Has your personality changed since you took up motorcycling?

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Johnj · #41 Post by **Johnj** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:57 am

Rock Bottom wrote:This time last year when I was learning to ride, it really annoyed me when people would wave me in front of them. It was like the pressure of having people watch you drive when they let you play through on the golf course--it just increased my chances of stalling. But now with 14 months of riding (and 21K miles), I enjoy being able to shoot out from the crowd.]

There is a scam that goes around every couple of years where they wave people out into the road, then crash into them.

RockBottom · #42 Post by **RockBottom** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:21 am

Johnj wrote:[quote="Rock Bottom"This time last year when I was learning to ride, it really annoyed me when people would wave me in front of them. It was like the pressure of having people watch you drive when they let you play through on the golf course--it just increased my chances of stalling. But now with 14 months of riding (and 21K miles), I enjoy being able to shoot out from the crowd.]

There is a scam that goes around every couple of years where they wave people out into the road, then crash into them.[/quote]

Well *I* would never fall for that! Unless maybe I was distracted by one of the snipe hunts my friends take me on every week, or by thinking about the $28 million my good friend from Nigeria will soon send me.

Grey Thumper · #43 Post by **Grey Thumper** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:15 pm

RockBottom wrote:I don't know about personality change but I'm constantly amazed by the intimidation factor that a motorcycle seems to bring. On today's ride alone there were 2 or 3 times at intersections where someone else had the right of way but waved me through, once on a twisty road where I was behind a car and not pushing them at all yet they pulled over to let me past, and then I went into a McDonald's and two guys were there before me, but they waved me ahead of them in the line.

I notice that too. I always wondered whether people are more considerate because they're intimidated or because they think of you as a vulnerable road user (and either is saying a lot considering I ride in Asia, where it's usually utter chaos on the road).

scbanjoman · #44 Post by **scbanjoman** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:13 am

i think mine has changed as well,and for the better,im out of the house more,i care more about my health,and im more alert and aware,other than having to ride alone most of the time i love it

Amdonim · #45 Post by **Amdonim** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:13 am

Gummiente wrote:
XB08 wrote:no change here , still the same a-hole I always was.
Ok, well, I suppose I was borderline normal for the first 23 of my 27 riding years until I got that damned Ural. The more I rode it, the more I began to display some anti-social behaviour...

I guess I was a bit more genial back in the mid 80's when I was riding my BSA...

Please tell me you road your bike into a bar/restaurant. That would make my year.

On a related note, I was reading this years campus parking guidelines, and it said in bold "No motorcycles in buildings or classrooms." Guess I missed the boat on premium parking.

zeligman · #46 Post by **zeligman** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:28 am

Hey Rockbottom - you at Dickinson? I grew up in PA, but am in MA now.

On topic: I'm sure that I'm more relaxed now in general - except when I'm riding ... i wouldnt call that relaxed - more like hyperfocused, but woo hoo... it's a rush!

When I figure out what changes if any really show up, I'll share!

-z

RockBottom · #47 Post by **RockBottom** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:32 am

zeligman wrote:Hey Rockbottom - you at Dickinson? I grew up in PA, but am in MA now.

On topic: I'm sure that I'm more relaxed now in general - except when I'm riding ... i wouldnt call that relaxed - more like hyperfocused, but woo hoo... it's a rush!

When I figure out what changes if any really show up, I'll share!

-z

Naw, the Army War College. I live a couple of miles from Dickinson.

sapaul · #48 Post by **sapaul** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:07 pm

I used to be Schizophrenic

but I am Ok now

and so I am I

I have more problems with other peoples personalities than my own, If I meet them for the for the first time in a suit and tie and the next time in bike gear, they change their perception of me.

I hate that. Not all bad though, I can separate the plastic people from the genuine.

Gummiente · #49 Post by **Gummiente** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:29 pm

Amdonim wrote:Please tell me you road your bike into a bar/restaurant. That would make my year.

The photo of me and my BSA was taken inside the Zambezi Rock Bar in the tiny village of Altenheim, southern Germany, in '84. My friend rode his chopper in that night, too, and parked his on the opposite side of the bar from mine. The DJ played "Born To Be Wild" as we entered and the place went nuts. We were a big hit that night.

sapaul · #50 Post by **sapaul** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:06 am

Ahh Gummie

Nostalgia, and you said you had no personality, unless you left it in that bar.