03-25-2017, 10:29 PM
I am a joy ride only motorcyclist.
Even when I commuted by motorcycle it was for the joy of it. I could have commuted by car. Chose not to. I commuted to work by motorcycle for 17 years, from 1972 until 1989 riding approx 20,000 miles a year. Then switched jobs and for the next 24 years I drove a car over the road covering 3 states approx 48,000 miles a year and rode the motorcycles for fun approx 11,000 miles a year. I have been on out of state vacations by motorcycle every year since 1973 riding to 40 U.S. States, 2 Canadian Provinces and 5 countries in Europe.
Since retiring almost 4 years ago, I try and ride the bikes everyday, (yes, for the sheer joy of it,) putting approx 23,000 miles a year on my bikes and I drive my car ( truck actually) very little, last year approx 1,000 miles. Mostly on my weekly trip to the grocery store (18 miles round trip). Last year I rode my bikes 323 days and 25,304 miles. A have ridden a little over 91,000 miles since 2013, the year I retired. The only thing that keeps me from riding is ice or snow accumulated on the highway. Temperature doesn't matter. I have ridden from -9 to + 105 degrees
I look forward to riding everyday. I keep track because I like doing that kind of thing, always have, and now I have unlimited time to do it in.
Yep, I'm a joy ride only motorcyclist.
Even when I commuted by motorcycle it was for the joy of it. I could have commuted by car. Chose not to. I commuted to work by motorcycle for 17 years, from 1972 until 1989 riding approx 20,000 miles a year. Then switched jobs and for the next 24 years I drove a car over the road covering 3 states approx 48,000 miles a year and rode the motorcycles for fun approx 11,000 miles a year. I have been on out of state vacations by motorcycle every year since 1973 riding to 40 U.S. States, 2 Canadian Provinces and 5 countries in Europe.
Since retiring almost 4 years ago, I try and ride the bikes everyday, (yes, for the sheer joy of it,) putting approx 23,000 miles a year on my bikes and I drive my car ( truck actually) very little, last year approx 1,000 miles. Mostly on my weekly trip to the grocery store (18 miles round trip). Last year I rode my bikes 323 days and 25,304 miles. A have ridden a little over 91,000 miles since 2013, the year I retired. The only thing that keeps me from riding is ice or snow accumulated on the highway. Temperature doesn't matter. I have ridden from -9 to + 105 degrees
I look forward to riding everyday. I keep track because I like doing that kind of thing, always have, and now I have unlimited time to do it in.
Yep, I'm a joy ride only motorcyclist.