Author Topic: Who actually rides a motorcycle? (Read 5468 times)

andy750 · « **on:** February 24, 2010, 11:58:43 AM »

Ive always wondered how many forum members actually ride a motorcycle (and a SOHC at that given its a SOHC forum

) ....seems like a lot are either playing/building in their garage or are virtual motorcyclists (dont actually ride but are here for the social aspect).

Who actually rides? And I dont mean just down to the shops or around town...daytrips? weekend trips? longer than weekend trips? commuting?

As for me: I ride year round, daily commuting, day trips, weekend trips, long distance riding.

cheers
Andy

the technological J · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:03:31 PM »

as of now i have only taken one weekend trip but have a daily rider i use for day trips as well as a commuter and for spring, summer and fall.... but i hope to put some serious miles in this summer... till my wife has the baby then we'll see.... what happens

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:12:49 PM »

I ride mine every chance I get, but now it's out of service till more parts come.
I usually ride between multiple cities around my area, it's not hard to go out for some milk and ending up 2 cities away.... because they have fresher milk over there

Rocking-M · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:19:21 PM »

I had to check the non-sohc rider, though I do have a sohc twin that I'm working on.

Inigo Montoya · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:37:20 PM »

I ride but riding here in the winter is a death sentence.

flybox1 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:41:50 PM »

Quote from: Industrial Cafe on February 24, 2010, 12:12:49 PM

it's not hard to go out for some milk and ending up 2 cities away.... because they have fresher milk over there

The MILK RUN is a classic!

MCRider · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:42:30 PM »

As with many polls can't squeeze my situ into one of the answers. I have an SOHC, not rideable yet, and I have a non-SOHC i do ride.

MCRider · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:43:38 PM »

And your poll will likely be skewed to SOHC riders as they will be happy to answer in the affirmative while the rest of us sheepishly refrain.

An interesting inquiry nonetheless.

grumpy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2010, 12:45:24 PM »

I'm an almost daily commuter (40mi each way).

I don't take trips - no time...

azuredesign · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:00:58 PM »

Hey Andy,

Where's the option for I have an SOHC and do ride it when it's not unrideable? Does it make sense to ask for last years milage on an sohc? Is that just sohc 4's or others as well?

mystic_1 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:27:31 PM »

Quote from: azuredesign on February 24, 2010, 01:00:58 PM

Is that just sohc 4's or others as well?

Heh, that's a good point, parallel twins for example are often SOHC's also

mystic_1

andy750 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:30:57 PM »

Read the poll..."I have a SOHC bike and I do actually ride it"

It dosent specify SOHC 4s...only SOHC bikes

.

bill440cars · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:37:04 PM »

I should have read your thread before selecting, I don't ride that much or very far, as of yet. This Spring will be different, but the CBX will probably see more time on the road than the others.

simon#42 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2010, 02:25:44 PM »

yes i ride mine , have a F2 750 and do about 12 thousand a year on it , mostly crammed into a few european trips to watch the bike racing . dont do much in the winter

Magpie · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2010, 02:46:33 PM »

I ride one of the K1's to local car shows, coffee shops and show and shines. Anything involving 2 up, we take the Goldwing - it's just more comfortable (and pretty quick) for two old farts.
Cliff.

ev0lve · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2010, 02:56:55 PM »

I average 5 - 6000 miles a year. Live in town with no car since 1993 so if I can't walk I'm on the bike.

4000 in the last 10 months so I'll have to take some trips to make up the difference pretty quick

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:12:41 PM »

I have three SOHC's with two being rideable. I took many long trips from 1979-1990 but since then I have kept closer to home doing weekend trips or around town. I am thinking about longer trips again but have to fit them in with a few other interests/activities that also make a demand on time. My job makes it impossible to use the bike to commute.

demon78 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:16:20 PM »

If my 6& 1/2 weighed a little less like 300 lbs I'd ride it now, but it's a #$%* at the moment due to the snow, do I ride it much in the summer, no but that's more a function of there's work I want to do on it before I take it any distance, a new front sprocket, final jetting done, repair tach, replace bars, fix fork seals I installed one the right way, the other up side down, my problem is, finishing house takes priority over every thing else, money also is sucked up by the domicile, I might want new bars, fork seals, etc but I need a 4&8 sheet of 3/4", good one side plywood (handle bars), about 45' of 8" of galvanized ducting (easily jets, fork seals) so because I'm on a fixed income, until the house is finished, I drive it small distances as opposed to bouncing across North America like a ping pong ball.
Bill the demon.

sgallagher · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:20:50 PM »

Im in the process of resurecting a K4 750, hasn't been registered in 18 years! And I was just given a K3 for free from a friend. I used to ride an 04 Honda 600RR daily for 4 years. Had my eye on the classics for many years and decided it would be a much funner adventure.

-Steve

Rocking-M · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:24:05 PM »

Quote from: sgallagher on February 24, 2010, 03:20:50 PM

Im in the process of resurecting a K4 750, hasn't been registered in 18 years! And I was just given a K3 for free from a friend. I used to ride an 04 Honda 600RR daily for 4 years. Had my eye on the classics for many years and decided it would be a much funner adventure.

-Steve

Steve, at the moment I'm out of sohc fours. Specifically the 750 whilst I'm hoping to find a 71 K1 you could just send me that
K3 for the time being.

Soos · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:25:07 PM »

Weather permitting I have 6-8 months riding season.
At the moment I have a 49 mile one way commute.

Last year I had a 5 mile commute.

(AND I was making more money)
So 98 miles a day.

Love the bike.('79cb650 )

bwaller · « **Reply #21 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:45:52 PM »

I bought my 750K3 new & it's the only street bike I've ever owned. (I suppose that's pretty pathetic) I work where I live and I rarely ride more than 3500 miles a year. Some day I'm going to retire and hit the road...and break the bike in.

RatBikeRandy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 24, 2010, 03:55:10 PM »

I ride often to work and back plus short rides on the weekends. Sometimes my SuperGlide and sometimes my '73 500 Four. I have ridden the Honda on a few longer rides - 9 to 10 hours, but I have to say it's not QUITE as comfortable as my other bike. At least two annual weeklong rides are becoming the norm for me as well. I enjoy the planning almost as mush as the riding. Thunder Beach is coming up in April and later I will ride the Natchez Trace. Last year was the Blue Ridge Parkway.

kirkn · « **Reply #23 on:** February 24, 2010, 04:05:56 PM »

I've been withOUT a fully ridable streetbike only a cumulative 3 months over the last 38 years, spread over 50-some different bikes over those years.

For the last 4 years, I've averaged 10k miles a year on commuting and weekend rides.

Got one rider (a CX500) and three projects (FT500, SL100, SL125 cafe project) in the garage now.

BobbyR · « **Reply #24 on:** February 24, 2010, 04:09:20 PM »

I do own an SOHC and I ride as much as possible. In the winter I get out once a week to get keep it running. I ride until the family jewels go numb.

In the nicer Weather I usually weekend ride 200-300 miles which is about what my old ass can take in the seat.

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