Yeah, I'm one of "those" r/motorcycles members now
I sold my bike today.
One way to look at it: I did it because I never felt fully comfortable with the risk.
The other way to look at it: I didn't like it enough to not care. Also, maybe more importantly, i just don't know, it competes with my time for exercise and it just isn't as fulfilling for me. Riding 5h through the mountains is just not as gratifying as doing it on a bicycle (read: it doesn't end in total, utterly satisfying destruction of oneself).
Admittedly, I already started skeptical but my gf said to give it one full season and so I did.
Still: I made some great memories in the Swiss alps and of two riding courses. I rode in the heat and the cold and the rain, in the city and on the backroads. Freezing and sweating.
The motorcycle really is genius and insanity in one machine and I think I now get why some love it so much.
May your weather be mild and your roads be free of clibbins.
I'm keeping the gear though. You never know.
Posted Jul 6, 2025, 7:26 PM UTC