity 150. I live in a small town and use it for chores and scenic riding. The 70mph is a whole lot better than my Ford 150. The only thing I would change is the CCs. I should of bought a 200 or 250. After spotting a few Burgmans on line my itch is growing. Love the scooter and the riding. I wish there was a club here to meet people and ride enmass.

I had big, fast streetbikes when I was in my 20's and into my mid 30's. Sold my last bike in 2001. Always meant to get another bike but after really thinking about what kind of riding I want to do and what roads I planned on riding on, a 150cc scooter is the perfect machine for me. With my scooter and my GPS, I can finally explore all the little secondary roads here in beautiful south central Pennsylvania.

I'm 54 now, just starting to ride. I decided this would be my mid life crisis! ;D

It's one of those things I've always wished I did and never have.

It seems like a fun way to get around rather than a car.