how long!? (have all u guys/girls been riding for?)

[propaganda]

how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

[ob1ventura]

'69 to present; 37 yrs.
yes
no

[motoproponent]

92 to present, 14years
yes
no

What kind of mileage do you think you've done in your riding "lifetime"

I would estimate a little less than 100,000. I started off slow, But I really started racking up some distance the last few years. (It's nice not to be in a place that snows in the winter anymore)

[Traq]

Licensed since '94.
Really riding since '99.
Two totalled bikes ('96 was my fault, '99 not at fault). Two other minor incidents. One other extremely minor incident.
Over 70k miles or primarily commuting.
Yes, I see myself continuing to ride until I no longer can.
No, I won't be stopping soon.

[zrxjake]

44 years september 12th. not including minibkes thats only motorcycles you know manual clutch foot shift gas tank between knees.

[9rPilot]

Originally posted by propaganda
how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

1974 thru now = 32 years

Don't ever plan on stopping...

9rPilot

[conn650]

Dirt = alotta years
Street = 3+ years

Don't plan on quitting anytime soon...I wish I had started street riding a long time ago.

[sensei]

78' - 06': 27yrs. started riding my bro's dirt bike in the projects back in chicago when i was 7. Next to the pimps, pushers and ho's.

youknowwhatimsayin!

[plumber]

make a poll.............:barf

[geo]

'99-present

[slydrite]

1978-current

will likely ride for the rest of my life...

[uraniaclio]

7 months.
I'm just pissed I didn't discover motorcycling in my teens or 20's.
Need to make up for lost time.

[moto-rama]

Since the summer of 1967. So 39 years and counting, and yes I reckon I might do it till they drag me off.

[Rambeezi]

1989 to present.

[Zed10R]

27 years. :wow

[slowpoke]

I don't ride. I just hang around cool bikers:cry

[MIGUEL]

lets hear it for the newb's ....

2.5 years.. on the street machine approx 22,000 street miles. I tend to ride way more than I type..:laughing :later

[Climber]

Since summer of '76... 30 years.

[VTRweasel]

my goodness, I can't beleive no one has asked this question before :eek

17 years street

yes,
no,

[spideyfive-o]

roughly 3+ years...

when i am finally family-bounded (ei. children of my own)... i'll consider cutting back on riding.

spidey

[ocrappio]

my god, some of you people are old...

me, only 3 years!
and no, not planning to quit anytime soon... everyone hates quitters

[Silent]

Been riding for 33 years and going strong. Probably ride til the end.

[VTRweasel]

ocrappio's hawt ;)

[bikecraft]

had m1 for 4 years
riding 6 months
riding till the day i cant

[Raider510]

got licensed june of 04, so little over 2 years

yes
no

[luckybuster]

Since 1964...Damn, There's alot more old farts here than I thought!

[bigt]

I took my first MSF class and got my endorsement in 1986. Only because you had to have those two things before you could ride your bike on post. I don't think I would have done it otherwise, so I'm sure glad it was required.

So I guess this is my 20th anniversary.

[Kinipeli]

Wow, I'm a total newb compared to alot of you! I've ridden dirt for about a year, just this year I got my M1. So I guess a year & a half total. I don't see quitting in my future, I love to ride.

[BigCorySBFMC707]

86 to present

Busa til 50
then to my retirement hog

[DharmaDog]

'89 to present
yes
no

Ride a lot less now (mostly sport touring) but bikes were my only transportation for many years. Now I prefer BART for commuting to SF...but I used to ride everyday in NYC, many moons ago.

[Lester Green]

how old is dirt? since before then....

[wackyiraqi]

I've been riding for nearly three months now.

[J-BONE]

2-3 years somethin' like that, ask Liam he got me started. I can tell you that I'll not count the years, cause they're already flyin' by way too frickin' fast. Had two kids, time quickens; got my first bike all concept of time is lost. Summer's gone in a flash of flying tentacles and half naked squid. Winter isn't much better, because I enjoy the solitude of the lighter traffic. Concluding, it's all gonna be gone way too fast, don't count it, enjoy it!

BTW, I'll be riding to the bitter end!

JOHNNY

[396]

23 years, I might now a thing or two!

[TheRobSJ]

Licensed for C and M1 in 1992. Rode a Honda Trail 90 around the neighborhood every now and then since around '89.

[Snoggin]

about 4.5 years, 11 bikes
maybe
maybe
oh i forgot , i am way old. 4/5/59

[X-CBR MAN]

72' to present

[Tom O.]

21 years

[FutureBusaGirl]

2004-present= a lil over 2 years

about 40k miles

ride rain or shine (bike only means of transpo)

Furthest i've gone was to San Diego (have ridden to reno in the pouring rain and not fun!!!)

Been through rain storms, hail winds, minor goat trails but no snow

Have not been to the track yet, but plan to

Have had some accidents

Took an intro class to moto mechanics

Preformed minor/basic services on my bikes

Have a couple of books on becoming a better rider as well as mech books

As long as I live I see myself riding, and learning all I can to becoming better

I don't see myself stopping soon...well unless I of course die

[NOTCH1]

i got my M1 in january after a long hiatus from a youth of off road trail riding/hare scrambles.

it's even more fun now. i feel like i'm getting away with something everytime i snick the gear shifter into 1 and pull out onto the street :) :)

you see, we used to connect a lot of trails using county roads when i was a kid. i guess that feeling hasn't left me yet :)

[Albal0ney]

I got my M1 almost 2 years ago.
And I don't think I'll ever quit.

Just went to Borders today and picked up a copy of "Proficient Motorcycling." I'm not nearly done yet but it's really good, I would recommend it to other n00bs as a highly educational read.

[CeruleanSkye]

Been riding just over three months now, even though I got my M1 last August.

I will ride for as long as I am physically able.

[Choicobo]

Ridimg 2 1/2 years, Had my M1 license before even a C class (got it a year after)

Riding is just about the only way i get around and won't stop as long as my fingers can do this :twofinger

[Valgar]

Just looked at my MSF card.

Thought it was longer...

Come september, I'll have been riding for 5 years, and about 120,000 miles...

Can't see myself stopping anytime soon...

[ADG]

35 years total, 22 on the street.....38 years of age.

[jrbruin]

Was waiting for some more noobs to respond in hopes that somebody would have been riding less than the 2-3 months I've been riding, but oh well.. Got about 300 miles under my belt so far, hope to be riding for a long time.

[Travis]

Riding on the street for 12 years and counting.

[jboat]

Since '91...I'll never quit!!!

[Matt.Lai]

26 years

[wazzuFreddo]

1.5 years.

Longest trip I have done was Columbus, OH to SF.

[Big Fan]

3 months now!!

[propaganda]

damnnnnn most of you guys have been riding for ages,me im just making it up to 7 months and im on my 5th bike!


WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIKE? mine was a yamaha dt100 =O

[Lester Green]

^that's almost a bike a month...you must make some good scratch...

[mlm]

Damn, 5 bikes in 7 months. How many hours do you think you've spent in line at the DMV?

[soysauce021]

for around 8 years now..on and off. End....not in the near future.

[V4]

22 years now...

no

yes....I'm seriously thinking about hanging it all up....

[Chief]

22 years on the street, 32 including dirt time.

[Inner Nerd]

25 days now, and I've racked up more than 750 miles and loved every minute of it.

Riding until I deem myself unfit to ride.

Stopping soon? HELL NO! :teeth

[propaganda]

Originally posted by mlm
Damn, 5 bikes in 7 months. How many hours do you think you've spent in line at the DMV?


about 10 mins each bike,i go early to avoid the long lines and crying babies

[propaganda]

Originally posted by Beetlejuice
^that's almost a bike a month...you must make some good scratch...

i wanted something a little faster then 100cc so i upgraded to a 500,then to a 750 after that a 1000 then downgraded to a 600 where im happy with

[frab]

1991 - now (on & off)
15 years

[fezzick]

32 years. Started in 1974 and have ridden consistently right throughout that time. All (well, mostly) road riding.

[a1scoot]

Dirt = 1965 to present (41 years)
Street = 1973 to present (33 years)
I think I'm going to stop riding next week.
a1scoot:twofinger

[Go2Trackdays]

24 years - all street except two days of American Supercamp and a few trackdays

yes

no

[UKOD]

20 years. Started in 1986, non-stop since then.
Yes.
No.

[duc996girl]

8 years

[zanshin]

I started in april but ima quick lerner. ahaha my bro taut me on a 600f3 but its old and sucky and i outgrew it in liek too weeks. nOw I have an R6 its aww some I love it!!!!11 its too slow to hang iwth an R1 my friend has tho.. sooo do I need a pipe or shouda Ima get a giXX3r 1K and kick his ass? ahah

[lsutton]

First ride was a Beam Doodlebug in 1952 at the age of 13.
Recently talked with a gent who is still riding at 92--- My goal
Lee

[exwingnut]

Originally posted by propaganda
how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

since I was 11...42 years.

Lifetime rider, gonna have to pry me off the seat to get me into the rest home.

[Big E]

holy shiet!!!! has it been 20 years already.
not planning on stopping and will always be riding

[propaganda]

they should have a hall of fame for all of u guys thats been riding so long

[TTTom]

38 years...

before I finished high school I had worn out/trashed 5 bikes

Trail 70, CL100, CB350, Elsinore 250, Kawasaki Mach III

[CykoKlr]

2 Years and 3 months.

Yes

No

[dvsdesigner]

Originally posted by MIGUEL
lets hear it for the newb's ....

2.5 years.. on the street machine approx 22,000 street miles. I tend to ride way more than I type..:laughing :later

Congrats on post 666! :teeth

I'm at:
2 yrs street
2yrs dirt
yes
maybe

[budman]

What a mix! :cool
A lot of experience around here and a lot of new riders too.


:wow Damn lsutton.....Since '52.... 64 years!!!! ... that is awesome:thumbup

Quite a few folks here in my range.

Started dirt in '68 (38 years)

Started street before I was old enough..(at 13 always lifted Dad's Honda 160 Dream)..:teeth '71... (35 years)

for real with a license in '74 ( 32 years).

My first bike... a bad ass Yamaha Jt1 mini enduro.. complete with Easy Rider helmet...

:smoking

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/174/108/2636214-minibike-12-17-04__2_.jpg

[budman]

The dirt bikes led to one of the first squids in the hood...:laughing

ON my RD 350 in '74..

I don't see myself ever quitting riding until I can't balance..
After that I will sit in my electric wheel chair and watch the races..

:smoking

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/174/108/2636226-barf_wheeling_the_rd.jpg

[Lil Los]

4 years street, I'm a newb. I learned on a Honda 50 when I was like 8 and farted around from time to time on dirtbikes. Wish I would of gotten into road earlier. I see myself riding till the wheels fall off!

[K-dog]

Originally posted by VTRweasel
my goodness, I can't beleive no one has asked this question before :eek


What like here? (http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148396)

>10 years, yes, and none of your business.

:twofinger

[*chamorita*]

3 years... almost 4...

[shel]

bought my bike on 6/6/6

bike was delivered on 6/9/06

finished the msf on 7/12/06

so ya... I'm a newbie

just out of curiosity.... do any of the years on the back of the bike count??

[Ernesto]

14 yrs

[LazyA$$]

I'm a noob.
1.5 yrs I rode year round, mostly, with the exception of two months I was injured with a dislocated knee and three to four weeks with a severely sprained ankle. (any time I try to run I end up hurting myself) I'm pretty much at one year of riding.

No, I don't plan on giving up riding anytime soon.

[propaganda]

thank you all for replying to this thread....its nice to get a feel on how long everyone has been riding...now replying to my other threads!

[OldYam]

I've been riding since before I had good sense. 45 years and only two minor crashes. You dont quit riding 'cause you get old, you get old 'cause you quit riding.

[wackyiraqi]

Originally posted by budman
:wow Damn lsutton.....Since '52.... 64 years!!!! ... that is awesome:thumbup

54 :p

[scratch]

20 years

[weak_link]

16 yrs

[Utol]

Rode for 10 yrs - stopped for 10 yrs - and now back on the saddle
for 5 yrs now.

[propaganda]

anyone who has a huge amount of time in there hands wanna do a poll on the ages?,i cant cuz im too busy reading more threads and making some!

[budman]

64...:laughing

Glad my riding skills are better than my math ones.

:smoking

[navy8ret]

Started riding in 1965 :wow
Bought my first street bike in 72 and don't plan on stopping any time soon :teeth :old-cool

[doitdave]

Dirt like 11 years since i was like 23
Mopeds and scooters when i was a kid like 4 years,
Street riding 4 years
And Street supermoto/Motard, 1.4 years to infinity... :teeth

[scootiePuff]

'stopping riding soon'?? what's that?? :p

5 years.
can't stop riding anytime soon, i got plans for my future dream bikes!

ps. there's a similar existing older thread:
http://tinyurl.com/yzqext
and this poll:
http://tinyurl.com/yfgx7h

[yelow748]

I started around 71-72ish when we moved out here to fremont .
It's been off and on ever since

[gogounited]

Originally posted by uraniaclio
7 months.
I'm just pissed I didn't discover motorcycling in my teens or 20's.
Need to make up for lost time.


You can't, only mileage.

[rattrap]

30 years

yes
no

[pussycatzrule]

Over a year and a half.

I even sold my car and am currently enjoying the savings in gas--get at least 55mpg on my 250-- and no insurance(not required in Florida) or car payments. It helps that I can borrow my mother's clunker whenever I need to make a supermarket run or when it's raining cats and dogs. I got it good right now as far as catching up on my bills.

I see no stopping to this love. :teeth

[Karmak]

From 1965 to present. No plans to ever stop, health willing.

[Ratters]

21yrs.

Well, since I've purchase two streetbikes and a track bike in the last two years I damn well better not stop riding. ;)

[Stormdragon]

Originally posted by propaganda
damnnnnn most of you guys have been riding for ages,me im just making it up to 7 months and im on my 5th bike!


WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIKE? mine was a yamaha dt100 =O

27 years.

Over 100K miles.

CB350F (It was a rocket! :laughing )



This one isn't mine. Mine was rattlecan black.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/174/108/2859779-cb350f_01.jpg

[Ratters]

Originally posted by weak_link
16 yrs

Newb. :p

[RhythmRider]

I got you all beat! 2 weeks, and counting. I have been riding every day (except the rainy ones) for 1 - 2 hours a day of just practicing and cruising around town. I plan to ride until I'm old and wrinkly and dead.

[ducrider9161998]

Started in 1962..don't plan on quitting anytime soon.

[ADG]

Originally posted by Karmak
From 1965 to present. No plans to ever stop, health willing.

If you die.....can I have your bikes?

[1nsanity]

i've been riding for a little over a month and now ready for the turbo upgrade for my gsxr 1k...

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/183/102/2797643-insanity2.jpg

[ratpick]

Been riding 27 years, 42 yrs old now.I will ride 'till the day I die(or physically can't):teeth

[FutureBusaGirl]

Am curious to know who has been riding over 10 years rain or shine as their only means of transpo and still plan to ride that way. That's a good one, cus it will give us freshies some hope that riders can ride to live and live to ride another day until they die of some other cause.




P.S. I've responded to this thread ealier when it was born so no need to state my status again :).

[wrecks]

8 full seasons (2yrs) in 91&92 then stopped. Just got back into riding two weeks ago and loving every minute of it.

[ratpick]

Originally posted by FutureBusaGirl
Am curious to know who has been riding over 10 years rain or shine as their only means of transpo and still plan to ride that way. That's a good one, cus it will give us freshies some hope that riders can ride to live and live to ride another day until they die of some other cause.




P.S. I've responded to this thread ealier when it was born so no need to state my status again :).
I rode for about 12 yrs rain or shine(no car)but as I reached my mid 30's I got to drive a work car home and I was spoiled.:teeth

[propaganda]

holy shit i havent seen this thread being replied for months!

[Galvatron]

Just over one year.

[mrtnz]

About 7 years...
Scooter from 1988 to 1990.
Street bike from Fall 2001 to present.

I will never stop riding.

[Bronto]

No wonder you guys ride so well.
Three years and seventy thousand miles of street riding. Long time ago few years of dirt riding.
Remember one and half week of riding experience. Attended the 'Ride for Life' gathering. On the way there at the Intersection of hwy 237 and camino real. Saw Budman on his V-Rod. Was in Mrtnz group 4. heh small World
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/031/977/460636-rflp2.jpg

[DJNick]

21 years, and I love riding to much to ever stop.

[Bonz]

30 years
Started out on a Yamaha GT80 when I was 8

[Deeter]

16, almost 17 years for me.

Started riding scooters in 1990 and it was all downhill from there! :teeth

[VillageIdiot]

Just passed my MSF last month :cool

Bought a ZX1400

[duc996girl]

9 years....

[JonMcBain]

3 years, three different bikes. I think about 21-22,000 miles... I'm still a newbie.

I was successful at getting a friend into riding though, he bought a Wee Strom and has put about 250 miles on it so far. Then it snowed. :)

[scratch]

20.5 years/since June '86

[budman]

Quite a few that started as kids... that is cool. And so many that are long timers or dedicated everyday peeps.. Damn. That is pretty hardcore.

Staying with it for so long.. it becomes part of who you are.. who your friends are.. what you do on vacation.. for fun... your video game selection.. on and on ..

This activity/sport/etc... can grab you by the soul...

When I am 90 ... crazy.. not able to walk... someone pick me up at the home... throw me on the back and take me for a ride... Once the helmet goes on... the years come off.. I should remember..

If I don't and shit my pants... apologies in advance...:teeth

:smoking

[gogounited]

:laughing :laughing :jaded

[SLOW10R]

12 years. Ride till I die or die while I ride.

[a1yola]

I've been riding for just about a year now. Its been on and off for the past year though. I had a long down-time between last March til August. Now I dont think I can ever go without a bike:cool

[bhaynnes]

47 years. Lots of dirt and all street. Many crashes, latest one, a 70 mph getoff between alices and la honda on 4th of July about 4 years ago. I have an artificial knee, a bad ticker and a good attitude about riding. I rode to Texas the last two years for fun. As long as I'm capable of throwing a leg over the saddle, I'll still be riding.

[Cyclesuzy]

Been riding about three years now. First got a Suzuki Bergman scooter in '03 or early '04 and then moved up to a Honda Shadow 750 in early '04. Had my VTX now for about a year.

Hope to continue for a long, long time to come.

[livetoride]

Riding since 89'
-Peter

[gogounited]

I have been riding for about 6 months-ish.

I've done around 8k miles or so in that amount of time, spent thousands of dollars. Had hundreds of thrills, no spills, 2 drops, no tickets, and developed a big fatass love for the twisties. :love

[EastBayDave]

62' to present...44 years.
yes
no

[Karmak]

Since 1967
Cannot comprehend stopping

[gferil]

Wow, I haven't really thought about it until I saw this thread, but it's a short 5 years. At first I thought it was pretty long, but compared to some of the other responses, it seems like nothing at all.

I hope to always be riding until my body doesn't allow it anymore...

[serazin]

Started in '64.
Bought first street bike in '67.
First set of clip ons in '70.
Haven't set upright since.:laughing

[Wesley]

since 99
Even after a bad crash I still plan on riding till I can't get on a bike.

[narcissistic]

3 months ago,love every second of it

[doctordockter]

7 months and no plans on stopping soon - don't really see myself doing it forever, but would at least like to keep it up until my kids are old enough to ride alongside me on the street, which is at least 10-14 years away...

Jennifer

[SoarAndEnvision]

Since May 06 - ~ 5,000 miles

[2nsane]

I got my first dirt bike at age 4, and never stopped. off road I cannnot count how many miles, on road 15-20k I am now 30 years old and feeling my age from all those MX crashes:blush

[tdah]

very sporadically for 16 years; regularly only for almost 5 years. about 27000 miles.

[VillageIdiot]

6 weeks 2 days and 24 minutes

[glenizen]

Wow, who dug up this thread?

Well, I have to say it is gratifying to see so many on here that have been at it even longer than me. I've been tearing it up like a hooligan since '71. Don't ever want to stop.:teeth :cool

[SUPER HYPHY RR]

4 years. hopefully i do see myself riding the rest of my life and of course my kids will ride too

[Nick]

:laughing at that user name.

[barts]

Since 1976... 31 years, 100+K miles. Crashed a few times, always managed to ride it home. I'll ride until I can't.

[pingpong]

I'm a noob, ever since November 8th 2006.

[sammmy]

Started at 12yrs old -no dirt/ just street bikes.

Been riding only street bikes on & off since then,but really started riding consistent since as of 2001.

Got around 18yrs of street riding experience under my belt.

Just turned 30yr too.........

:cool

[JakesKTM]

Since 1983.
CA SBK school in 1992.
thousands of miles.
two solo lowsides that nobody ever witnessed (if a tree falls in the woods).
zero accidents.
countless oops drops

[Variable]

I'll chime in....

Started in 1984 (14 yrs old) - Present
2 yrs of Dirt and many yrs of Road experience.
Countless dirt riding crashes, flips and rocket launches of the like..
Street - a few oops drops at stand still, and one lay down
At this point, probably will never stop riding and don't plan on it. Thought I'd grow out of it, but finally stopped lying to myself :)

[jorbar1551]

about 4 weeks.

[RcrBoy]

Originally posted by ob1ventura
'69 to present; 37 yrs.
yes
no

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ditto! Same here ;)

:loco Mark :loco

[LS1Bandit]

A little over 9 months and I've already logged about 18K miles. :wow And that's including the fact that there was about a 1 month hiatus as I looked for a new bike to replace my first bike that was totalled. :cry (basically a head-on with a cager that crossed the double-yellows on Hwy9).

I don't foresee myself ever stopping, but it's really hard to say what the future will bring.

[jboat]

Since '91...

[magyarbetyar]

Since '01

[R1SPAWNY]

I'm 36 and been riding 25 years, don't plan on ever stop riding, even if it's a Goldwing, I would still ride

[raybobb1]

Originally posted by propaganda
how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

Dirt since 12 yrs old (1970)
Street since 18 yrs old (1976)
Knee replacement in '05 at 47 yrs old
Still ride both...
Until they pry my hands off the bars :teeth

[The Debbid]

Since March of '03.
I dont see myself stopping and plan to ride as long as I can.

[Phatroy]

23 years.

[narcissistic]

another year has gone by

[Sharke]

97 to present there abouts. (I can't add :( ) Hellz yeah I will continue. I am still young...I bounce right?? After reading an article about a guy with no legs modifying a bike to go with his prosthetics and then touring the world? Yes...despite any loss of limb :coolhttp://www.mertlawwill.com/images/draayernews01.jpg
P.s. this isn't the guy I mentioned just random google :P
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/may_jun_06/motorcycle01.jpg

[CnDnMax]

approximately 4 months- 4k miles

[zanshin]

0.8 years, no, yes

[ob1ventura]

38 yrs now. One more yr since last time I posted in this thread:laughing
ouch!

[Teddy]

About 23 years now......

Ohh, that makes me feel old.

[ob1ventura]

bite me Teddy:laughing:twofinger

[V-Rod Chet]

Started 1978 (age 10) Honda XR 80. Quick little story. Me and my brother lived on our ranch in Mendocino county. We both had Honda's (his was a XR 75).
Our father was rather cool and let us races our bikes 9 miles each way to the bus stop every day.:cool We stashed them in the woods.

We were the only kids in school to bring helmets and boots to class.:teeth
Life was pretty tough though, no electricity, TV or phone.

Now I'm loving my HD Streetrod.

[CB_Cyclone]

1970 to present

[jrace]

Not as long as AFM199, though maybe close. :twofinger

-jim

[TrplGrl]

Since 1983, or 24 years. And I won't stop until they wrench the keys from my whithered fingers...

[frozenuts]

Riding since may, not planning on stopping...ever...I am going to be mummified, placed on my bike and have a family of midgets take turns pushing me around the neighborhood.

[foxxzbear8]

how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

'05 to life.

[vaara]

Got my M1 in 1991 and my first bike a year later. Rode constantly till 2002, when I moved overseas; moved back 6 months ago and picked up where I left off.

So, 16 years or 9 years, depending on how you count it.

[GPzPop]

1 score and 6 years ago, I adopted 2 wheels as my primary form of transportation. 24/7/365

These days I have to take the car 2 or more days a week - kids transpo. - russian taxi driver "Pikup Andropov"

" so honey, hat do the kids have going on tonight, extra curricular? Nothing? goody I get to take the bike!"

Kinda felt soft today to take the car today instead of riding in the rain.

--S

[fms1day]

I've been riding since May 2007 (so about 5-6 months now) but mainly weekends. It's not my daily commuter. I plan to ride for as long as I can! :thumbup

[grimlock]

since '99 and still learning.

[silversvs]

Started on mini bikes at 4 years old. I've had at least one two wheeler and usually more ever since. Started riding legally on the street on my 16th birthday, and promptly got my first ticket (for riding a wheelie) in the first 4 hours of having my license.

Don't plan to ever stop riding. Right now life is good, I get paid to ride every day.

[islemann]

Spring of '62 to present. That'd be 45 years you young whipper-snappers!

I now understand that old caveat about old age and treachery overcoming youth and enthusiasm.

I am fully subscribed to that caveat.

[fonzman1984]

Took MSF course in July, license in August, first bike in September. So, i've been at it for 1 month and 2 days. 1500 miles. No drops, crashes, or close calls yet! Rode Skyline & Grizzly Peak my first day!

[boney]

Dirt at 12 + Street at 15 1/2 on a permit - a year off here and there = about 24 years of riding.

Now that I'm financially stable, yes, I plan to always have bike.

[rdagloria]

3 years

[boney]

Spring of '62 to present. That'd be 45 years you young whipper-snappers!

I now understand that old caveat about old age and treachery overcoming youth and enthusiasm.

I am fully subscribed to that caveat.


Solly Roga, You a tiga now!

[hitman5532]

since i was 7... 1987... so 20 years. Ill stop when i die

[Lucky_Devil]

Going on 7 years now.... they'll have to pry my handlebars out of my cold dead hands

[4tuneit1]

20 years

[freshslicks]

29 years continuously on the street, well over 250k miles. Sadly, waited til 2005 to get on the track, making up for lost time now. Only stopping under orders of doctor or undertaker.

[Rebecca]

Since I was 4, so 25 years now. My grandfather just got two new bikes this year (a TTR125 & a 4 wheeler - with blade) and he is 93. So I see myself riding as long as I'm alive.

[Silly Sod]

laideez
26 street years...miles?! Fook nose lost me logbook
=Silly Sod

[2strokeYardSale]

20th anniversary this year

[s-girl]

started in 02 (not counting the myriad of times I begged and succeeded in riding boyfirends bikes in the 70's).

Hope I don't embarass anyone when I am an old saggy boobed lady with gray hair riding my sportbike but don't really care.

[immortal]

i'm 24, i started riding sport bikes when i was 18.

[flying_hun]

Started riding dirt in 1967. Got my M1 in 1976. No plans to stop. It's a compulsion.

[DarkNinja75]

Started riding in April. Took a 3 month break to fix a broken back. Total riding time about two months, maybe 1500 miles.

[ST Guy]

27 years or there 'bouts.

[sifr]

Started early April of this year.

Total mileage to date: just over 6,000 miles.

Loving every second of it.

[jboat]

Got my 1st sport bike in 91 and have owned a bike ever since:thumbup

90 EX5
91 ZX6E
98 YZF600R
90 RM250
02 R1
05 DRZ400sm
03 SV1000S (x2)
07 DRZ400s
05 R1 :thumbup

[Razel]

Started again six years ago after about 23 years of not riding. A lot has changed since the Honda CB350 I "learned" on.

130,000 miles since Oct. 15, 2001.

[Nick]

6 years almost to the day.

[H.D.30-06]

Took the msf in late 2002. Got my first [ and still current ] bike in late 2002.
63,000 miles now and I'll be a rider for life or until my body gives out.

[jrace]

First piloted a minibike in Apple Valley in 1966. First crashed in 1966. First whined to Mommy in 1966 about crashing. First serious burn from exposed exhaust in 1967.

You'd think I'd have learned something....

-jim

edit: First broken bone from a motorcycle crash or incident: None. Ever.

[motorcyclegrin]

12 years! And I am a lifer.... I won't ever quit unless I am forced to. I was 20 when I started, and now 32... :)

[Tom O.]

I'm happy to say it's been a year longer than the first time I posted in this thread.:ride

[sammmy]

street riding only on and off since I was 12yr riding seriously and religiously for about 10yr now Im 31yr:cool

[ate51]

First rode an rd60 when I was 5 so . . . that makes it about 37 years and no don't ever see myself stopping. Hell, I just started roadracing this year.

[Evol-E]

Next month will be my 2 year anniversary. 2 years 3 bikes and about 35k miles of lovely twisties. Love it too much to ever stop.

[Aluisious]

Started last March. Dunno if or when I'd stop.

[Baptistro]

Since '89, another lifer here :)

[glenf3]

started in February of this year, put in about 5k commute miles and 11k fun miles since then. I'll be doing it for life...even after my body gives out... :)

Now just have to make it to a track day so I stop riding like a madman on the street... ;)

[SpikedLemon]

Almost 8 years now... I've spent almost 7 with my CBR.

[cruzinZ]

I've been riding since last summer. I have around 100-150 miles under my belt. Its been friends bikes at my old college town. I'm about to get my own though pretty soon. I'll be seeing you guys on the road once I get into my own house in the next couple of months.

[The Debbid]

Got my MSF in March 2003 and have been riding ever since. After getting back on my bike after being seriously injured in a crash, I'd say I'm a lifer now.

[MotardJunkie]

23 yrs riding since i was 19. I started my posing career by buying the motorcycle Tom Cruise rode in Top Gun, a 1985 900 Ninja. Actually the one in the movie was a 94 just in case anyone is a freeking trivia whackjob.
Today i am as chickenshit as ever in the twisties and scared to death of scratching my new priller. And with my new dainese i look reaaaally marvelous!

[jboat]

Tom Cruise rode in Top Gun, a 1985 900 Ninja. Actually the one in the movie was a 94 just in case anyone is a freeking trivia whackjob.

Damn! He must have had some serious connections w/Kawi back then:wow:laughing

[lilspeedemon]

December 2006 to present... less than 1 year.
I love riding and will never stop
Have put in around 16,000 miles - 6,000 of em came from a trip that went through 10 states across the midwest

[nickb]

Am curious to know who has been riding over 10 years rain or shine as their only means of transpo and still plan to ride that way. That's a good one, cus it will give us freshies some hope that riders can ride to live and live to ride another day until they die of some other cause.

Almost 11 years MC only. Current commute is 60 miles/day Vallejo <-> Oakland on 80. Occasional work-from-home day if weather is truly horrible. Fiance has been MC only 6 or 7 years, same commute. Possible if you don't have kids, but the temptation to get a 4-wheeler does increase with age.

[MotardJunkie]

oooooooooops!

yea haha a 1984 not 94 :nerd

[B!G Hungry]

6 years through rain sleet and snow.
ill be ridin' till the end.:ride

[LuckyStar387]

Since December :teeth (took MSF Nov. 21, 2006)

[propaganda]

good to see you all riding year after year! :thumbup

[SpeedyCorky]

27 years old, been riding since i was ~20 years old, so around 7 years experence



at least

5000 miles on a 1989 KLR250 duel sport street legal
8000 miles on my 1st 1998 zx6r
11000 miles on my 2nd 1998 zx6r
2000 miles on a Derbi GPR
6000 miles a zx10r
3000 miles on a KLX300
1000 miles on a NSR50

[donjumpsuit]

Started last March. Dunno if or when I'd stop.

whoa whoa whoa,


you started last march and you give me shit all the time~!~!~?

Oh I C HOW IT IS!



I have been riding since I was 4yrs old, so that would be almost 27yrs!

[vorhese]

30, been riding since 5. Started on mini bikes, dirt bikes, 4 wheelers in Ohio. It wasn't my main form of transportation until I moved to Austin in 2000. Since moving to Bay Area in 2005, I ride every day rain or shine (out of necessity).

[zrex]

27 years on the street. On motorcycles since I was 9. Riding on the tank of my Dads bike at 4. I'm 43 now. Egads, I'm old!!

[Jimbo007]

Since Summer of 2000, so 7 and change. 4 nice bikes and several more Rats, only about 80,000 miles but I'm only home half the year. Hello from Valdez, AK.

[BikerB!tch]

since 2002.
I'm planning on riding for more years to come. But once I settle down and have kids (which isn't for about 5 or so years) i'll stop riding untill they are old and then i'll get a harley & just cruise. hahaha

[ValkMan]

22 years on the street plus 8 in the dirt before that.

I will ride till I am not physically able to do so!

[mtrcyclgrinsmom]

12 years! And I am a lifer.... I won't ever quit unless I am forced to. I was 20 when I started, and now 32... :)
My beautiful daughter "quit." She was killed 12/22/07 while on her bike - by a 19 year old that stole a car and was making an illegal u turn. I miss her so very much!

[Zed10R]

:wtf:rip

That is tragic. And criminal. So sorry to hear....

[Aluisious]

MSF in March 06

[aszreal1266]

My beautiful daughter "quit." She was killed 12/22/07 while on her bike - by a 19 year old that stole a car and was making an illegal u turn. I miss her so very much!

I am really sorry to hear about this :rip

[AkatomboR6]

3 months
yes
but when i get old i think i'll be on cruisers and not sport bikes:blush

[ST Guy]

My beautiful daughter "quit." She was killed 12/22/07 while on her bike - by a 19 year old that stole a car and was making an illegal u turn. I miss her so very much!


A small comfort, I know, but it sounds like your daughter actually "lived" life and was a participant rather than an observer. Remember the good times. And perhaps someday, you'll be with her again. :rose

[DiScoTeknix]

4 months.:D

[soybean]

Expensive

[Aluisious]

3 months
yes
but when i get old i think i'll be on cruisers and not sport bikes:blush

Pft...I'd take a standard over a cruiser any day.

[TeeSnob]

oooooooooops!

yea haha a 1984 not 94 :nerd

spiderman... u old fart:laughing.....j/k u dont look old


i rode mid 2000 to 2002, big wrecked before my 20th bday.. called a QUIT..
just started again April of 07.... dunno when i'd quit again, i aint a quitter:

always rice rockets!!! til the day i turn 65

[VTRweasel]

how long have all u guys/girls been riding for?do u see yourself riding for the rest of your life or stopping soon

About two years longer then when this thread was posted. :p

[Variable]

Since '85 or '86 to Present.

Started on a Honda Trail 90.

No, won't EVER stop. :ride

[BlacKat]

5 years, still on the same bike.....

[budman]

3 months
yes
but when i get old i think i'll be on cruisers and not sport bikes:blush

That is what I thought.. after dirt bikes as a kid street bike as a teen and then as a young adult Motocross racing and Roadracing I felt it was time to cruise.. it lasted 6 years.. and then back into sportbiles and dirtbiking again.. and now motards.. All depends on what old is... a state of nature or a state of mind ;)

mtrcyclgrinsmom ... I am so sorry for your loss :rose I have kids all around that age and I can feel what it could be like..and that is scary for sure. I am sure you treasure your time together.





And yes as VTRweasel said.. add two years to whatever I said before..

:smoking

[BrassPremier]

started almost exactly 5 years ago, no stopping for me

[kneeslider16]

um...6 years on dirt, 1 year on street... just over a month since I got my permit...wont be stoping soon...like others who knows...might switch to cruisers full time when old....but ride to the end is the plan for now

[78KZ650sr]

3 to 4 months ago

[elskipador]

since 91.

[gogounited]

RESURRECTION!

THE EVIL DEAD!

[Turbongr]

I've been riding off and on since 83, daily for the last 8 or 9 yrs. Don't really see myself stopping anytime soon as I seem to keep having more fun and getting more and more into it the longer I ride!

[Butch]

been riding since '69, and will continue to do so as long as I can reach the shifter with this cane...

[m54samrr]

Riding Resume:
-Dirt since 1986 (10 years old)
-Street since 1992 (16 years old)
......
Married when I was 20 (Forced to stop)
Divorced when I was 25 started back up on the street and haven't looked back.


RIP Motorcyclegrin:rip,

[tocino]

since June of 2005 when I first jumped on my cousin's bike and rode that or friends off and on until I bought my F4 in February of 2006.. I've been riding at least 3-5 days a week since then and have put around 6000+ miles on her.

I've been interested in motorcycles, specifically sportbikes since high school. I just never had the cash to afford my own ride until the past couple of years. I lost interest for a time in the late 90's when a dear friend of mine lost his life in a motorcycle accident. I swore off bikes until 2004 when me and my ex-wife first separated and i got bit by the "bug" after my cousin let me try out his bike in LA. I had second thoughts due to my friend's death, but I eventually came around :D

Hopefully, I'll never give up riding. :thumbup

[shenphong]

I'm almost 22 years old now, started riding when I was 17. Started with the MSF course, then gradually taught myself through videos, books, training in the neighborhood and empty parking lots on my ex250. Pending any unforeseen incidents, I hope to continue riding long into my future.

[Joseppi]

for 28 years now,I mostly rode dirt until about 6 year ago and now I just ride street.hopefully soon to be back on the dirt also.:cool

[masameet]

This evening, after checking my moto mileage, I discovered that tomorrow will mark my 100th ride as a motorcyclist. So if we're speaking of months, I've been riding for a solid three months now.

[mongrel]

gods, i can't believe it: less than 5 months, from buying myself my first bike, hardly riding it the first month cuz i was scared of it, teaching myself how to ride, exploring all OVER the bay area for 3 months, and then it dying on me, a month-long death of macabre oil-expelling proportions, just when it was starting to feel really, really good.