What would make you stop riding?

[Tached1300]

I’ve taken breaks, for example a few years back I only enjoyed riding if I was pushing the pace constantly I decided it was perhaps time to take a break or change my riding style or choice in bike. Less capable bikes can be fun to toss around like the old ninja 500 I used to commute to work for example. But I’ve never said I’m done riding forever. I plan to be like my 83 year old uncle who rides his gold wing and has been riding since before I was born. Other than a health related reason I plan to remain on two wheels.

Motorcycling is an addiction of mine I enjoy riding anything on two wheels. Typically I even like to have more than one bike in the event that one is down for maintenance or whatever I can still ride the other.

So what will cause you to say it’s time to give it up for good?

 

[c10]

Death.

 

[RedBull]

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It first began after my recent oil change. I told the mechanic to change the coolant with Engine Ice followed by replacing the spark plugs. When the mechanic took 1 plug out for assessing the correct model, he didn't have the specific one thus, i told him to put back the plug. My service ended...

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[Kiwi Rider]

Lack of will, lack of cash, stuff like that I guess.

 

[SSGT_B]

A sudden stop

 

[Sandow]

A sudden stop

......for getting pie?

 

[fallenarch]

man you ask a lot of questions lol! only health would stop me. Today there were 3 HDs plugging the road doing 35 in a 55. I almost ran them down myself. when I get that useless l'll hang it up.

 

[Tached1300]

man you ask a lot of questions lol! only health would stop me. Today there were 3 HDs plugging the road doing 35 in a 55. I almost ran them down myself. when I get that useless l'll hang it up.

Just like trying to facilitate discussions/traffic lol, after all that is the purpose of a discussion board (insert evil laugh here) lol

 

[Bumblebee]

When the day comes and I no longer feel like riding, I will hang up my helmet...

 

[GAmedic]

A crash will delay me. Death will stop me.

 

[Cantab]

A crash will delay me.

Yep it has for me, but im lucky that i healed and eventually carried on again.

 

[busabobh]

Depends on how bad the crash, and love ones wishes.

 

[fallenarch]

Depends on how bad the crash, and love ones wishes.

No one who loves me would ask me to give up riding.

 

[Tached1300]

My family has always encouraged me to ride they know it’s my passion and they know if I die doing it that I went out doing the thing I loved most.

 

[Tached1300]

If I lived in the city or urban area and was restricted to only that area I may not be all that interested in riding, that Is not my idea of relaxing or fun.

 

[busabobh]

Well I hope none of you experience what I have. Laying on an operating table with tubes down your throat , chest tubes in your back,tubes in your stomach. Broken beyond what the doctors thought was possible to live through told my wife to come in. I woke at that moment and tried to say goodbye and I love you, but could not talk, my wife read it in my eyes and said I know. I love my family more. Sorry for this sob story, I love my bike and miss it already, but there are more important things

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Lack of desire or ability.

 

[Tached1300]

Well I hope none of you experience what I have. Laying on an operating table with tubes down your throat , chest tubes in your back,tubes in your stomach. Broken beyond what the doctors thought was possible to live through told my wife to come in. I woke at that moment and tried to say goodbye and I love you, but could not talk, my wife read it in my eyes and said I know. I love my family more. Sorry for this sob story, I love my bike and miss it already, but there are more important things

A blessing to still be here, I wish you a speedy recovery.

 

[busabobh]

A blessing to still be here, I wish you a speedy recovery.

It will be many months, left side completely non weight bearing, like C10 , I now have lots of titanium plates and screws, wish mine were in my bike like his.

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

Well I hope none of you experience what I have. Laying on an operating table with tubes down your throat , chest tubes in your back,tubes in your stomach. Broken beyond what the doctors thought was possible to live through told my wife to come in. I woke at that moment and tried to say goodbye and I love you, but could not talk, my wife read it in my eyes and said I know. I love my family more. Sorry for this sob story, I love my bike and miss it already, but there are more important things

I get it , I've had 2 big ones (accidents) , it is a personal decision , when your are deep in the early stages of recovery ... well other things are far more important than ever riding bikes .
If you do go back to riding , you now have a real world experience realization that the risks are very real , and that $h1t can indeed happen to you , not just everyone else .
I pissed a lot of my family off last big one , bought a new bike laying in hospital , with 3 limbs all pinned and set with rods and in casts . Got done smoking weed celebrating by my nurses...... those were crazy days !!