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Anyone interested in motorbikes?

luisarey
over 5 years ago

I'm fairly new here and newly diagnosed with ASD. Anyway, motorbikes are one of my interests, and, well, it might be a long shot,  I was wondering if anyone else here is into them too. I don't know anyone else IRL who shares this enthusiasm. It'd be nice to hear from anyone else who is interested.

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  • over 5 years ago

    I'm not a biker but I got into bikes by working 20 years with a bunch of bikers - I was the only one not on 2 wheels.   They brought in all the magazines so I assimilated all the data - everything from Rudge-Whitworths to Fireblades, Goldwings to BSA GoldStars.

    Do you have a bike?

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Plastic

    nice, what sort of place did you work, with all those bikers around?  I'm not a biker either, as it's an expensive hobby, and I can't afford it, but wish I could.  I do love a good Fireblade. What types of bikes/aspects of bikes are you into?

  • over 5 years ago in reply to luisarey

    It was high-tech engineering.   I'm of the age where I should have ticked a box on my driving licence application all those years ago and I'd have had a full bike licence too - now I'd have to spend a load of cash on a Direct Access training & test.

    Unfortunately, every one of the bikers I worked with was carrying an old biking injury so it sort of put me off.

    If I was going to have a bike, I'd probably go for a Kawasaki VN1500 Drifter (the Indian Chief lookey-likey with relaible Jap mechanics).  It has big street-presence so you can justify your position on the road rather than being squeezed into the weeds by the BMW-idiots & trucks.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Plastic

    Ah burning 2 stroke oil, the smell of my mis-spent youth :-) My first bike after I passed my test was a 250LC with a Stan Stephens tune. Went like a rocket and one of the few bikes I've owned over the years that I regret having parted with!

  • over 5 years ago in reply to gordy

    Ouch!  Crazy 2-strokers used to be really fashionable back then - if you could stay on them....

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Plastic

    plastic,hi 53 this month and so far 13 knee ops from back in 1992 when i tore the bone fixing out that was holding in my anterior cruciate ligament,racing on a KX 250 H1.i decided then it was probably the end of my crazy riding days and kinda couldnt put my parents through anything like that again.im riding again now. 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to luisarey

    I'm an old fart - I got diagnosed at 42 - a decade ago. 

    I don't get anxiety driving but I do get tired because of the concentration required.  When I was younger I used to commute from London to Malvern & back every day - couldn't do that now.

    Also, that was before speed cameras and 10 million more drivers on the roads.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to luisarey

    I'm an old fart - I got diagnosed at 42 - a decade ago. 

    I don't get anxiety driving but I do get tired because of the concentration required.  When I was younger I used to commute from London to Malvern & back every day - couldn't do that now.

    Also, that was before speed cameras and 10 million more drivers on the roads.

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