Or even a Grand little for that matterSevulturus wrote:I still don't understand how someone could get bored on a motorcycle.
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Sev
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I understand that some women grow bored with the little. Then again some men become utterly fascinated with it.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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i get bored when city riding alone w/o any set destination.Sevulturus wrote:I still don't understand how someone could get bored on a motorcycle.
im still alert, but i guess the right word is not having fun.
but anyway... i can go places now so it's no problem now unlike before when i only had a permit.
so if i just wanna ride for no reason, i can go to a canyon road. over there, it's still fun even when im riding alone and just going back and forth, back and forth.
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My ride to work is 3km, it's all straight lines, and I never exceed 80kmh (speed limit is 70:oops: ). I have 3 turns total - not counting the parking lot - and all are at intersections. I look forward to that ride every morning. And I HATE my job.
My ride home is typically 20 to 30km and I could end up anywhere, I look forward to that ride too. I don't care where I end up, so long as I did so on two wheels.
You missed my point anyways, a bike, any bike is fun. You don't grow bored on it. Or I cannot understand how you could. Sure you might want to go faster, but you aren't thinking about that WHILE you're riding, you're thinking about that when you're sitting on the couch fantasizing about that gsx-r.
Yes, I know you have a bloody GSX-R don't say anything Verm.
My ride home is typically 20 to 30km and I could end up anywhere, I look forward to that ride too. I don't care where I end up, so long as I did so on two wheels.
You missed my point anyways, a bike, any bike is fun. You don't grow bored on it. Or I cannot understand how you could. Sure you might want to go faster, but you aren't thinking about that WHILE you're riding, you're thinking about that when you're sitting on the couch fantasizing about that gsx-r.
Yes, I know you have a bloody GSX-R don't say anything Verm.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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I don't see boredom as a real problem for me. I see lack of capabilities (e.g. inability to follow a fire road in relative comfort, inability to get 60MPG, inability to tow a trailer, or whatever) as a problem....but that's a horses for courses issue and the real solution is to have several horses.
Right now I'm looking for a horse for two courses... a learning aid, and a reliable commuter. Later, I'll pick up a bike that expands what I can do.
I totally understand the ride home being longer than the ride to work.
That's exactly what I do... getting to work, it's a matter of "more or less on time"... going home I take back roads and alternate routes and surface streets and go exploring. I have a Garmin StreetPilot and I'll pick destinations at random or tell it to route only on surface streets, blocking off certain roads, etc... it'll throw me onto the weirdest roads... sometimes taking 20 miles to give me an alternative to a 2-mile stretch of interstate.
Right now I'm looking for a horse for two courses... a learning aid, and a reliable commuter. Later, I'll pick up a bike that expands what I can do.
I totally understand the ride home being longer than the ride to work.
That's exactly what I do... getting to work, it's a matter of "more or less on time"... going home I take back roads and alternate routes and surface streets and go exploring. I have a Garmin StreetPilot and I'll pick destinations at random or tell it to route only on surface streets, blocking off certain roads, etc... it'll throw me onto the weirdest roads... sometimes taking 20 miles to give me an alternative to a 2-mile stretch of interstate. 
I used to have a ninja 250 and wish I never sold it. I had just as much fun on that bike as I do on my bandit now. I could spend all day in the twisties on that thing leaving the larger bikes behind all while getting 60-70 mpg. As far as power and speed go, you really don't need any more than that bike has to offer(expecially for a begginer).