Is GREAT to just ride...

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I'm one of those guys who gets to ride twice a month, if that. I don't use the bike for short runs around town, I prefer to wait till I have somewhere to go and the weather is good. Also, to take my wife cuz she loves to ride.

Anyway, we went for a long ride yesterday, ran a few shopping errands and grabbed lunch, was bit cool but the knee ache was worth it.

Point of this post is simply the love I have for the CB1100 and the pure joy of riding. Why is it that everything looks different from the seat of a motorcycle? You (we) just seem to see more, even the huge crows perched up at top of the trees.

I find riding invigorating, I don't seek out fast corners or challenging endurance rides, though I respect those of you who seek that. It's just such a nice, simple way to spend some time and 'get out there'. Maybe bit simplistic but man, what a nice ride.

Sodbuster

Riding a motorcycle is one of the things not like anything else in life. It is so different. SCUBA diving is another.

There are quite a few things similar to riding a motorcycle, it's just that more than often one person in one lifetime has only had a chance to experience one or two of them. Not to say one person couldn't see / do much more, but it often takes a certain inclination, certain mental and body features, and a chance to get introduced early enough in life.

These "things" do all have one or two other things in common. Temporarily they reduce the complexity of our physical and social environments to a simpler "world", with simpler rules, and at the same time require us to be more alert (or immersed) into this world.

Just my point of view. I let you dwell on other "things".