04-22-2019, 03:43 AM
I have perhaps a little different take on the Beater thing. I did have a beater car for many years to get me back and forth to work. When the weather, and/or roads were bad, my beater car took some of the worry out of sharing the road with far too many drivers that did not know how to drive in inclement weather.
With the exception of back in High School, when my motorcycle was transportation five days a week, my motorcycle is for enjoyment. Now I am older ( much older ) and retired, so I can be as picky as I want about when I ride. Temperature, be it hot, cold or anywhere in between is not an issue for me, as I just dress accordingly. If the roads are not good, and/or the weather is not good, I just dont enjoy riding my bike. Then too one of the very few times I have laid a bike down in 50+ years of riding, was when the street was damp several hours after a rain.
As to my bike being clean, I keep it clean for me, because that is what I like. There was a standing joke among all of us in the group I rode with back in the day, " a clean bike runs better and faster". The clean thing has always stuck with me, whether it is my car, or my bike. So, for me, a beater would not be a consideration because I would not be riding in conditions that would benefit from having a beater. Mind you, I am not throwing shade at anyone that does not have a clean bike, good road, or good weather as priorities for enjoying a ride.
With the exception of back in High School, when my motorcycle was transportation five days a week, my motorcycle is for enjoyment. Now I am older ( much older ) and retired, so I can be as picky as I want about when I ride. Temperature, be it hot, cold or anywhere in between is not an issue for me, as I just dress accordingly. If the roads are not good, and/or the weather is not good, I just dont enjoy riding my bike. Then too one of the very few times I have laid a bike down in 50+ years of riding, was when the street was damp several hours after a rain.
As to my bike being clean, I keep it clean for me, because that is what I like. There was a standing joke among all of us in the group I rode with back in the day, " a clean bike runs better and faster". The clean thing has always stuck with me, whether it is my car, or my bike. So, for me, a beater would not be a consideration because I would not be riding in conditions that would benefit from having a beater. Mind you, I am not throwing shade at anyone that does not have a clean bike, good road, or good weather as priorities for enjoying a ride.