How Often Do you Ride?

[Guest]

Just a quick fire pole to see what the make up of members on this forum do. Sorry if I dont cover every area....selfish but its just the ones Im interested in. Thanks

Edited October 29, 2008 by Anonymous

[Guest]

Every time I get on the bike .........

[techno]

whenever possible!

[Guest]

Mine is full transport, i have no licence for a car or a wish to have one at this moment in time

[Guest]

Have ridden for all them reasons pretty much, but now its just for fun, trackdays on the gixer, MX and greenlaning on the KTM. Go for the odd blat on both when I can be bothered. Have a van to transport them so rarely do my bike tyres touch a motorway which means they stay round for longer!

[cruz]

Full time with access.

But hey why have a bike and not use it. There are 7 days in a week.

[RJBroughton]

Very little at the moment,

However shall be using it for EVERYTHING from 12th november onwards

[Guest akey]

I put commuting all weathers cos I do, but also its pretty much my only transport as willow has the car and the only other option is the motorhome which is a pain in the backside to use as normal transport.

Although if its really icy or its snowing then i do use the motorhome!

[Guest]

Thanks Guys - Keep them coming.........

[Stu]

weekend/weekday/evening for me just depends on work

my bike is for fun and thats all i have a car for going to work in

[Guest philgale]

whenever, i will ride in anything but normally i commute if its sunny and play

[Fozzie]

At the moment I'm only a fair weather biker as the bike hates the wet. Some handle it well but not this one it seems.

I used to use a bike for full transport then 2 months after turning 17 I had a car lisence which is when I decided to turn into a fair weather rider.

[Guest]

pff fair weather riders

[nman1]

Full time transport, no access to a car for me. If you`d have asked me that 2.5 years ago I would have said never.

[red]

I use my bike equally to my car, social, domestic pleasure and commuting.

I tend to use the bike at least twice a day though.

All weather.

[Guest]

The term "horses for courses" fits well here methinks

[craig]

anytime i can get out when its dry ,but still get caught out in the rain....my bike is just for fun

[TC]

Use the bike up until they start to put salt all over the road.

Then its only if its dry and the bike gets a really good fresh water wash afterwards

[kevinb]

I pretty much only use my car for commuting to work the rest of the time me and my wife prefer to be on the bike. I ride all year round. Salt took its toll on the Bonnie engine cases last year so I have replaced with chrome. If there's salt on the roads I will probably be out on the MT-01.

I can cope with the cold it's the visor misting that gets me. Must remember to use that anti mist stuff I bought last year.

[MonkeyKnuckle]

I only really use mine for fun at weekends etc. Doesn't make sense for me to ride to work on it. It's only 5 miles down the road and if I use my van I get free fuel.

[Sheep_onna_Bandit]

50 mile daily commute round both Derby and Nottingham Ring-Roads? Bike, every time, no contest!

I do have access to a car/cage, and some days I do kindof miss the hot air blower going like crappity-smack but then I tootle off through the traffic log-jams and remember the time I'm saving EVERY working day.

Car journey (approx.) - 80 mins each way - x 2 = 160 mins

Bike Journey (normally) - 30 mins each way - x 2 = 60 mins

A saving of 100 mins a day sitting in traffic x 5 (for a working week) = 500 mins (8 hrs 20 mins a week)

Assuming five weeks a year off for holiday = 47 working weeks = 391 hrs 40 mins

Which equals - 16.3914444.. days NOT sitting in traffic causing pollution etc.

Who says bikes aren't environmentally friendly?

[teedee]

I ride when im day off, the suns out , the roads are dry and its not bloody freezin

[Guest]

im with T.C on this one . Salt is a real paint job killer .

[martynmcg]

All day every day if I can. I'm going to be using my bike this winter (first winter) and all year round from now on.

Only problem I have is my bike is parked outside at work during the night (working nightshift) and it's a struggle sometimes to get a decent start in the morning, especially since it's only a short journey to and from home & work

[TC]

I it's the visor misting that gets me. Must remember to use that anti mist stuff I bought last year.

 

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