[sactownbwoy]

Originally Posted by M0dnar

I visited Sweden twice for work. You guys have hotter blondes though. And they don't come with the shitty attitudes our blondes come with.

Most of blondes are bottle blondes anyways, the chemicals give them their shitty attitudes!!

[DorsoDuroJohn]

Too much trouble "gearing up". Used to ride to work May-Oct here in MN but it was always just a pain before and after the ride to get dressed/undressed comb the hair, wear a backpack for a nice shirt and shoes at work. The ride was awesome, but everything else wasn't. Car it is!

[serper3]

I decided to stop riding on the street and sell my r6 about two years ago when my first son was born. I told myself I wouldn't commute on the bike when i first got it years ago, but i began commuting in it more and more. so much faster and more entertaining, but so much more dangerous with crazy bay area traffic.

I had my c6 corvette and other fun cars while i had the bike, but the rush/fix from riding the bike in the twisties was impossible to beat in a car for me. I would always favor the bike.

[Paintslinger16]

Yep Harley’s and like to drag race my street bike, near lane on my Springer
https://youtu.be/Tc3w4oMNNEM

[Zaqwert6]

Still have mine and ride. Totally different experience imo. I still have a 1998 CBR900RR I bought new and the S1000R a few years ago. Still hard to beat the performance bang for the buck. Besides local, we do few bike tours annually. Mountain stuff and whatnot. Track days etc. Pretty apples and oranges.

[Atomic31]

It's Been two years since I sold bike, miss it. Working on wife to get another one but not looking good. I'm older now and it just might not be worth the risk with all the knuckle heads on the road. But who knows.

[khcoaching]

Cars are great, but nothing beats being all to ride at the track. The performance bargain that a bike offers is second to none. I don't really street ride anymore, but I am on the track on a bike 50-60 days a year and around 10-15 in a car.

Ken

[oilgear]

I am 68, and have been riding m/c since I was 14. Also had a few performance cars in that time. Today I have to choose btween my Kawasaki zrx 1200, Husqvarna 650 dirt bike or the 17 Camaro ss convertible (ya I know, hard choices) I still enjoy all 3, but find myself on some days not wanting to gear up for a bike ride, or too hot or cold. Also going to the beach, or out for dinner, it's always the Camaro. Proly be selling the dirt bike in a year or two. Never selling the ZRX, when I can't ride any more it will be passed on to one of my nephews.

[Idaho2018GTPremium]

Originally Posted by Chrome383Z

These days with kids on their phones all the time I’ll take a cage please.

I had a bike for a short time in my 20s (40 now). Got rid of it after I had kids, only felt comfortable driving in the country. Just wasn’t fun knowing I’m a fender bender away from being 6 feet under or disabled.

We're about the same age and I agree with your assessment. Although, it's not just "kids" that are distracted by their phones while driving. I see plenty of people middle aged and up staring at their phones while "driving" as well.

[zx9rmal]

My ZL1 is really fast. My 14R is in a different dimension. Carbon wheels, 200+ whp.

[Mark R]

I pretty much only ride dirt any more. It is about 1000 times more interesting than the street. There are so many places to ride in New Mexico, that I'll never ride them all. Dirt is not necessarily safer for me, as I just broke my collar bone a few weeks ago in a get-off. But I have been riding for 46 years, and I'm not stopping now.

My son rides my Suzuki DR 790 Super Motard. I still cruise around Albuquerque on the chopper I built 14 years ago.

[wjones14]

Turned 66 this year and still riding. I started riding at 16 and owned a CB750 and Z900 back in the '70s. But when my kids were born, I gave up bikes like others in this thread.

When my son was at UConn, he broke his wrist and asked me if I could ride his Yamaha 650 Maxim home. I hadn't ridden in about 25 years, but still had my MC license and had a helmet from HPDE track days. That was a scary ride home at first, but shortly afterwards I realized I still had the itch, and bought a new 2009 650 Ninja a few weeks later. Right away I realized that wasn't enough bike, and ended up trading it for a literbike, a 2011 Z1000. Now we're talking!

But yes, in deference to age, I am slowing down, and only put about 200 miles on the Z1000 this year. It still puts a smile on my face whenever I ride it, and I have no intention of giving it up just yet. The Z has 6800 miles now after 10 years.

Here are pictures of us dropping off the 650 and picking up the 1000 at the dealership. It was too cold for me that day, but no problem for my son, who did the honors. BTW, I replaced that red jacket with a proper green Kawasaki jacket!

[Evansa22]

Originally Posted by serper3

I decided to stop riding on the street and sell my r6 about two years ago when my first son was born. I told myself I wouldn't commute on the bike when i first got it years ago, but i began commuting in it more and more. so much faster and more entertaining, but so much more dangerous with crazy bay area traffic.

I had my c6 corvette and other fun cars while i had the bike, but the rush/fix from riding the bike in the twisties was impossible to beat in a car for me. I would always favor the bike.

Similar situation and sold my bike a few years back. Have a 1 year old now and wife is happy I got rid of the bike. Was a 2006 gsxr 600. Nothing beats the feeling of a bike thru the twisties but this zl1 1le with bolt ons is as close as I could find and the sound is intoxicating. Benefit is the baby gets to ride in the back and a good launch thru 1st and 2nd puts a smile on her face haha, gotta start em early...

[vampire]

i haven't ridden my bike for 10 months!
'18 cb1000r