Motorcycling = Hobby or just a Part of Life

[Rattlehead]

I think that the people spending time farkling their bikes and posting on STn during work hours and staring at rider reports of warm places during the cold months ARE passionate about bikes.
Farkling for most people is about making the bike perfect for them as an individual because it's something they care so much about.  They want to ride longer and more often and prefer a bike customized to their liking.
When annoying things like making a living and those pesky family obligations get in the way, people are on here talking about motorcycles and dreaming about their next ride.  
Sure there are people not riding as much as someone else.  But maybe an epic ride report is the motivation they need to get them out on the road for an adventure of their own.  

I started riding at 6.  It's a part of my life as well.  But like any other activity the passion that one person feels for it may be more or less.  We are all individuals.

Well said.  

Some of us also have this horrid time of year to deal with called "winter". It's cold, it's dangerous to ride in, it's hard on the bike as well as the rider and it sucks worse than anything "warm climate" riders will ever have to suffer through. The discussions and bantering are the only way we stay sane enough to last until spring.  

[Dan K]

Not a hobby, not just a part if life.  Therapy is what I call it, from the same feeling we all get from powering down the road on 2 wheels, hoping to lean the bike over on the way around the bend...

And in the winter, I get batty.

- Dan

[Mr.Black]

Work is my hobby.

Motorcycles, guns, kayaking, bicycling, sex and cigars are my life.


Priorities children, priorities.

[county]

I am thinking of giving that a try. But I can't decide what is the best paste to use?  

Well, if you are just getting started you should consider a scrap booking club....

[Papa Lazarou]

Priorities children, priorities.

Prioritising children will lead to no end of trouble.

[stew71]

Prioritising children will lead to no end of trouble.

Just ask Jerry Sandusky.

[CosmicCowboy]

If you're making a joke, that's clever.

If you're not, methinks you missed his point.  

Ok, seriously, what was his point? Because all I got from it was "I don't understand people that don't take motorcycles as seriously as I do."

[county]

Well, I think he is differentiating between those who mainly ride for pleasure and those who mainly ride for transportation yet derive  pleasure from their transportation.

[Scratch33]

I absolutely love this post.  

Suckup.

[Dan K]

I kinda thought it was the opposite... it sounded to me like he was saying "ya'll worry too much about some unimportant shit. Just go ride the damned thing."

Or thereabouts...

He was deriding those who 'judge' riders and riding by what they ride and how thery worry about what is most accepted or how they are viewed.  he rides just because he likes it - that should be enough, whatever you ride.

my $.02


by the way, i like salsa on my egg and cheese burritos.

[CosmicCowboy]

I kinda thought it was the opposite... it sounded to me like he was saying "ya'll worry too much about some unimportant shit. Just go ride the damned thing."

Or thereabouts...

OK, I can see that.

[Dan K]

Hmm... Like I said, I read it more as exasperation than derision, but ok. I can see that.


Semantics.  As for the drooling...


 

 

[Orson]

I'm confuzzled  

so, it's not ok to make fun of ducati man purses anymore?  

[county]

I'm confuzzled  

so, it's not ok to make fun of ducati man purses anymore?  

Not if you are carrying one...

[Flyer]

Hobby or just a Part of Life?  
It's just an excuse to get out of lycra and into leather.

[Cablebandit]

We usually have to book our region six winter meet around the scrapbooker's schedule.  Between them and the puzzle people we usually only have one January weekend from which to choose at our chosen local.

[Silverbird]

Hobby? More like a obsession I wouldn't have it any other way

[Mortech]

Survival in my case , its my escape from the Land of the Menopausal ...er ... N/M , I think you all get my drift .... so I guess it is now an obsession . I had a bike before marriage ..now I ride to mentally survive ...

[Kootenanny]

Well, that makes (at least) two of us.

At least three...

[R Doug]

n. pl. hob·bies
An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.

For me it's a hobby. I guess that means I am not cool.