Published on 12, July, 2020
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.
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?
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?
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.
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!
Ouch! Crazy 2-strokers used to be really fashionable back then - if you could stay on them....